Reports

CALABAR, 19 November 2007 (IRIN) The government of President Umaru Yar'Adua says it is serious about tackling the root causes of violence and poverty in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta with a 'master plan' to develop the region and provide…

Police Chief Boasts of 785 Killings in 90 Days (New York, November 18, 2007) - Nigeria's government should launch an independent public inquiry in light of official statistics indicating that police have shot and killed more than 8,000 Nigerians since 2000,…

The governments of Nigeria and China are to work out modalities for commercial livestock development to improve the socio-economic conditions of the Nigerians under its redesigned National Programme on Food Security. Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Abba Sayyadi Ruma,…

KANO, 12 November 2007 (IRIN) - With little information on this year's harvest in northern Nigeria available market traders are using rumours of imminent food shortages to push prices beyond most people's reach. Traders at the Dawanau market in Kano, the…

By Isiyaku Ahmed Kano, Nigeria Nigerian agronomists says low rain fall this year could mean food shortages in some northern Nigerian states, including; Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina. From Kano, Voice of America English to Africa reporter Isiyaku Ahmed says the…

The Nigerian Army publicly apologized to the people of Benue State, north central Nigeria, Tuesday over the killing of its citizens in the Zaki Biam area of the state by soldiers in 2001. The Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant…

The fight against wild polio in Nigeria is recording a remarkable success as the number of children infected with the virus in the nation has decreased by 80% between January and August 2007 compared to a corresponding period in…

Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Federal Government would take all necessary steps to ensure that peace, a major element necessary for development returns, to the Niger Delta area in the shortest possible time. He has also noted…

ABUJA, Nov 1, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Nigerian government was determined to eradicate malaria, the country's Minister of Health Adenike Grange said when receiving a donation of malaria drugs from the Chinese government here on Thursday. The donated…

The Nigeria and the Swiss governments are to partner on crop protection to boost agricultural production in Nigeria. Nigerian Agriculture and Water Resources Minister, Abba Sayyadi Ruma, stated this when he received the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Pierre Helg, who…