Informes

LAGOS, 11 March (IRIN) - At least 40 people died in clashes over ownership of agricultural land that erupted last week between two communities in Nigeria's southeastern Cross River State, police authorities said. Joseph Eze, a police spokesman, told journalists on…

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Appeal No. 3/2002 Launched on 31 January 2002 for CHF 748,133 for three weeks. Revised on 8 February, 2002 (see Update no. 1) for CHF 1,020,000. Programme extended for a total…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 28 February (IRIN) - After 41 years of independence, no elected government in Nigeria has conducted elections…

Silver Spring, Maryland - On February 15, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) completed drilling a well in the camp for people who fled the Nigerian armory explosion in Lagos on January 27, 2002. The explosions and resulting fire…

by Tope Akinwande in Lagos, Nigeria "You haven't seen your daughter? What's her name? Have you checked with the Red Cross at the police college? Go and see them - they'll help you." With these words Bola Tinubu, the governor of…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 12 February (IRIN) - When an ammunitions dump at a military base in Lagos caught fire, setting off explosions that resulted in the death of over 1,000…

LAGOS, 8 February (IRIN) - Efforts to provide relief aid for victims of ethnic clashes in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, continued on Friday as fears of reprisal attacks rose in the north of the country, officials said. A statement by…

The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity in charge of Community Affairs Department, Ambassador Lawrence Agubuzu, acting for the OAU Secretary General at Headquarters, on Friday, February 01, 2002, handed over to Ambassador J.K. Shinkaiya, Permanent Representative…

LAGOS, 8 février (IRIN) - Le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (UNICEF), le gouvernement de l'Etat de Lagos et plusieurs organisations humanitaires effectueront un recensement des enfants disparus au lendemain d'un incendie récent dans une armurerie, a informé un…

LAGOS, 8 February (IRIN) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Lagos State government and various humanitarian bodies will conduct a census of children missing in the aftermath of a recent fire at a munitions dump in Lagos, a UN…