Rapports

15 Oct 2010 19:29:52 GMT Source: Reuters * Militant group gives 7-day notice of attack * Bomb blasts and fallout highly politicised (Adds details, background) By Nick Tattersall LAGOS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A Nigerian militant group said on Friday it planned to carry…

Balarabe Kausani, a smallholder farmer in northern Nigeria, is earning enough money to make improvements to his home, install an irrigation system on his farm, and pay school fees for his four children. The secret to his success? A bag. Balarabe,…

KANO, 12 October 2010 (IRIN) - As the number of children known to have been poisoned by lead continues to mount, a UN team has recommended the government help communities clean up the informal gold-mining sector, rather than quash…

07 Oct 2010 20:13:37 GMT * Polls likely to be set for April * Parliament set to pass amendment this month * Opposition politician killed in north By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliament aims to pass a constitutional amendment…

Niger Delta militants say they are not behind Nigeria's independence day bombing that killed 12 people. President Goodluck Jonathan says the attack was carried out by a small group of terrorists from outside Nigeria. A statement attributed to the Movement for…

05 Oct 2010 21:08:08 GMT * Northern presidential contenders accuse govt of witch hunt * Presidency say probe involves U.S., British intelligence * Showdown sets stage for bitter election battle By Camillus Eboh and Felix Onuah ABUJA, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's…

A "disaster" that caused "devastation" across villages and neighbourhoods, said a group of experts sent by the Kano diocese to the areas hit by flooding over the past weeks in the nearby Jigawa State, in the far north bordering…

The deadly lead pollution crisis in the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara due to backyard gold digging is far from over, with hundreds of lives already lost and thousands of people at risk, a United Nations investigative team warned…

SC/10048 AFR/2047 The following Security Council statement was issued today by Council President Ruhakana Rugunda ( Uganda): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist bombings that occurred in Abuja, Nigeria, on 1 October 2010, causing numerous…

04 Oct 2010 21:40:23 GMT * Aide to president's election rival detained * Prominent militant figure charged with terrorism * New national security adviser appointed * Secret service says larger plot foiled By Camillus Eboh and Felix Onuah ABUJA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Nigeria's…