Rapports

Cotonou / Abuja, June 9, 2005 - UNICEF congratulates the Governments of the Republic of Benin and the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the signing today, in Cotonou, of a "Cooperation agreement to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KANO, 6 Jun 2005 (IRIN) - Hundreds of armed riot police have been deployed in Nigeria's northern city of Sokoto, where Sunni protesters razed a government building in…

SOKOTO, Nigeria, June 4 (Reuters) - Nigerian police rounded up suspects on Saturday after hundreds of Sunni Muslim militants burned a local government office in the far northwestern city of Sokoto, a government spokesman said. Hundreds of soldiers and policemen…

SOKOTO, Nigeria, June 3 (Reuters) Nigeria deployed hundreds of soldiers in the far northwestern Islamic city of Sokoto on Friday to prevent further violence between rival religious groups on a Muslim day of prayer. Some 500 soldiers and policemen patrolled the…

The United Nations expert on summary or arbitrary executions has scheduled a 13-day fact-finding tour of Nigeria, starting later this month, at the invitation of the Nigerian government. From 27 June to 9 July, Philip Alston, UN Commission on Human…

The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for human rights defenders made the following statement in Abuja at the end of her recent visit to Nigeria, Thursday 12 May 2005: At the invitation of the Government of Nigeria, the…

Introduction The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its 15 members (1) have long understood the destabilizing and deleterious effects of small arms and light weapons (2) on the region. Their decisions to undertake six regional peacekeeping operations…

Lagos, Nigeria -- Up to two-thirds of women in certain communities in Lagos State, Nigeria are believed to have experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence in the family, with neither the Lagos government nor the Federal government doing anything to…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 31 May (IRIN) - Up to two-thirds of women in and around Nigeria's biggest city Lagos have suffered some form of abuse at the hands of family…

The Commission on Human Rights' Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, will visit Nigeria from 27 June to 9 July. The Special Rapporteur will visit Abuja, Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Yanagoa, and Warri. During his visit,…