Informes

PORT HARCOURT, 1 February 2008 (IRIN) Tiophelis spends his days running. He won't say exactly where, but, like hundreds of other boys and men in the creeks of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region, he is constantly on the move…

Abuja, Nigeria - Philibus Dandima, a farmer and Town Crier in Pampaida, Kaduna State, Nigeria, a UN Millennium Village, has witnessed firsthand the progress made in his village thanks to a programme which aims to translate the achievement of…

ABUJA, 24 January 2008 (IRIN) - Authorities in Nigeria have started identifying the parents of 105 children found packed on a lorry last week who they suspect to have been trafficked to serve as beggars or servants after their…

The Minister of State for Energy, (Gas) Odusina Olatunde Emmanuel, has assured the international community that there will be peace in the Niger Delta very soon. He disclosed that President Yar'Adua has intensified efforts with the cooperation of all…

The practice of FGM is widespread covering practically every state of the Federation though in varying magnitude from infancy to adulthood. Some socio-cultural determinants have been identified as supporting this avoidable practice. It has not been…

KANO, 25 December 2007 (IRIN) - At least three people have been killed and nine seriously injured in a clash between farmers and nomads over grazing land in Borno state, northern Nigeria, police and eyewitnesses said. But some eyewitnesses put…

LAGOS, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The main rebel group in Nigeria's oil-producing southern delta, announcing a brief Christmas ceasefire, pledged on Saturday not to attack oil facilities or kidnap foreigners on Christmas Day. The faction of the Movement for the…

NORTHERN NIGERIA - In her third trip to Nigeria as Spokesperson for the Campaign to End Fistula, Natalie Imbruglia - singer/actress and face of L'Oreal cosmetics - saw first-hand how funds she raised are making a difference in the…

ABUJA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and many more injured in fighting between armed men suspected of being hired by political parties during local council elections in southern Nigeria, newspapers reported on Sunday. European Union…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KANO, 14 December 2007 (IRIN) - A measles outbreak has killed at least 200 children in Nigeria in recent weeks according to the International Federation of the Red Cross…