Reports

This report covers the period from 10/1/2007 to 10/31/2007 - Early harvests of crops, such as maize, cowpea, yam and groundnut, began in August, reinforcing household, regional and national stocks that still remain after two consecutive bumper harvests. However, the early…

LAGOS, Oct 30, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nigeria's Minister of Health, Adenike Grange, warned against 380,000 new cases of tuberculosis ( TB) reported annually in Nigeria, according to state media news reaching here on Tuesday. The minister made the…

Outbreaks of violence leading to significant situations of internal displacement are frequent in Nigeria, with at least 14,000 people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced since military rule ended in 1999. Complex displacement patterns and the marked lack of detailed…

The Japanese Government has earmarked the sum of $2.3Million as grant to aid Nigeria develop water supply projects in Yobe State, northeastern part of the country. Signing the Agreement on behalf of the Nigerian Government, the Minister of Agriculture and…

DAKAR, 19 October 2007 (IRIN) - Harvests will be poor in the north of Nigeria because of inadequate rains, according to the Kano State chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN). "The implication of this is that there is…

The Nigerian Government has called for a tripartite partnership to exploit the vast agricultural resources that abound in the country's river basin whereby the Kano State Government and the organized private sector would team up with it to this…

KATSINA STATE, Nigeria - Dr. David Nsimma works quickly. His patient, Maryama Aliyu, is bleeding internally and slipping into shock. Pregnancy-related injuries are causing blood to seep away from her vital organs and pool in her lower body. If…

This 123-page report documents the most important human rights dimensions of the Nigerian crisis of governance: politicians and other political elites openly encouraging systemic violence; the corruption that fuels and rewards Nigeria's violent brand of politics at the expense of…

LAGOS, Oct 9, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nigerian federal government has so far paid 546 million naira (about 4.3 million U.S. dollars) as compensation to poultry farmers affected by the outbreak of bird flu in 25 states and…

The South Korean Government has donated polio vaccines worth 100,000 US Dollars to the Nigerian Government. Nigeria's Minister of Health, Adenike Grange, who received the supplies in Abuja on behalf of the Federal Government, said the vaccines would compliment the…