Reports

The situation in Bauchi appears to have calmed down a bit after clashes between the Kala Kato religious sect and the security forces have left thirty dead. Local missionaries told MISNA that the clashes took place in the Zango…

Gilbert da Costa Abuja - Nigeria's fragile truce with rebels in the oil-rich Niger Delta appears to be under serious threat. Former militants are protesting the non-payment of allowances and militants have blown up an oil pipeline in a "warning…

Protests erupt in at least two cities * Activists fear attacks on oil industry could resume * Militant group says reviewing ceasefire By Austin Ekeinde and Segun Owen PORT HARCOURT/YENEGOA, Nigeria, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Security forces have deployed in two cities…

Abstract (provisional) Rationale: It is not clearly evident whether malaria affects the poor more although it has been argued that the poor bear a very high burden of the disease. This study explored the socioeconomic and geographic differences in incidence…

KANO, 22 December 2009 (IRIN) - A tense calm has been restored following clashes between pastoralists and farmers in central Nigeria's Nasarawa State which left 32 people dead, scores of houses burned, and several farms destroyed, officials told IRIN. Violence…

Internal displacement caused by both communal violence and internal armed conflict is a recurrent phenomenon in Nigeria. Limited access makes it difficult to identify the numbers, locations and needs of IDPs. Nigeria has been affected by recurrent internal conflicts and generalised…

Incident began Friday when armed herders raided the farm village of Udeni Gida. A Nigerian lawmaker says at least 30 people have been killed in fighting between farmers and cattle herders in central Nasarawa State. Member of parliament Mohammed Baba Ibaku says…

Once the most endemic country for Guinea worm disease in the world, Nigeria declares victory in its 20-year war. In Ezza Nkwubor village in southeastern Nigeria, 58-year-old Grace Otubo sits on a wooden bench and touches her right heel, recalling…

Michael Logan, dpa Nairobi/Abuja_(dpa) _ Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta has enjoyed a rare period of peace at the tail end of 2009 as a government amnesty for oil militants bears fruit. Oil production in the West African nation is rising again…

Food security conditions are mixed across the country, reflecting different food and fodder production levels and disparities in food prices and income earning opportunities. Inflation rates are relatively high and rising due to high prices for meat, fish, and seafood,…