Informes

LAGOS, 28 January (IRIN) - Massive explosions rocked Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, on Sunday when the munitions depot in the city's main military barracks went up in flames. The explosions started at about 17:30 HRS (16:30 GMT). They continued for…

LAGOS, 28 January (IRIN) - Hundreds of people died and thousands are believed to be missing after a fire at a munitions dump in Nigeria's commercial capital set off massive explosions, residents and witnesses said on Monday. More than 300…

By John Chiahemen LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - More than 500 bodies of drowned people were retrieved from canals in Lagos Monday after explosions from a burning military arms depot triggered panic in Nigeria's biggest city, witnesses and officials said.…

Written by Stephanie Kriner Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports A day after a series of blasts at an arms depot in Lagos, Nigeria, international media are reporting that hundreds of people could be dead. One local journalist told…

LAGOS, 11 January (IRIN) - At least 100 people are believed to have died in communal clashes in Nasarawa State, central Nigeria, over ownership of a fishpond, local officials said on Thursday. Thousands of other people were reported to have fled…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 10 January (IRIN) - Clashes which broke out on New Year's Eve between Fulani herders and local people in Mambilla Plateau, northeastern Nigeria, were the latest in…

LAGOS (Reuters) - Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in weeklong clashes between farmers and nomadic tribesmen in northeastern Nigeria, the latest bout of ethnic bloodletting to hit Africa's most populous nation. Local residents said Tuesday that…

(New York, December 18, 2001) The Nigerian government could and should have prevented mass killings in Jos in September, Human Rights Watch said in a detailed report released today. As many as one thousand people are…

I. SUMMARY From September 7 to 13, 2001, Jos, the capital of Plateau State in central Nigeria, became the scene of mass killing and destruction for the first time in its recent history. Hundreds of people were…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PORT HARCOURT, 12 December (IRIN) After decades in which Nigeria's oil belt suffered neglect and witnessed failed development interventions by governments, President Olusegun Obasanjo's government is trying new development…