Nigeria
Xinshen Diao, Manson Nwafor, and Vida Alpuerto Designing agricultural strategies requires an understanding of the options for dealing with growth in the sector, its impact on targeted beneficiaries, and the investment required to achieve the growth. IFPRI's recent study identified…
Nigeria
An agricultural system consists of production, processing, storage, marketing, extension, research, and training. While production is a result of land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship, its magnitude and efficiency from the farm to the consumer depend on handling, preservation, and the…
Nigeria
As part of the effort of the government to bring succor to the displaced victims of the Jos crisis, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has taken relief materials to the victims in different camps in Jos. Other humanitarian…
Nigeria
At Least 150 Killed by Mobs in Kuru Karama (Dakar, January 23, 2010) - Nigeria's vice president should order an immediate criminal investigation into credible reports of a massacre of at least 150 Muslim residents of a town in…
Nigeria
KANO, 22 January 2010 (IRIN) - In Kuru Karama village, 30km from Nigeria's central city of Jos, only four of some 3,000 residents remain; the rest have fled or been killed, said village chief Umar Baza. Every home has…
Nigeria
21 Jan 2010 22:19:47 GMT Source: Reuters Jan 21 (Reuters) - Following is a timeline of religious and ethnic violence in Nigeria: 2000 - Thousands killed in northern Nigeria as non-Muslims opposed to the introduction of Islamic sharia law fight Muslims who…
Nigeria
Abuja/Geneva (ICRC) - With support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Nigerian Red Cross Society has been assisting people affected by outbreaks of violence in the northern city of Jos in PlateauState. The clashes between…
Nigeria
VP orders army to take over security in Jos * Red Cross says 17,000 people displaced * Need for food, water and clothing By Kingsley Igwe JOS, Nigeria, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Vice President on Thursday ordered the army to take…
Nigeria
"Many families have been forced to abandon their homes, but it is still not possible to secure a reliable death toll or number of refugees" said, speaking from Jos, Robin Waudo, Red Cross (ICRC) spokesman, to MISNA. "The city…
Nigeria
20 Jan 2010 15:08:58 GMT Source: Reuters * Uneasy calm restored in central city of Jos * Soldiers, police enforce 24-hour curfew * Reports of gangs dressed in fake security uniforms (Releads, updates death toll, fresh quotes) By Kingsley Igwe and Shuaibu Mohammed JOS, Nigeria,…
