Reports

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The number of people who died from the renewed ethnic clashes in Nigeria's central Plateau State has increased to 23, the local press reported Thursday. The reports said the clashes, which erupted at the weekend between…

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Wednesday called for a global initiative to check the growing incidence of displaced persons. Obasanjo spoke in Abuja, while inaugurating the Board of the National Refugees Commission, headed by former Nigerian Ambassador to…

Silver Spring, Maryland -- According to its final report on aid provided following the Nigerian armory explosion that destroyed thousands of homes in Lagos on January 27, 2002, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) office in Nigeria provided…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 11 June (IRIN) - Nigeria is potentially Africa's richest country. As the world's sixth largest producer of crude oil, with huge reserves of mineral and agricultural riches and…

This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. Appeal Target CHF 2,831,279 Programme Update No. I Period covered. January - March 2002 "At a Glance" Appeal coverage: 48.5% Related Appeals: Western Africa regional programmes (01.0112002) Outstanding needs: CHF 1,458,465 Update: Donor…

LAGOS, 3 May (IRIN) - At least 20 people died in Nigeria on Wednesday when violence erupted between factions of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), in Jos, Plateau State, witnesses and hospital sources said. The deaths occurred when the…

LAGOS, 3 April (IRIN) - Nigeria's president, Olusegun Obasanjo, drew some relief when an Islamic Court of Appeal in the northern city of Sokoto freed a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery on 25 March. A lower court…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Nigeria. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at <a href=http://www.idpproject.org/ target==5Fnew>http://www.idpproject.org/, or the…

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Launched on 31 January 2002 for CHF 748,133 for three weeks. Revised on 8 February, 2002 (see Update no. 1) for CHF 1,020,000. Programme extended for a…

By Patrick Bawa and Tope Akinwande in Lagos Listeners in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos have been hearing a new jingle on their radios recently. It reminds them of the terrible events of this January when a military armoury blew up and…