Informes

1. INTRODUCTION The USAID/Nigeria Food Security Program is on track to benefit 1.2 million Nigerians. An independent assessment was recently conducted of the USAID MARKETS private sector-led, value chain, agriculture and food security project. Among the findings are: - hEvery $1 invested…

MAIDUGURI, 21 June 2010 (IRIN) - Lack of access to clean toilets or an adequate water supply, living in close proximity to animals, and poor public health awareness have helped put 2.3 million people in northern Nigeria's Borno State…

Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta say they may resume their fight against the federal government because of delays in delivering the benefits of last year's amnesty program. Thousands of delta gunmen turned in their weapons last year, returning some…

MAIDUGURI, 14 June 2010 (IRIN) - Campaigns to distribute Vitamin A supplements to reduce high rates of child mortality and morbidity in northern Nigeria have had the unexpected side-effect of encouraging heavily stigmatized polio immunizations in the region. Helen Keller…

09 Jun 2010 11:27:18 GMT * At least 170 children died in past month * More may suffer long-term neurological affects * Aid workers race to contain contamination before rains By Sahabi Yahaya DARETA, Nigeria, June 9 (Reuters) - Scores of infants in northern Nigeria…

* Affected villagers evacuated to treatment centres * State govt releases $1.6 mln in emergency funds * July rainy season risks spreading contamination By Sahabi Yahaya KADUNA, Nigeria, June 7 (Reuters) - Health workers have set up emergency treatment centres in northern Nigeria…

NIGER DELTA An amnesty programme brokered last year led thousands of gunmen to lay down weapons, the most concerted effort yet to win peace, bringing more than six months without significant attacks on Africa's biggest oil and gas industry. But the…

01 Jun 2010 16:55:07 GMT * Tensions between state governor and his deputy * Region seen as potential flashpoint ahead of election By Segun Owen YENAGOA, Nigeria, June 1 (Reuters) - The southern Nigerian oil state of Bayelsa accused its deputy governor of misconduct…

Observers of the Nigerian political terrain are, in the large majority, in agreement that acts of political violence remain major threats to the credibility of the Country's elections. History actually indicates that the issue of political violence is not…

Human Rights Council Fourteenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development I. Introduction 1. On 10 February 2010, video footage was broadcast showing police and army officers in…