Reports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] GUSAU, 3 October (IRIN) - Up to 1,000 people displaced by floodwater from a collapsed damn in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state huddled together on Tuesday waiting for word of…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] GUSAU, 2 October (IRIN) - Hundreds of people were homeless in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state on Monday after a dam collapsed at the weekend, washing away more than…

Atlanta, GA - $4,999,990 over 4 years to integrate malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF) programs in seven southeastern states of Nigeria to demonstrate proof of concept that insecticide impregnated (bed)nets (ITNs) alone can eliminate lymphatic filariasis transmission.

Africa Report N°118 28 September 2006 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Less than a year before Nigeria holds its third national elections since the end of military rule in 1999, tensions are running high in the southern Niger Delta. A number of…

In the latest outbreak of communal violence in Nigeria, more than 1,000 people reportedly fled their homes in the northern town of Dutse earlier this week as mobs went on the rampage, looting and burning churches and other property…

ABUJA, Sept 27, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - The National Program on Immunization (NPI) of Nigeria said Wednesday that it would immunize 27 million children against measles in the 17 southern states next month. NPI National Coordinator Edugie Abebe made the…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 26 September (IRIN) - The village of Dutse in northern Nigeria was recovering on Tuesday after 1,000 people fled their homes in the latest in a series…

Ethno-religious conflict is endemic in Nigeria, with at least 14,000 people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced since military rule ended in 1999. Since internal displacement in Nigeria is often short-term, and most IDPs seek refuge with host families,…

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The government of Nigeria's northern state of Jigawa has imposed a night-time curfew on the state capital, Dutse, following a sectarian violence which left many injured and several houses and churches burnt, the local media…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed the reports of its mandate-holders on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and on the human rights of internally displaced persons. Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions,…