Reports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 4 December (IRIN) - If the Nigerian Bar Association should have its way, elected political office holders in the country would not have the chance for a…

LAGOS, 4 December (IRIN) - Nigeria's electoral body said on Tuesday it had registered 22 new political parties, bringing to 28 the number to contest next year's general elections. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC), Abel Guobadia, told…

LAGOS, 26 November (IRIN) - Some 350 people arrested during four days of religious riots in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna, were charged on Monday with arson, rioting, culpable homicide and other offences, officials said. Officials said people arrested in…

LAGOS, 26 November (IRIN) - Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that 25 new political parties had applied for registration for general elections to be held next year following a relaxation of stringent eligibility criteria. The applications…

Geneva (ICRC) - In response to the violent clashes that erupted on Thursday, 21 November, in Kaduna, in north-central Nigeria, volunteers of the Nigerian Red Cross Society have been taking injured persons to three hospitals in the city for…

by Tope Akinwande in Abidjan Red Cross volunteers have been assisting victims of violent protests which broke out in Kaduna city in northern Nigeria on Thursday (Nov 21) leaving, according to preliminary reports, dozens dead and several hundred injured. Muslim demonstrators…

LAGOS, 22 Nov 2002 (IRIN) - At least 100 people have died in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna in three days of violence that began as a protest by Muslim militants against the country's hosting of the Miss World…

LAGOS, 14 November (IRIN) - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has pardoned 80 ex-soldiers who fought against the federal government during the 1967-70 Biafra War. The decision was announced on Tuesday at the end of a meeting of the National Council…

ABIDJAN, 14 November (IRIN) - Seven people were shot dead this week in a clash with security forces in Nigeria's central Plateau State, news organisations reported. According to the BBC, they were the first victims of a shoot-on-sight policy introduced…

LAGOS, 14 November (IRIN) - Nigeria's Senate on Wednesday adopted a recommendation by its special committee that the government prepare the country's armed forces for war over a border dispute with neighbouring Cameroon. The recommendation by the senate committee on public…