Reports

ABUJA, 13 November (IRIN) - Nigeria said on Thursday it had launched an immunisation campaign against cerebro-spinal meningitis in 23 of its 36 states considered susceptible to the disease and in the capital Abuja. The National Programme of Immunisation said in…

LAGOS, Oct 30, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The outbreak of measles which claimed the lives of 12 children in Nigeria's southern state of Akwa Ibom this month has been brought under control, a public health official said Thursday. Inyang…

LAGOS, 30 October (IRIN) - A Muslim leader who is leading the campaign against polio immunisation in Nigeria on Thursday gave a cautious welcome to government's decision to conduct fresh laboratory investigation of the vaccines used in the exercise. Datti…

ABUJA, 29 October (IRIN) - Nigeria has ordered independent tests to be conducted on polio vaccines used in the country following a widespread boycott of immunisation in the country due to claims that the vaccines make people infertile and…

WARRI, 23 October (IRIN) - Fresh ethnic clashes around the Nigerian oil town of Warri have claimed several lives over the past week, threatening a fragile ceasefire secured between rival tribal militias in the troubled Niger Delta, residents said…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: N/A The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobili zing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: N/A The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: N/A The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) alocated: N/A The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180…

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The government of the Nigerian northern state of Kaduna, assisted by the Nigerian Red Cross (NRC), has resettled about 1,500 of those who were displaced by the massive flooding in Kaduna this week, NRC spokesperson…