Informes

The Nigerian military says a militant leader in the oil-rich Niger Delta has handed over eight camps to authorities. Ateke Tom reportedly surrendered the camps in Rivers State over the past few days. Ateke is one of several militants…

Abuja, Nigeria As part of ongoing efforts to further improve operational quality of supplementary immunization activities (SIAs), a pilot study was carried out in Nigeria in November to determine the feasibility of using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to support both…

CANCUN, 10 December 2010 (IRIN) - A joint pilot study by Nurses Across the Borders, a Nigerian health NGO, and SeaTrust Institute, a US- based scientific and educational non-profit organization, will collect data to help map the impact of…

Abuja 7 December 2010 -- The WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Luis Sambo has urged governments and development partners to ensure that eliminating river blindness from Africa is a success given the laudable achievements of previous control programs. He…

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military insisted Monday its troops did not engage in mass killing of innocent civilians as claimed by some activists and residents of the Ayakoromor community in oil-rich Delta state. Soldiers of the Joint Military…

05 Dec 2010 Source: reuters // Reuters MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces shot dead two suspected members of a radical Islamist sect in a gunbattle in the remote northeast, and three civilians were killed in the crossfire,…

Burned in their homes or engulfed by flames after the bombs, at least 50 civilians were killed in the village of Ayakoromo, during a raid by a special army unit targeting anti-government militants. Several sources from the Delta state…

In early 2010, unresolved conflicts and simmering tensions between different social and ethnic groups led to renewed displacement in the city of Jos in the heart of the "middle belt" region of Nigeria. As in the rest of the…

At least four civilians were killed after a Nigerian army raid in some villages of the Niger Delta region, where the government suspects the presence of a rebel group base reported "The Vanguard", underlining that the operation is ongoing.…

Normal to above normal harvest expected for 2010/11 - Two areas, covering a large portion of the state of Jigawa in the Northeast coastal areas in states of Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, in the South, are expected to experience moderate food…