Rapports

DAKAR, 17 August 2007 (IRIN) - The army appeared to be in charge again in Nigeria's southern city of Port Harcourt a day after gun fights had erupted across the city causing many residents to flee their homes. "The soldiers…

PORT HARCOURT, 17 August 2007 (IRIN) People are fleeing Nigeria's main oil city of Port Harcourt amid heavy fighting between government troops and armed gangs, residents and officials told IRIN on Friday. "The whole thing appears to be completely out of…

A few months after a normal start of the rainy season in May in northern Nigeria and early March in the south, households remain generally food secure due to high availability of food, low prices of cereal and tubers…

LAGOS, 10 August 2007 (IRIN) - Already struggling to help the many flooded communities around the country, Nigeria's emergency response agency warned the nation on Thursday that the height of the rainy season has still not arrived and that…

The Nigerian Government has stated its commitment in ensuring that it partners with stakeholders and development partners to eradicate malaria in the country before the year 2015. Minister of Health, Adenike Grange, made this known while addressing participants at a…

JOS, Nigeria, Aug 7 (Reuters) - At least 14 people have been killed and thousands of families forced to leave their homes by flash floods sweeping the central Nigerian state of Plateau, the Red Cross said on Tuesday. The flooding,…

LAGOS, 7 August 2007 (IRIN) - As the rainy season begins to peak throughout Nigeria, a farming district in the centre of the country is the latest area to go underwater. Crops were destroyed and at least 17 people died…

LAGOS, 6 August 2007 (IRIN) - Floods in various parts of Nigeria have forced thousands of people from their homes, polluted water sources and increased the risk of disease. At least nine people have reportedly died in the flooding, which…

LAGOS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Flash floods sweeping Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, have forced thousands of families from their homes, residents and witnesses said on Sunday. The flooding in the Ikorodu district of Nigeria's commercial capital follows days of heavy…

OSUN STATE, Nigeria - From the shade of a small porch, Chief J.O. Aderibigbe rises to take the floor at this gathering of traditional birth attendants. Resplendent in his pink kaftan, he speaks emphatically in the local language of…