Reports

24 Dec 2010 Source: reuters // Reuters JOS, Nigeria, Dec 24 (Reuters) - An explosion killed at least five people and wounded red dozens more in a village near the central Nigerian city of Jos on Friday, police said. Abdulrahman Akano,…

KANO, 22 December 2010 (IRIN) - Residents of the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri say soldiers and policemen have brutalized citizens, made arbitrary arrests and stolen money and belongings in raids meant to capture members of a radical Islamic…

By Naoko Iwasaki TOKYO, Japan, 22 December 2010 - The Government of Japan has made a total contribution of approximately $25.4 million for the prevention of polio and other infectious diseases in Nigeria, Pakistan and Sudan in the past month.…

Dakar/Brussels, 20 December 2010: Nigeria's far north is not the hot bed of Islamic extremists some in the West fear, but it needs reinforced community-level peacebuilding, a more subtle security response, and improved management of public resources lest lingering…

WARRI, 17 December 2010 (IRIN) - As families count the cost of another military operation against militants in the Niger Delta, analysts say up to now government efforts to quell violence are hampered by corruption and fail to get…

ABUJA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Soldiers and civilians were killed during an assault by Nigeria's armed forces on militant camps in the oil-producing Niger Delta two weeks ago, the army chief said late on Tuesday, highlighting the intensity of…

15-12-2010 Interview In the past year, the ICRC has scaled up its activities in Nigeria. Zoran Jovanovic, head of the ICRC delegation in Abuja, explains the organization's humanitarian work and the challenges it faces in the country. Why is the ICRC…

Malaria prevention and control are major foreign assistance objectives of the U.S. Government (USG). In May 2009, President Barack Obama announced the Global Health Initiative (GHI), a six-year, comprehensive effort to reduce the burden of disease and promote healthy communities…

14-12-2010 News Release 10/229 Geneva/Abuja (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society are providing protection and assistance for people affected by the violent clashes between Nigerian security forces and the John…

Contribution targets Polio Eradication, Routine Immunization and other Child Survival Interventions ABUJA, Nigeria 10 December, 2010 - UNICEF today received a grant of US $ 10.4 Million for Child Survival programmes in Nigeria. Donated by the Government of Japan, the…