Reports

The girls in Nigeria meet at the Hope Center for Women, a school for girls aged 16 to 22, which not only teaches how to sew or use a computer but also to discover other things.…

Highlights A total of 19,897 new cases of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) have been treated in June in the 378 Community Management of Acute Malnutrition sites. As a result of a number of security incidences and…

Ibadan, Nigeria; July 24, 2012: The Nigerian Government has released two new maize hybrids that can provide more vitamin A in the diets of millions in the country, raising optimism about stemming the menace of vitamin…

The National Emergency Management Agency today launched a search and rescue operations in Gangare and Rikkos areas of Jos which was submerged by devastating flood and resulted in the deaths of 21 persons and missing others…

Nigeria tracks its AIDS epidemic and plans response through mapping at-risk groups, health facilities and civil society organizations. In Nigeria, populations at greatest risk for HIV comprise 3.4% of population but account for up to 40% of…

By Karen Allen KATSINA, Nigeria, 20 July 2012 – The first rains have arrived in northern Nigeria. Tufts of guinea corn are peeking out from the soil. Farmers are optimistic that this year’s growing season will yield good…

Heather Murdock July 18, 2012 ABUJA — Thousands of villagers in Nigeria have been evacuated from their homes while the military conducts a counter-terrorism operation in Plateau State, the scene of deadly attacks earlier this month. The displaced…

KANO (Nigeria), 18 July 2012 - Mohammad Abdu Zango is the Chairman of the Journalists Initiative on Immunization against Polio – also known as JAP - in Kano State, Northern Nigeria. During the sub-national polio immunization…

Geneva/Abuja (ICRC) – The armed violence and clashes that took place on 7 and 8 July between the mainly livestock-herding Fulani and the farming Berom communities in Riyom and Barkin Ladi near Jos (Plateau state) caused…

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has offered Jigawa state improved cowpea and maize varieties, as part of efforts to help improve the fortunes of agriculture in that state. The Institute also plans to backstop the…