Rapports

LAGOS, Jun 06, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nigeria's major militant group the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Saturday warned oil workers in the troubled oil rich Niger Delta region to leave within 72…

Two more militant camps destroyed - No decision on widening campaign in Delta - Risk of retaliatory attacks on oil facilities - analysts By Austin Ekeinde PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, June 5 (Reuters) - The Nigerian military said on Friday it had destroyed two…

H.E. Mr. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Office of the President Aso Rock, Abuja Nigeria Dear President Yar'Adua, We write to you at this midway point of your term in office to express our concerns about the slow…

Par Seydou Amadou Oumarou MARADI, Niger, 5 juin 2009 - Aboubacar Sidikou, un garçon de deux ans, n'est plus le même. Il avait l'habitude d'être très actif, courant avec les chèvres dans la cour de la maison ou jouant à…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has today handed over the internally displaced Persons Camp in in Warri South-West Local Government to Delta State Government. Also handed over were additional relief materials including foodstuffs, clothing, beddings, and cutleries amongst other items It…

LAGOS, May 31, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The militants in the Niger Delta are reaching out to the Nigerian federal government in a move to negotiate a ceasefire and peace deal, local media reported on Sunday. They are also…

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has judicial, legislative and executive arms of government at Federal and 36 State levels. The legislative arm of Government comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each State has an elected Executive Governor,…

By Gilbert da Costa Many of the people displaced in the Niger Delta by the current military offensive say they are eager to return home. We report from the makeshift camp at Ogbe Ijoh where supplies and patience are in…

Household food security is generally stable across the country owing to continued high market supplies in urban and rural markets and improved agricultural labor opportunities due to the surge in agricultural activities. As the hunger season…

Yar'Adua says amnesty offer to militants still on table - Main militant group rejects offer to lay down weapons - Five-day lull in fighting in Niger Delta By Felix Onuah ABUJA, May 29 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua renewed on Friday his offer…