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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE STATISTICIAN-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS, DR. YEMI KALE HELD AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM, 5TH FLOOR, NBS HEADQUARTERS, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA ON MONDAY, 13TH FEBRUARY, 2012. 1. PROTOCOL PREAMBLE 2.…

I. Introduction This amicus brief is respectfully submitted by Amnesty International (‘AI’), to the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Abuja, Nigeria (See Annex 1 for brief details about the organisation submitting the amicus curiae brief.) The brief aims to…

WARRI, 10 February 2012 (IRIN) - Nigeria's Bayelsa State government said yesterday it would speed up the release of money over the next two weeks to help hundreds of thousands of villagers affected by a Chevron…

By Mustapha Muhammad KANO, Nigeria, Feb 8, 2012 (IPS) - "I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us... Kano is no longer safe," said pregnant Funke Nweke of…

Treat Thousands of Affected Children; Clean Villages; Improve Gold Mining Practices (Lagos) – Thousands of children in northern Nigeria need immediate medical treatment and dozens of villages remain contaminated two years into the worst lead poisoning epidemic…

CHF 279,715 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) in delivering immediate assistance to 15,000 households (75,000 beneficiaries). Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are…

Summary: CHF 246,829 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 9 May 2011 to support the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) in delivering assistance to some 7,500 beneficiaries and replenish disaster preparedness…

Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): John Campbell | Asch Harwood Author(s) note: This is a guest post by Asch Harwood, CFR Africa program research associate. Follow him on Twitter at @aschlfod. The National Endowment for Democracy’s Center for International…

Summary: 3 February 2012, Brussels - The European Commission has approved funding for projects that will work towards further stability and security in the Niger delta region and give young people there better perspectives for their…

LAGOS, 3 February 2012 (IRIN) - A month after an angry public launched protests across Nigeria over skyrocketing fuel prices due to the removal of a government subsidy, a measure of calm has returned and people…