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NIGERIA: Dead baby trees by th...

NIGERIA: Dead baby trees by the millions as reforestation fails

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Of the 50 million seedlings planted every year in the 11 northern Nigeria states worst effected by desertification, 37.5 million wither and die...
NIGERIA: No condoms for Anambr...

NIGERIA: No condoms for Anambra State

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
It is now illegal to encourage the use of condoms in southeast Nigeria’s Anambra State. The state government has also banned the advocacy and...
NIGERIA: Fuel shortages cause ...

NIGERIA: Fuel shortages cause price hikes for northerners

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Monday, April 7, 2008
With massive fuel shortages in the north of Nigeria since mid March, transport costs have doubled exacerbating food prices. “Until last week I...
NIGERIA: After River State’s f...

NIGERIA: After River State’s flawed elections, violence expected

Sunday, April 6, 2008
Violence was relatively low in the run-up to local elections on 29 March in Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers State but with evidence emerging of massive...
NIGERIA: Dozens of boat accide...

NIGERIA: Dozens of boat accidents in the north

Friday, April 4, 2008
The drowning of 30 people on 1 April when a boat capsized on Lake Bagwai, 50 km west of Kano city, was one of dozens of recent boat accidents in...
NIGERIA: Worst cholera outbrea...

NIGERIA: Worst cholera outbreak in years in Benue State

Sunday, March 30, 2008
At least 35 people have died of cholera in the capital of Benue State, Madurdi, and the town of Oturkpo. Both areas have a history of cholera...
NIGERIA: Measles kills 165 chi...

NIGERIA: Measles kills 165 children in Katsina state

Sunday, March 30, 2008
A measles outbreak in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state has killed 165 children in the last three months and infected more than 3,000 children,...
NIGERIA: The desert is fast en...

NIGERIA: The desert is fast encroaching but why?

Saturday, March 29, 2008
Experts agree that an estimated 35 percent of land that was cultivatable 50 years ago is now desert in 11 of Nigeria’s northern states, but what they...
Treason Charge for Nigerian Re...

Treason Charge for Nigerian Rebel

The Point
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
A leader of a Niger Delta oil militant group unseen in public since his arrest has failed to appear before a Nigerian court as expected. At a court...
NIGERIA: Cattails smother live...

NIGERIA: Cattails smother livelihoods of farmers and fishermen in Jigawa State

IRIN
Friday, March 7, 2008
A species of cattail grass known locally as 'kachalla' is taking over river banks and farmlands around the Hadejia-Komadugu-Yobe wetlands in northern...
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