Nigeria
DREF Allocated: No This Bulletin is being issued based on the needs described below reflecting the information available at this time. Based on further updates and details from assessment reports, the Federation will seek international support through an Appeal. The Situation Ignited…
Nigeria
LAGOS, 30 janvier (IRIN) - L'aide humanitaire commence à arriver pour les victimes des explosions d'une armurerie qui ont fait plus de 600 morts et des milliers de sans abris à Lagos, Nigéria, ont informé mercredi des responsables humanitaires. Le…
Nigeria
LAGOS, 30 January (IRIN) - Relief aid has started coming in for victims of the munitions dump blasts that have caused the death of over 600 persons in Lagos, Nigeria, and rendered thousands homeless, humanitarian officials said on Wednesday. The…
Nigeria
INTRODUCTION An armoury at the Ikeja military cantonment in Lagos, Nigeria, containing "high calibre bombs" was reported to have gone up in flames at about 6.00 pm (local time) on Sunday 27 January 2002, resulting in a series of explosions…
Nigeria
LAGOS, 29 janvier (IRIN) - La mort de plus de 600 personnes a été confirmée à la suite des explosions qui ont ravagé Lagos, la plus grande ville du Nigéria, à l'issue de l'incendie d'une armurerie, ont affirmé des…
Nigeria
By Tume Ahemba LAGOS (Reuters) - As the death toll from huge explosions caused by an armoury fire in Nigeria's biggest city last weekend rose to more than 500, some residents said the tragedy could have been even worse. If the…
Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - International and local relief agencies have set up camps at Ikeja military cantonment in Lagos, to give succour to victims of Sunday's military armoury explosions. Meanwhile, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has ordered the immediate release of…
Nigeria
By Tope Akinwande in Abidjan, Ivory Coast The explosion in the armoury at the Ikeja army cantonment in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, sent artillery shells, rockets and bombs raining down on the crowded city on Sunday. Many residents fled in…
Nigeria
ABIDJAN, 29 January (IRIN) - More than 600 people have been confirmed dead following the explosions which rocked Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, after an ammunitions dump caught fire, government officials said. Thousands are believed missing, according to the Nigerian Red…
Nigeria
Written by Stephanie Kriner Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Two days after frightening blasts sent hundreds of people living in the barracks of a military arms depot fleeing to their deaths, Nigeria is observing a day of mourning.…
