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Introduction/Problem Statement Agriculture is the economic mainstay of the majority of households in Nigeria (Udoh, 2000) and is a significant sector in Nigeria's economy (Amaza, 2000). The important benefits of the agricultural sector to Nigeria's economy include: the provision of…

Dans le cadre d'une coopération interreligieuse au service du bien collectif, la campagne Faith united for health ("Religions unies pour la santé"), composée de représentants musulmans et chrétiens, a lancé une initiative de lutte contre le paludisme au Nigeria.…

An EU-funded programme has boosted immunisation levels for killer diseases such as polio and tetanus in Kebbi State, northern Nigeria, from under 2% to 77% in four years. "My in-laws had three kids, all boys, who fell sick at the…

Amnesty International exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria, in a new report released today, "The Nigerian police are responsible for hundreds of unlawful killings every year," said Erwin van der Borght, Director of Amnesty International's Africa Programme. "Police…

1/INTRODUCTION Student Chukwuemeka Matthew Onovo, aged 22, left his father's house in Enugu on the morning of 4 July 2008. When he failed to come home that afternoon, his father went to the police to report him missing. The next…

Office of the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria United Nations - The UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria, Ray Chambers, will be visiting Nigeria and Kenya this week, to review progress made and challenges that remain in the malaria control…

The Nigerian state of Kwara has received international attention for its invitation to dispossessed white farmers in Zimbabwe to come to Nigeria. The oil-producing nation - Africa's most populous - currently imports about U.S.$3 billion worth of food to…

An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity Nigeria is still characterized by high reliance on food imports. Malnutrition is widespread in the entire country and rural areas are especially vulnerable to chronic food shortages, malnutrition, unbalanced nutrition, erratic…

Nnamdi Obasi, guest column For the first time in years, Nigeria's Niger Delta seems to be looking up. Large numbers of the region's insurgents who had been sabotaging petroleum production and fighting government forces in a campaign for a greater share…

An AIDS-free generation was now in sight, but progress around the world had been extremely uneven, marked by huge deficiencies in preventing transmission of the disease, said Jimmy Kolker, Chief of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) HIV and…