Informes

KANO, 15 May 2008 (IRIN) - The hospitalisation of 116 girls after consuming beans sprayed with harmful pesticides at a secondary school in northern Nigeria's Gombe State on 18 April has raised concerns about how dry foods are stored…

Geneva, Lagos, 15 May 2008: More than 800,000 residents were forcibly evicted from informal settlements in Abuja, Nigeria, from 2003 to 2007, during the administration of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, according to The Myth of the…

Introduction For over ten years, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) have monitored and advocated against massive and egregious housing rights violations in Nigeria. Although Nigeria boasts a rich…

Further steps were taken by Government on Wednesday, 07/05/2008, to cushion the impact in Nigeria, of the global food crisis as all levies and duties on rice importation have been suspended till October 31, 2008. Apart from the six months…

ABUJA, 2 May 2008 (IRIN) - Nigeria's government has announced it will import 500,000 tonnes of rice up to a value of US$600 million to curtail the effect of the global rise in food prices on Nigeria. The decision was…

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and the Governors of the nation's thirty-six states met yesterday, 28/04/2008, to address the challenges of food production and food security in the country. The meeting approved an immediate release of about N80 billion from the…

HIGHLIGHTS - World cereal production in 2008 is forecast to increase 2.6 percent to a record 2 164 million tonnes. The bulk of the increase is expected to be in wheat following significant expansion in plantings in major producing countries.…

- Food security conditions continue to deteriorate throughout the country, owing to the combined impact of continuing increases in food and non– food prices and lower than average stocks of major food commodities in urban and…

Abuja, Nigeria_(dpa) _ Nigeria announced Tuesday it would import 500,000 tons of rice to cushion the effect of the global rise in food prices. The decision was taken after an emergency meeting between the Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua and governors…

Food security is currently constrained for many households in Nigeria. Localized production deficits in the main 2007 harvest occurred as a result of localized poor rainfall and an early end to the rainy season in mid-September.…