03.12.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"'Threat' to Nigeria ex-graft Czar"

The former head of anti-corruption unit is reportedly receiving death threats [ID 110028]

02.12.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Aid agencies struggle to cope after Jos carnage"

Jos: Aid workers are struggling to cope with the fallout of violent clashes between Christians and Muslims, which killed and wounded hundreds of people and displaced some 10,000; there are not enough medical supplies and food for injured people [ID 109980]

02.12.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Bulgarian Hostage Freed in Niger Delta"

Niger-Delta: Kidnappers freed a Bulgarian engineer who was abducted last month [ID 110038]

01.12.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"'Too frightened'"

Jos: Article on communal clashes between Muslims and Christians [ID 110004]

30.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigerian city tense after riots"

Jos: Despite army reports of end in violence, sporadic gunfire can be heard; hundreds of armed people arrested by security forces; lack in medical supplies [ID 109935]

30.11.2008 - Source:Guardian

"Hundreds dead after Christian and Muslim gangs clash in Nigeria" , Author: Reuters

Central Nigeria: According to the Red Cross, more than 200 people have been killed in 2 days of clashes between Christians and Muslims; more than 7.000 people had fled their homes and were sheltering in government buildings and religious centres; tensions have their roots in decades of resentment by indigenous minority groups, mostly Christian, towards migrants who come from Nigeria's Hausa-speaking Muslim north [ID 109947]

30.11.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Hundreds dead in clashes in Nigerian city: witnesses" , Author: Agence-France-Presse

Jos: According to witnesses, hundreds were killed and thousands forced to flee their homes when Christians and Muslims clashed over the result of a local election [ID 109965]

30.11.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Death toll in Nigeria clashes rises to around 400" , Author: Reuters

Jos: Death toll from 2 days of clashes between Muslims and Christians raises to 400; rival ethnic and religious gangs have burned homes, shops, mosques and churches; Jos is the crossroad of Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south [ID 109966]

29.11.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"At least 65 killed in ongoing Nigerian political clashes" , Author: Deutsche Presse Agentur

Jos: At least 65 people had been killed since clashes over council elections began last Friday; the violence was sparked by a delay in the announcement of the results, prompting suspicions of fraud [ID 109963]

29.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Riots 'kill hundreds in Nigeria'"

Jos: Hundreds of people reported killed during religious clashes; alleged vote rigging believed to have sparked violence [ID 109933]

28.11.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Four journalists face trial over article suggesting President in poor health"

4 journalists face trial over article suggesting President in poor health [ID 109869]

28.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Poll riots erupt in city"

At least 20 people killed in riots in city of Jos after local elections [ID 109894]

28.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigerian gunmen seize oil worker"

Southern Nigeria: European working for oil services firm abducted by unidentified gunmen in oil-rich region [ID 109895]

28.11.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Clashes kill at least 20 in city of Jos" , Author: Reuters

Jos: Post-electoral violence kills at least 20 people [ID 109912]

28.11.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"President orders military to step into election riots" , Author: Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA)

Jos: President sends military to step into election riots [ID 109913]

27.11.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Early marriage adds to socioeconomic woes, NGOs say"

Northern Nigeria: Just 26 percent of girls make it beyond primary school, presumably because their families marry them early; Jigawa State passed law to prohibit child marriage, but it is seldom being enforced [ID 109790]

20.11.2008 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide 

"Two churches destroyed in Bauchi State"

Bauchi State: 2 churches destroyed in anti-Christian violence [ID 109540]

20.11.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

" "With this HIV test, I thee wed""

Christian churches require HIV test certificate before marriage to limit the spread of the virus [ID 109559]

18.11.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Online journalist Emmanuel Emeka Asiwe freed after one week"

Online journalist Emmanuel Emeka Asiwe freed after one week [ID 109424]

18.11.2008 - Source:Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe

"Behandlung von Epilepsie"

Query response on the treatment of epilepsy [ID 109922]

12.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigerian with 86 wives released"

A man with 86 wives who is charged with "insulting Islam'" is released on bail after 59 days in prison [ID 109111]

04.11.2008 - Source:Daily Star

"Gunmen nab Lebanese engineer in Nigeria" , Author: Agence France Presse (AFP)

Port Harcourt: Lebanese oil engineer abducted by unidentified gunmen [ID 108549]

04.11.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Second online journalist arrested in one week"

Second online journalist arrested in one week [ID 108713]

31.10.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"US-based online reporter freed after 11 days"

US-based online reporter freed after 11 days [ID 108484]

29.10.2008 - Source:UK Home Office 

"Report of Joint British-Danish Fact-Finding Mission to Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria 9 - 27 September 2007 and 5 - 12 January 2008 "

Fact-finding mission report (violence against women and support; death penalty; prison reforms; provisions for orphans and abandoned children; lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender persons; medical facilities; enforcement of decree 33 of 1990; treatment of returned asylum seekers; documentation and forgery issues) [ID 109729]