Reports

In the bid to improve the socio-economic status of Nigerians, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Abba Sayyadi Ruma has promised more access to potable water supply. While making the pledge in an interactive session with the Water Sector…

This report covers the period from 4/25/2007 to 5/24/2007 In central and northern Nigeria, the season began with light to moderate rains in April and May, respectively. The relatively early rains in the north resulted in the start of planting in…

MAKURDI, 25 July 2007 (IRIN) - A growing stream of villagers are fleeing border areas between Benue and Taraba states in central Nigeria after an upsurge of deadly clashes between ethnic Tiv and Kuteb communities over a protracted land…

There are indications that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other UN agencies have concluded plans to spend over $2 million on another round of projects on the Mambilla Plateau in Nigeria. A statement issued by the National…

Food Rights Campaigners to Petition Nigeria President Yar'Adua and National Assembly Leadership on Hunger Campaigners for food rights will on Thursday, July 12, 2007 present petitions to the President Umar Yar'Adua and the leadership of the National Assembly to…

LAGOS, 11 July 2007 (IRIN) - Measles is a preventable disease yet when it strikes in Nigeria it finds a ready pool of victims most of whom are children. In June more than 50 children died while another 400 were…

Abuja_(dpa) _ The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) closed its camp in Oru, Ogun State, south-west Nigeria, on Sunday with the repatriation of the last 86 Liberians from the camp. The camp commandant, Lawrence Yegwa, said the 86 had…

Child trafficking activities have been identified as unremedied sources of exposure to infections related to HIV, traumatic and psychiatric diseases and illnesses in children. Executive Secretary, National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic In Persons (NAPTIP), Carol Ndaguba who made this…

This report covers the period of 1/01/06 to 31/12/06 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and disease, the International Federation with its…

Africa Report N°126 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Nigeria's democracy is in crisis. The April 2007 elections were supposed to move the country to a higher rung on the democratisation ladder, create a more conducive environment to resolve its many internal conflicts…