Reports

By George Esiri YENAGOA, Nigeria, Nov 28 (Reuters) Nigeria's army deployed hundreds of troops to oil-producing Bayelsa state overnight as a pre-emptive security measure amid rising tensions over the impeachment of the state's governor, the army said. Brigadier General Elias…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KANO, 10 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people disabled by polio took to the streets of the northern Nigerian city of Kano, some in wheelchairs some perched…

Rights still under attack by the state "Oil exploration has turned Ogoni into a wasteland: lands, streams and creeks are totally and continually polluted; the atmosphere has been poisoned, charged as it is with hydrocarbon vapours, methane, carbon monoxide, carbon…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 10 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Nigeria plans a massive vaccination drive against measles this year, targeting all of the 35 million children aged between nine months and…

ABUJA, 27 September 2005 -- As the new school year starts in Nigeria, the Ministry of Education chose a UNICEF-supported school to launch a major national programme, aimed at providing one meal per day to all pupils during schools…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PORT HARCOURT, 27 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Two oil facilities in Nigeria, shut by militiamen protesting their leader's arrest, have reopened, oil company officials said on Tuesday, after the…

Du 23 Août au 03 septembre 2005 Par Salif Sow Représentant Régional FEWS NET/USAID Amadou Mactar Konaté Expert en Sécurité Alimentaire CILSS/SEAvec la contribution de Ibrahim Laouali, Chef Unité Marché CILSS/AGRHYMET et de Sani L. Addoh…

ABUJA, Sept 26, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Monday launched a home-grown school feeding program aimed at improving the nutritional intake by at least 25 million children of school age in Africa's most populous country. "Nigeria…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ABUJA, 13 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Nigeria is on the verge of eliminating guinea worm, a debilitating water borne disease, after cases dropped by 99 percent since 1988,…

LAGOS, Sept 9, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ten persons died and several others were hospitalized following an outbreak of cholera in the central Nigerian state of Kaduna, state media reported Friday. The outbreak occurred at the city of Kafanchan, and…