Reports

GENEVA, 1 February 2005 - As heads of state from more than 25 African countries met in Nigeria to tackle some of the continent's most urgent problems - including the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ABUJA, 25 January (IRIN) - Nigeria is to phase out malaria-resistant drugs such as chloroquine immediately and switch to the more effective but more expensive artemisinin-based drugs, Health Minister…

With African children now making up 85 per cent of the world's poliomyelitis cases after groups in Nigeria forced suspension of an inoculation campaign, African health ministers from eight countries pledged today to plan massive immunization campaigns against the paralyzing…

LAGOS, Dec 12, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 240 Nigerian policemen have been killed by ruthless bandits or lost their lives during various ethno-religious and political crises witnessed in Africa's most populous country since the beginning of…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PORT HARCOURT, 6 December (IRIN) - Hundreds of angry villagers, including women and children, overran three facilities operated by oil giants Royal Dutch/Shell and ChevronTexaco in southern Nigeria, shutting…

ABUJA, Dec 3, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nigeria will get 86 million US dollars from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in support of its anti-malaria war as part of the country' s efforts to…

WHO has received reports from the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria of a total number of 1616 cases and 126 deaths. Kano State reported 1316 cases and 76 deaths (case fatality rate, 5.8%) from 15 October to 23…

LAGOS, Nov 29, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Nigerian government has called for international support to deal with numerous natural and man- made disasters, a government official said here Monday. Samaila Markafi, director general of Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency,…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ABUJA, 17 November (IRIN) - The Nigerian government said this week that emergency rule imposed six months ago in central Nigeria's Plateau State would not be renewed when…

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has hailed a polio immunization campaign starting Saturday in Nigeria as a vital step in eradicating the disease that once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of youngsters worldwide each year, after a halt to…