Rapports

KATSINA, 28 June 2012 (IRIN) - It is the start of the rains in northern Nigeria, and farmers are out sowing their fields. They know that the next three months will be the belt-tightening lean season,…

Food prices stabilize, outside of conflict affected areas; rains begin favourably The 2012 growing season has begun favorably across the country. Farmers are engaged in weeding and fertilizer applications in the south, while planting and weeding are…

by Michael Ilesanmi As part of efforts to strengthen the capacity of journalists to better inform their audiences on health issues, Save the Children in Nigeria recently organised a workshop for 28 health editors and reporters from…

With a view to improving child health, the Nigerian government has introduced pentavalent vaccine into her routine immunization schedule. Pentavalent vaccine is a combination of five vaccines-in-one that prevents diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis b and…

22 June 2012 – The United Nations human rights office today condemned the repeated attacks on churches in Nigeria by the extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, and warned that acts against civilians, including on grounds such…

By AJ Correspondents DOHA, Jun 21 2012 (Al Jazeera) - Soldiers and police are patrolling the empty streets of two Nigerian cities after three days of violence left at least 101 people dead, with some residents still…

By Toluwa Olusegun LAGOS, Nigeria, Jun 19 2012 (IPS) - Twelve-year-old Sunday Oderinde sits by the side of the road with both legs folded under him and watches his friends play a game of soccer on the…

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:50 GMT June 18 (Reuters) - At least 52 people were killed in religious rioting sparked by three suicide bombings against churches in northern Nigeria, where the dead were on Monday piled up…

ABUJA (Nigeria), 18th June 2012 - Prior to May Immunization Plus Days, 613 Volunteer Community Mobilizers were fully operational in the States of Kano (366), Kebbi (200) and Sokoto (47), as part of the first phase…

In brief Programme outcome National Societies in the West Coast region  Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo  work within the framework of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies…