Informes

LAGOS, 9 August (IRIN) - One woman was shot dead on Thursday in Nigeria's southern oil town of Warri when groups of women protesters besieged the premises of oil transnationals Royal/Dutch Shell and ChevronTexaco, witnesses said. They said two groups…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 30 July (IRIN) - Military rule ended in Nigeria when President Olusegun Obasanjo was elected for a four-year term in 1999, but as the country gears up…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 25 July (IRIN) - The People's Democratic Party (PDP) made history in 1999 when it became the first political party in Nigeria to obtain an absolute majority…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Nigeria. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at http://www.idpproject.org/, or the complete profile…

SG/T/2336 The Secretary-General arrived on Friday 12 July in Abuja, Nigeria, after ending his visit to Sudan. He met with the United Nations country team shortly upon arrival. Then, he attended a round table on African business leaders on the challenges ahead…

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived today in Nigeria after a two-day visit to the Sudan, where President Omar Hassan El Basir has agreed on the need for "comprehensive" humanitarian access for relief aid deliveries in the war-ravaged nation. "The…

IP/02/1027 Brussels, 10 July 2002 - Poul Nielson, the European Commissioner in charge of Development and Humanitarian Aid, will visit Nigeria between 15-17 July. One of the main features of this trip will be the signing, with the Nigerian authorities,…

LAGOS, 1 July (IRIN) - A fresh outbreak of religious violence in parts of central Nigeria?s Plateau State has resulted in more than 12 deaths, forcing the state's authorities to impose night-time curfews in the affected areas, officials said…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 26 June (IRIN) - When the three-year tenure of Nigeria's 774 local government councils lapsed at the end of May, new elected officials should have taken their…

LAGOS, 20 June (IRIN) - At least 30 people were killed in clashes between farmers and herders in Barkin Ladi local council area of Nigeria's central region Plateau State, local officials said on Thursday. The clashes were said to have…