Informes

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IP/11/274 Brussels, 9 March 2011 The European Union is deploying an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Nigeria for the April 2011 elections, scheduled to take place over a period of three weeks, including National Assembly (April 2nd), Presidential (April 9th) and…

In 2000, all 192 member states of the United Nations agreed to work together to achieve eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. I believe we all can learn from the MDG progress being made in Nigeria, which faces…

Nigerian farmers have more than doubled the yield of cassava, thanks to the Unleashing the Power of Cassava in Africa (UPoCA) project that is being implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Farmers in Ido community-in the southern state of…

Moderate food insecurity persists in localized areas affected by flood - The preliminary 2011 forecast anticipates an early onset of rainfall through most of the country. Rainfall is expected to be particularly favorable to agricultural production in the chronically food-insecure areas of…

OVERVIEW The April 2011 general elections - if credible and peaceful - would reverse the degeneration of the franchise since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999, yield more representative and legitimate institutions and restore faith in a democratic trajectory. Anything…

Clashes between Muslim, Christian gangs kill hundreds * Attackers believed to be members of Muslim group JOS, Nigeria, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Attackers armed with rifles killed 18 people in a village in central Nigeria on Tuesday, the latest violence in a…

Guinea worm disease endemic in just three countries * 1,800 cases remain, mostly in South Sudan * Eradication of disease in a few years -Jimmy Carter By Matthew Bigg ATLANTA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Nigeria has halted transmission of Guinea worm disease, bringing closer…

JOS, Nigeria, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Gunmen killed five people in central Nigeria late on Thursday when they stormed an agricultural college to steal cattle, the latest in a series of clashes between Christian and Muslim youths in the…

Abuja - Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega yesterday expressed yet another fear over the successful conduct of the April general elections, saying the factors which made previous elections difficult still loom large for the…