Rapports

Introduction Although the Nigerian economy depends significantly on the oil sector, agriculture remains its mainstay. Agriculture contributed 42 percent of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008 (National Bureau of Statistics). Agriculture is the second largest export earner after crude oil…

A weak Nigerian leadership caused by the prolonged illness of President Yar´Adua comes at a time when several other West African countries are facing serious security threats, jeopardizing regional stability, Stephanie Schulze writes for ISN Security Watch. By Stephanie Schulze…

There are nearly three million people living with HIV in Nigeria. After South Africa, the country has the largest number of people living with HIV in the continent. Each day there are about 1000 new infections. National HIV prevalence…

Food security conditions are stable in most parts of the country with the exception of the Extreme North, and the Extreme South, where moderate food insecurity is prevalent. The three wealth groups most affected by rising food insecurity are…

Gilbert da Costa | Abuja The security situation in Nigeria's troubled oil producing delta region remains fragile despite assurances by the acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, to revive an amnesty program in the region. Community leaders in the Niger Delta have…

LAGOS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A Nigerian militant group claimed on Friday to have blown up two key pieces of oil infrastructure and a gas pipeline in the Niger Delta this week, but there was no independent confirmation of…

Main militant group awaits invite from Acting President * Ceasefire still off * Dismisses attack claims by another militant faction (Recasts with comment from MEND and Shell) By Nick Tattersall LAGOS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main militant group will wait to be…

Amnesty International has called on Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to fulfill the commitments made in his acceptance speech by setting up an independent commission of inquiry into all suspected cases of unlawful killings by the Nigeria Police Force in…

KANO, 12 February 2010 (IRIN) - Some 15,400 people who fled violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos remain displaced three weeks later and despite dire living conditions, many do not plan to return and rebuild their destroyed…

New Leader Should Act Boldly on Violence, Corruption, and Lack of Accountability (Dakar, February 12, 2010) - Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, should take immediate and concrete steps to address large-scale violence, endemic corruption, a lack of accountability for abuses, and…