Reports

KANO, 20 May 2010 (IRIN) - Health authorities are on alert as Lassa fever has now claimed 17 lives and infected dozens of people in northwestern Nigeria's Kebbi State, according to state health officials. The last outbreak of the deadly…

Source: Reuters * MEND says president fails to address their demands * Former rebel leaders back relaunch of post-amnesty efforts By Randy Fabi ABUJA, May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main militant group on Thursday dismissed government pledges to revive an post-amnesty programme in the…

19 May 2010 19:49:52 GMT JOS, Nigeria, May 19 (Reuters) - Nigeria's central state of Plateau on Wednesday lifted a night-time curfew imposed on the city of Jos, 1-1/2 years after hundreds of people were killed in clashes between Muslim…

MAIDUGURI, 18 May 2010 (IRIN) - A 15-year river blindness immunization programme in the fertile bread-basket of otherwise-arid Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, now in its 11th year, hangs in the balance for lack of funds. The disease, also known…

New President Should Lead Wide-Ranging Reforms to Stem Violence and Abuse Press Release Date: May 18, 2010 Contacts: Rachel Aicher raicher@sorosny.org 1-917-294-2641 Chidi Anselm Odinkalu caodinkalu@justiceinitiative.org +234-805-502-7273 Okechukwu Nwanguma (NOPRIN) okeynwanquma2002@yahoo.com +234-806-497-4531 ABUJA/NEW YORK-Police in Nigeria commit extrajudicial killings, torture, rape, and extortion with relative impunity, said a report released today…

Olumide Taiwo, Africa Research Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative The Brookings Institution MAY 17, 2010 - The death of Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua did not come as a shock to most Nigerians due to his prolonged illness.…

Despite the fact that nonincome dimensions of well-being such as nutrition and health are now placed on the global development agenda, substantial gaps remain in our knowledge about patterns and trends in nutrition inequalities in many developing countries. The main…

Richard Joseph, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Alexandra Gillies, Research Associate, Revenue Watch Institute MAY 2010 - Editor's Note: From ill-fated politics, to major infrastructural challenges and a fragile democracy, Nigeria has faced many serious and recent obstacles. Richard Joseph and…

03 May 2010 06:29:21 GMT YENAGOA, Nigeria, May 3 (Reuters) - A car exploded in the southern Nigerian oil city of Yenagoa late on Sunday close to a guesthouse owned by deputy state governor Peremobowei Ebebi, a government official said…

- Food security conditions are precarious in most parts of the country in April, as the hunger season peaks in the South and access to food is gradually constrained by rising prices, low livestock prices and unfavorable livestock?to?cereal terms of…