Nigeria
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 11 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - Nigerian police use armed robbery as a catch-all charge to jail people for refusing to pay a bribe and to justify the…
Nigeria
Professor Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, made the following statement to media in Abuja today at the end of a visit to Nigeria: "Permit me first of…
Nigeria
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2005 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it will donate 9,000 metric tons of soybean meal to Partners for Development (PFD), a private voluntary organization, for use in the Nigeria. PFD will sell the…
Nigeria
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ABUJA, 30 June (IRIN) - A national conference called to fashion a new more balanced constitution for divided Nigeria has reached deadlock over a dispute on how to…
Nigeria
By Ibrahim Mshelizza MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 22 (Reuters) - At least 50 people have died in an outbreak of suspected cholera in the remote northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, lawmakers said on Wednesday. Kaka Adam Mustafa, a member of the…
Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The US, Britain and some other European countries Monday re-opened their diplomatic missions in Nigeria's economic capital of Lagos, shut in the wake of an alleged security threat last week. However, consular and other services are yet…
Nigeria
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 17 June (IRIN) - The United States, Russia and several western European countries have temporarily closed their diplomatic missions in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos following a perceived terror…
Nigeria
LAGOS, Jun 16, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 20 people have been killed since January this year as ethnic Tiv villages clashed over land in the eastern Nigerian state of Benue, government officials said Thursday. Fresh fighting broke…
Nigeria
Abuja, 15 June 2005 - "African Orphans: our collective responsibility": the theme for this year's commemoration of the Day of the African Child on June 16 is drawing attention to the tragic situation of millions of orphans throughout the…
Nigeria
June 13, 2005 -- The erratic rainfall of northern Nigeria creates problems for many -- with the country's dry season lasting for many months of the year. But one only needs to drill more than five meters underground with a…
