Adecision by the Nigerian government to reverse an earlier decision toimport 50,000 metric tonnes of rice from Thailand to ease supplypressures on...
NIGERIA: Bread strike threatens food supply
Suppliesof bread have dwindled in Lagos and other cities across Nigeria since 5May when the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria...
NIGERIA: Tensions rise with start of trial of Delta leader
In a demonstration ofsupport for prominent Niger Delta militant Henry Okah, who the government putin trial in early April, militant leaders have said...
NIGERIA: People compete with chickens for food
The demand for grain to feed chickensin some 350 industrial poultry farms in Kano Statehas strained human food security, officials say. “The...
NIGERIA: Dead baby trees by the millions as reforestation fails
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 Anambra State
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 price hikes for northerners
With massive fuel shortages in the north of Nigeria since mid March, transport costs have doubled exacerbating food prices. “Until last week I had...
NIGERIA: After River State’s flawed elections, violence expected
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 accidents in the north
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...