Rapports

Rainfall resumes in August across the country as localized areas prepare for planting • In mid‐August 2011, the cropping season is progressing well across the country. The rain has resumed in most areas in August, as expected…

28 Aug 2011 12:39 Aug 28 (Reuters) - United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro visited the wounded on Sunday from a bomb blast at the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria on Friday. Here are some facts about U.N. casualties…

Watch the Webcast 26 August 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned this morning’s attack on the United Nations building in Abuja, in which a number of people have been killed or wounded, and said he is…

Myetti Allah, a social - cultural organization representing the Fulani ethnic group, is working with the GPEI to help reach migrant and mobile populations in Katsina State. 25 August 2011 - How do you reach nomadic populations?…

12 August 2011 Research by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is critical to the transformation of Nigeria’s agricultural sector, says Dr Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Minister’s Statement to the Nation. “IITA…

Rome, 12 August 2011 – Kanayo F. Nwanze, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will be in Nigeria to meet with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to discuss how the country is planning…

KANO, 11 August 2011 (IRIN) - Authorities in Kano, Nigeria, recently announced people would be jailed or fined for refusing to immunize their children against polio, as cases increase in the northern state, but it is…

Despite the amnesty deal offered to Niger Delta militants in 2009, a combination of greed and complex, unaddressed grievances could result in a dramatic return of instability to the region. One of the most prominent militant…

By Chris Morgan KANO, Nigeria, 4 August 2011 – Aminu Ahmad sits on the side of the road intently watching his young apprentice weld a wheelchair. “This is our workshop and 80 per cent of the people…

UNEP Ogoniland Oil Assessment Reveals Extent of Environmental Contamination and Threats to Human Health Drinking Water Pollution in Some Places So Serious Immediate Emergency Action Needed Full Environmental Restoration May Take Up to 30 Years with Calls for…