Rapports

15 September 2011 – With calls to persevere through adversity, the United Nations held a memorial ceremony in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, today for the staff members who died when its offices there were attacked by…

14 September 2011 – The United Nations has announced the names of the 11 staff members who perished when the world body’s offices in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, were attacked by a suicide bomber on 26…

14 Sep 2011 13:42 Source: Reuters // Reuters Projects not completed, funds missing -investigation Contractors to no longer get away with not doing job ABUJA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged to clean up a government agency…

WARRI, 13 September 2011 (IRIN) - Nigeria’s Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has accused state governments of overlooking early warning messages in the wake of flooding across the country that has killed an estimated 140 people and…

Scott Stearns | Abuja Ethnic and religious violence in central Nigeria has killed dozens of people over the past few days as security forces struggle to contain the attacks. Civilian politicians and military officers are blaming each…

As four states in Nigeria prepare for impending heavy rainfall based on the recent flood alert, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has urged the immediate relocations of communities from floodplains and those that built houses…

PORT HARCOURT, 9 September 2011 (IRIN) - An August 2011 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) study has found hazardous levels of pollution in Ogoniland in southern Nigeria’s Niger Delta, lending credence to claims by locals of environmental…

9 September 2011 – The United Nations human rights office today called on authorities in Nigeria to address the renewed ethnic and religious violence in the country, including by curbing hate speech and encouraging reconciliation among…

No intention of curtailing operations in Nigeria The polio eradication family is mourning its own. The World Health Organization and UNICEF, two of the spearheading partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, both lost staff in the…

Agriculture is one of Nigeria’s most powerful tools in addressing its goals of creating more employment, better public health, and greater economic growth, says Hartmann, Director General of the Ibadan-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. In his…