Nigeria
In the bid to ensure food security for 70 percent of Nigerians who depend on agriculture for sustenance, the country's Agriculture and Water Resources Ministry says it is being repositioned for efficient service delivery. Agriculture and Water Resources Minister, Sayyadi Abba…
Nigeria
LAGOS, 5 September 2007 (IRIN) - More than 5,000 people were made homeless by flooding in and around the northern city of Sokoto this week, bringing the number of victims to 50,000 throughout Nigeria in just two months, according…
Nigeria
LAGOS, Sept 4, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nigeria's northern Bauchi State Government introduced free malaria treatment program in all its health institutions in a bid to combat the disease, according to news reaching here on Tuesday. Hajiya Aisha Yuguda,…
Nigeria
Abuja_(dpa) _ A man, a woman and her baby drowned when the River Yedzaram in the Michika area of Adamawa State in northeastern Nigeria burst its banks Sunday. Sani Moda, Vice-Chairman of the council area, said relatives of the man…
Nigeria
Rapport mission du 4 au 15 aout 2007 INTRODUCTION Le 18 août 2007, sur la base des informations fournies par l'ONG Médecins Sans frontières (MSF), l'Agence France Presse (AFP) diffusaient une dépêche tirant la sonnette d'alarme sur la malnutrition des enfants…
Nigeria
LAGOS, 30 August 2007 (IRIN) - Flooding and rainstorms in two northern Nigerian states have left thousands more people displaced and killed many livestock, local officials said. Heavy rains lasting more than 12 hours in northeastern Kebbi State on 28…
Nigeria
LAGOS, 28 August 2007 (IRIN) - State government plans to demolish several slums in the unstable southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt could spark ethnic tensions, fuel violence, and leave up to 100,000 homeless. Rivers State Governor Celestine Omehia announced on…
Nigeria
DAKAR, 24 August 2007 (IRIN) - Recently-elected Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar' Adua has suspended the construction of 774 healthcare centres throughout his country, drawing questions on how his administration plans to tackle the increasingly dire health care situation in…
Nigeria
ActionAid responds after severe floods devastate swathes of the countryActionAid Nigeria has set up an emergency committee to respond to the recent heaving flooding in the country. Tens of people have been killed and thousands made homeless after rains swept…
Nigeria
PORT HARCOURT, 20 August 2007 (IRIN) Despite heavily armed government troops manning roadblocks and patrolling the streets of Nigeria's main southern oil city Port Harcourt, many locals say the militias which the troops have been fighting, are still located in…
