Informes

by Olatunbosun Awoniyi LAGOS, Nov 29, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Nigerian government offered amnesty to gunmen this June in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, urging them to lay down their weapons by Oct. 4 in a bid to…

Port Harcourt/Nairobi, 27 November 2009 A major assessment of the impacts of oil production in the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta was jointly launched today by the Governor of Rivers State and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)…

A Year After 130 Civilians Killed in Jos, No Prosecutions, New Abuses (Dakar, November 26, 2009) - The Nigerian government has not brought a single prosecution or even begun investigations a year after Nigerian policemen and soldiers killed more than 130…

Household food security is stable following the conclusion of the 2009 growing season throughout the country. Harvest increased market supplies and drove food prices downward, improving food access at household levels throughout the country, except in the extreme North. There,…

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped two children on their way to school in Nigeria's main oil city of Port Harcourt, police said on Monday, the latest crime in a spree that has forced some residents…

In a dramatic and ground-breaking decision, the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja has declared that all Nigerians are entitled to education as a legal and human right. The Court said that the right to education can be enforced…

Gilbert da Costa The Nigerian military says the oil-rich Niger Delta has returned to normal after years of attacks that crippled the country's oil industry and created widespread insecurity. The Nigerian military spokesman in the Niger Delta, Timothy Antigha, says a…

Residents blame crime wave on former militants * Delays to retraining programmes fuelling tensions * Analysts fear political rivals could exploit instability By Austin Ekeinde PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A crime wave in Nigeria's main oil city of Port Harcourt blamed…

Internal displacement caused by both communal violence and internal armed conflict is a recurrent phenomenon in most states in Nigeria. The parties to the fighting have sought po-litical, economic and social advantages in a country with endemic poverty, low…

The European Commission has today signed a multi-million euro agreement that aims to help Nigeria tackle development challenges in the areas of governance, trade and peace. The agreement, signed in Brussels by European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Karel…