Rapports

KANO, 21 August 2008 (IRIN) - At least 100,000 infants die from the sickle-cell genetic disorder in Nigeria every year, and the country still has the highest incidence of the illness in Africa. "From available statistics, 100,000 infants die from sickle-cell…

PORT HARCOURT, 14 August 2008 (PLUSNEWS) - The deployment of additional troops to Nigeria's restive, oil-soaked delta has managed to improve security, but not even their commanders believe there can be a military solution to the armed young men…

By Geoffrey Njoku ABUJA, Nigeria, 12 August 2008 - He stuck out like a sore thumb amidst the more than three hundred women cradling their babies at the annual baby show. The show was one of the events of this…

- In northern Nigeria, recent rainfall has led to gradual improvements in crop stands, water availability and pasture conditions. However, because rainfall has not been sufficient to recharge the water table and compensate for significant moisture…

The proportion of children missed during immunization campaigns in Nigeria has been significantly reduced from more than 50 percent to 20 percent in key areas of the country. Rotary Images. Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua pledged his continued commitment to…

Up to a million lives in Nigeria could be saved as a result of a new =A350 million project to tackle malaria announced today by International Development Minister, Gillian Merron. The aid will help provide up to 4 million mosquito…

By Geoffrey Njoku BUNGUDU, Nigeria, 15 July 2008 - Nafisa Salisu, 16, whose legs were deformed by polio, manoeuvred her wheelchair into the specially designed Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) latrine for physically challenged pupils at Bungudu Primary School. This is the…

WOM/1691 Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 836th & 837th Meetings (AM & PM) Committee Experts Take Issue with Discrimination against Pregnant Women In Workplace, Gender Pay Gap, Maternal Mortality Rate - Among Highest in World In an effort to erase gender…

At least nine people, five of them civilians, were killed after a series of clashes in the area of Bonny Island, in the Niger Delta. Local sources said that 30 unidentified armed men aimed against a boat, killing two…