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New bird flu strain detected i...

New bird flu strain detected in Nigeria

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
FAO calls for increased surveillance A strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza previously not recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected...

Thousands flee Nigerian town to escape from militants

WIKI NEWS http://en.wikinews.org
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Thousands of people have fled an oil town in the Niger Delta, Nigeria yesterday after an unknown militant group said that all people not originally...
NIGERIA: Trafficking of girls,...

NIGERIA: Trafficking of girls, abuse worsening

Monday, July 7, 2008
The trafficking of girls from villages to cities in Nigeria is increasing and the state is powerless to stop the trade, officials told IRIN. “The...
NIGERIA: Two million at risk o...

NIGERIA: Two million at risk of radiation cancer

Monday, July 7, 2008
Nigerian environmental and health officials warn that slightly radioactive tailings found in abandoned mines in central Nigeria’s Plateau state poses...
NIGERIA: Economic growth masks...

NIGERIA: Economic growth masks high unemployment

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Thursday, July 3, 2008
An overall trend towards economic growth in Nigeria masks the fact that millions have been forced into low-wage jobs in the once industrial north,...
NIGER-NIGERIA: Porous border a...

NIGER-NIGERIA: Porous border aids human trafficking

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Nigeria’s porous border with its northern neighbour Niger is being exploited by traffickers smuggling teenage girls to Europe where they will work as...
NIGERIA: Emergency rice import...

NIGERIA: Emergency rice import cancelled

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Friday, May 16, 2008
A decision by the Nigerian government to reverse an earlier decision to import 50,000 metric tonnes of rice from Thailand to ease supply pressures on...
NIGERIA: Bread strike threaten...

NIGERIA: Bread strike threatens food supply

IRI NEWS http://irinnews.org
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Supplies of bread have dwindled in Lagos and other cities across Nigeria since 5 May when the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria...
NIGERIA: Tensions rise with st...

NIGERIA: Tensions rise with start of trial of Delta leader

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Thursday, April 17, 2008
In a demonstration of support for prominent Niger Delta militant Henry Okah, who the government put in trial in early April, militant leaders have...
NIGERIA: People compete with c...

NIGERIA: People compete with chickens for food

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The demand for grain to feed chickens in some 350 industrial poultry farms in Kano State has strained human food security, officials say. “The...
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