Informes

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ABUJA, 25 May (IRIN) - The Nigerian government deserves much of the blame for waves of religious violence that killed more than 900 people in 2004 and a…

Government Must Bring Local Perpetrators and Security Forces to Justice (London, May 25, 2005) - One year after some 900 people were massacred in clashes between Muslims and Christians in northern and central Nigeria, the Nigerian government has failed to prosecute…

I. Summary In the first half of 2004, hundreds of people were killed in inter-communal fighting between Muslims and Christians in and around the town of Yelwa and the southern part of Plateau State, central Nigeria, bringing the total number…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 24 May (IRIN) - The popularity of Nigeria's corrupt, poorly-paid and often brutal police force may never have been lower. Four riots have erupted so far this month, as…

Civil Rights Organizations have called on the Nigerian government and judicial authorities to identify and prosecute those responsible for organizing and carrying out the killings in Kano and Plateau States. They said tension between the two communities and further acts of…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 10 May (IRIN) - Riot police arrested more than 100 people at a rally in the oil-rich southeast of Nigeria last weekend organised by a group campaigning…

LAGOS, 4 May 2005 (IRIN) - Oil giant ChevronTexaco is to rethink its community aid strategies after acknowledging that some of the policies implemented by its Nigerian subsidiary in the oil-rich Niger Delta have contributed in fuelling violence in…

By Chukwujama Eze IPOLLOR, Nigeria, April 28 (Reuters) More than 100 people have been killed in two weeks of clashes between rival farming communities in southeast Nigeria, local leaders said on Thursday. Members of a tiny minority tribe in…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PORT HARCOURT, 26 April (IRIN) - Dozens of people died in clashes last week between two rival communities in southeastern Nigeria over ownership of prized farmland, residents and officials…

Araromi is a small village in Ogun State in Southeast Nigeria. It is close to the border with Benin, in an isolated stretch of land forgotten by state government. The young people living in the area face a bleak…