Rapports

Published: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:34:01 -0500 Strong agricultural research and development (R&D) is crucial for improving agricultural productivity and efficiency, which in turn both lead to agricultural development, food security, and poverty reduction. However, several studies have shown that…

ABUJA, 14 January 2011: About 54,000 severely malnourished children in seven drought-affected, northern Nigerian states will benefit from emergency aid funded by a 3-million Euro grant from the European Commission for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) to UNICEF Nigeria. The funding will…

Saving newborn lives key to achieving child survival goal, says new report Abuja, Nigeria - Every year 241,000 babies die in the first month of life in Nigeria making it the African country with the highest newborn death toll, a…

Geneva/New York/Nairobi, 7 January 2011 The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have released a report calling on Nigerian authorities to prevent further lead poisoning in northern Nigeria. The…

The Nigerian government has released four improved cassava varieties that will boost production and keep the country in the lead as the world's largest producer of the root crop. The varieties, which are a product of about a decade-old conventional…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and…

Major armed police and military presence * Polls seen as test ahead of national elections * Electoral commission says polls was credible (Adds comment from head of election commission) By Samuel Tife WARRI, Nigeria, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A governorship election in one of…

Militants in southern Nigeria say they had no role in the bomb that killed at least four people in the capital, Abuja, on New Year's eve. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, denied any involvement…

Jan 1 (Reuters) - A New Year's eve bombing in the Nigerian capital Abuja which killed at least four people is the latest in a string of attacks to raise tensions ahead of elections in Africa's biggest oil producer. Below…

Attacks in crowded market place on Friday night * Bombers not yet identified * Defence minister says 4 dead, 26 wounded (Adds minister comment, Obama) By Felix Onuah ABUJA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed on Saturday to catch those…