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NIGERIA: Fighting lethal Lassa...
NIGERIA: Fighting lethal Lassa fever
Friday, March 6, 2009
Nigerian health officials are working to contain a resurgence of Lassa fever, a highly infectious disease that has killed at least eight people in...
Nigerian states urged not to e...
Nigerian states urged not to execute
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Nigeria’s state governments have been urged not to extend the death penalty to include crimes such as kidnapping. Nigeria currently operates a...
NIGERIA: Urbanisation chokes c...
NIGERIA: Urbanisation chokes commerce
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Shop owners in Nigeria’s northern Kano state told IRIN a government plan to wipe out illegal businesses has thousands of small business owners...
Greenpeace undercover operatio...
Greenpeace undercover operation exposes illegal dumping of e-waste in Nigeria
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Electronics companies must take responsibility for recycling their products Electronic waste intended for recycling is being illegally exported...
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WEST AFRICA: Hopes for "re-eradicating" polio
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Health specialists are increasingly optimistic that growing acceptance of the polio vaccine in northern Nigeria offers hope that an upcoming...
NIGERIA: Painkiller leaves 84 ...
NIGERIA: Painkiller leaves 84 children dead
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Health authorities in Nigeria announced on 4 February that 84 children have died and a further 27 have fallen ill since November as a result of...
NIGERIA: Northern states on hi...
NIGERIA: Northern states on high alert for meningitis
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Nigerian health authorities have placed northern states on high alert following a meningitis outbreak in neighbouring Niger, which according to the...
Nigeria buys baby poison antidote
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7763142.stm
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Nigerian medical authorities are flying in 100 doses of an antidote to try and stem the deaths of babies poisoned by a contaminated teething...
Babies bred for sale in Nigeria
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-11-09-babies-bred-for-sale-in-nigeria
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Recent police raids have revealed an alleged network of clinics, dubbed baby "farms" or "factories" in the local press, that was breeding babies for...
NIGERIA: Under-development con...
NIGERIA: Under-development continues to fuel oil theft
Monday, November 17, 2008
Crude oil smuggling continues unabated in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, spurred by chronic under-development, a disaffected youth, and...