SG/SM/13155 AFR/2046 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General condemns the car bombing today near the venue of the...
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Eight killed by Nigeria Independence day bombs
01 Oct 2010 14:38:04 GMT * Eight dead in independence day car bomb blasts * Explosions near national day parade * Niger Delta rebels had issued bomb threat * President vows to bring perpetrators to...
UN team takes soil, water samples in deadly Nigerian lead poisoning outbreak
1 October 2010 - A United Nations team has finished collecting dozens of soil and water samples in a region of northern Nigeria where acute lead poisoning due to backyard gold digging has sickened...
NIGERIA: Communities' resistance hampers lead cleanup
ANKA, 1 October 2010 (IRIN) - Efforts to treat children poisoned by lead and to clean up contaminated sites in northern Nigeria's Zamfara State are being hampered by the reticence of communities to...
NIGERIA: River Blindness Photo Essay
KADUNA, 30 September 2010 (IRIN) - Some 27 million people in Nigeria need treatment for river blindness, also known as onchocerciasis, according to NGO Sight Savers. The disease is spread through the...
Nigeria: FLOOD EMERGENCY IN THREE NORTHERN STATES
Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by weeks of flooding in three northern Nigerian States, said to MISNA Seyi Soremekun, spokesman for Nigeria's Red Cross. The worst-hit is the Sokoto...
Nigeria gunmen kidnap 15 children - police
LAGOS, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Gunman have hijacked a school bus in Nigeria's Abia state, on the fringes of the oil-producing Niger Delta, and kidnapped 15 youngsters, police said on Tuesday. The...
Nigeria: President Jonathan approves N1.75bn grants to Sokoto, Kebbi Govts over flood disasters
Sep 28, 2010, 18:30 President Jonathan has approved the release of N1 billion and N750 million as Federal Government grants to Sokoto and Kebbi State Governments, respectively, as part of...
Community-led water and sanitation projects take root in Nigeria
This week's UN Millennium Development Goals summit highlighted the importance of reaching the world's most disadvantaged children in order to achieve the MDGs with equity by 2015. Here is a related...
World leaders and experts meet to raise the profile of education on the development agenda
NEW YORK, 21 September 2010 - A brainstorming session to examine ways to make the case for education by showing its powerful impact on all Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be held on 22...
UN TEAM ARRIVES IN NIGERIA TO HELP AUTHORITIES COMBAT ACUTE LEAD POISONING
(Geneva/New York: 21 September 2010): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is stepping up efforts to assist Nigerian authorities in combating an outbreak of...
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Africa needs more seed companies to push out improved maize varieties
African governments have been urged to encourage the emergence of more seed companies that will multiply, market, and disseminate improved maize varieties to farmers to boost food production. So far,...
FEATURE-Elections put Nigeria on the brink, but of what?
14 Sep 2010 16:57:05 GMT Source: Reuters * Jonathan, others expected to declare this week * Opposition questions election timetable * Former U.S. envoy warns of risk of violence By Nick Tattersall ...
NIGERIA: Poor surveillance helps spread cholera
KANO, 14 September 2010 (IRIN) - Poor diagnostics and weak surveillance are hampering government efforts to stem cholera in Nigeria says a government health worker. The disease is most severe in the...
UNICEF and WHO join national efforts to contain cholera outbreak in 11 Nigerian States
Abuja, Nigeria, 1 September 2010-UNICEF, WHO and other partners are supporting the Federal and state governments in Nigeria as they strive to contain a cholera outbreak in 11 states. Government...