Reports

ABUJA, May 29 (Reuters) - Nigeria President Umaru Yar'Adua on Friday renewed his offer for amnesty to militants in the Niger Delta, two weeks after the military launched its biggest offensive in years. Yar'Adua initially said in April he was ready…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eleventh session Agenda item 6 UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its fourth session from 2 to 13…

A human rights non-governmental organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council over the military offensive launched by the Nigerian federal government and accusations of "serious crimes against humanity". "The 20,000 people…

DAKAR, 28 May 2009 (IRIN) - The Nigeria Red Cross says conflict-hit areas it has been able to access in the Niger Delta are in better condition than anticipated, but that continued restrictions on aid workers' movement leaves many…

LAGOS, May 28, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nigerian military raises alarm on fresh arms acquisition in Niger Delta Nigerian military raises alarm on fresh arms acquisition in Niger Delta The Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in the Niger Delta has…

DAKAR, 28 May 2009 (IRIN) May 2009 Clashes between government forces (the Joint Task Force) and militants break out on 13 May. Both sides deny initiating the attack. JTF launches its biggest onslaught against militants since 2006. Rebel leader Tom Polo's…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is mobilizing resources to ensure that adequate relief materials including drugs and food items are provided to the displaced people in the on-going crisis between the military and militant groups in the Niger Delta…

LAGOS, May 27, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Nigerian military destroyed another militant camp in its on-going operation to restore stability in the oil rich Niger Delta region, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Wednesday. The Joint Military…

Aid agencies are unable to access an area of the Niger Delta where thousands of people were forced from their homes by a military offensive against militants of the MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta). According…

By J. Adele Bamgbose Abstract This article examines separately two different incidents of accidental bomb blast at Ikeja Cantonment, and ethnic conflict between the Yoruba and Hausa at Idi-Araba, Mushin in the suburb of Lagos. These incidents which took place at…