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Rebel leader agrees to disarm more than 2,000 fighters - Unclear whether other key militants will follow suit - Activists see attacks despite amnesty By Felix Onuah ABUJA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - A leading Nigerian militant leader agreed on Thursday to halt fighting in…

Executive Summary This paper reviews the constraints hindering growth of agricultural productivity in Nigeria by - providing an overview of the policy environment that affects agricultural productivity, - establishing how the policy environment affects productivity improvement, and - proposing lessons relevant for future research…

Supports decision not to extend amnesty deadline - Dismisses MEND's criticism that he sold out By Austin Ekeinde YENAGOA, Nigeria, Sept 27 (Reuters) - More than 80 percent of rebels who have disrupted oil operations in Nigeria's Niger Delta have accepted an amnesty…

Household food security improved in August across the country as newly harvested crops arrived in local and urban markets, increasing market supplies and driving food prices downward. However, conditions deteriorated significantly as of the first dekad of September in isolated…

KANO, 25 September 2009 (IRIN) - A health worker strike in northern Nigeria's Adamawa state has paralysed public hospitals, forcing patients to forgo medical treatment. Most of the state's 7,000 health workers, including nurses, specialists and administrators but not general…

LAGOS, Sep 19, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Joint Revolutionary Council ( JRC), an umbrella body of Nigerian militants operating in the creek of southeast Niger Delta region, warns that there would be no peace in the region…

Washington D.C., US (PANA) - In a decade-long initiative to protect millions of families from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, a U.S. government-funded project he l ped sell 50 million bed nets in seven countries, crafted a voucher system to…

Militants warn government over amnesty programme - Truce declared to allow for peace talks By Nick Tattersall LAGOS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main militant group said on Wednesday it was extending a two-month-old ceasefire in the oil-producing Niger Delta by 30…

KANO, 16 September 2009 (IRIN) - Floods in northern Nigeria's Adamawa state have left over 2,000 people displaced, many of them with no access to clean drinking water, leaving officials worried about a potential cholera outbreak. Five districts - Fufore,…

ABUJA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Nigeria's most prominent militant group will announce on Wednesday whether a two-month old ceasefire in the oil-producing Niger Delta will be lifted or extended to allow for peace talks. The Movement for the Emancipation of the…