Reports

(abstract) Polio situation: A worrisome upward trend in Nigeria “We never felt the need to get our children immunized, but now, I will do my best to mobilize our community,” says Muhammad Bello, the grandfather of a 2-year-old…

June 10 (Reuters) - Militants attacked two churches in north and central Nigeria on Sunday, spraying the congregation of one with bullets, killing several people, and blowing up a car in a suicide bombing at the…

Internal displacement is a common consequence across Nigeria of inter-communal and political violence, flooding and forced evictions. While some of the conflicts appear to be caused by overlapping and mutually reinforcing regional, religious and ethnic divisions,…

Highlights  A total of 15,944 new cases of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) have been treated in the month of April in the 363 Community Management of Acute Malnutrition sites.  While much has been achieved,…

Heather Murdock, Abdulkareem Haruna June 04, 2012 ABUJA, Nigeria - Residents of Maiduguri, Nigeria - the home city of the militant sect Boko Haram - have endured an onslaught of bomb blasts and gunfire the past three years.…

Three pro-vitamin A cassava varieties released in December 2011 were launched recently by the Nigerian government. IITA, in partnership with the National Root Crops Research Institute, Nigeria, developed these varieties using traditional breeding methods in a…

IITA and partners recently launched the Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project, supported by a US$12 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project aims to boost yam…

Anne Look June 02, 2012 KADUNA, Nigeria - Sectarian violence in Nigeria's volatile Middle Belt region has killed hundreds in recent years, and many fear that attacks by Islamic extremists in the north could ignite lingering tensions. However,…

ABUJA, Nigeria - While some Nigerian politicians are talking about negotiating with Boko Haram, the military is preparing for battle with the militant group. Seventeen countries have signed on to help Nigeria increase security. The Nigerian…

In March 2010, MSF was alerted to a high number of child fatalities in Zamfara state, northern Nigeria – an estimated 400 children died. Laboratory testing later confirmed high levels of lead in the blood of the surviving…