Toye Olori

HEALTH: Nigeria Launches A New Immunisation Programme

Last year, when Tayo collapsed with fever her parents rushed her to a private clinic in the Nigerian city of Lagos where she was treated for malaria.

HEALTH-NIGERIA: Winning The War Against Guinea Worm

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's war against guinea worm has almost been won, but the remnants of the water-borne disease -- estimated to be two percent -- are still resisting.

POLITICS-NIGERIA: Abubakar Continues On The Path of Reform

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's new military leader General Abdusalam Abubakar assured the nation this week that his government is still on the path to good governance by announcing proposed new measures for political and economic reform.

DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-NIGERIA: New Policy To Revive Cocoa Industry Underway

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's government says it will soon endorse a new policy to revive the West African nation's ailing cocoa sector.

COMMODITIES-NIGERIA: New Policy To Revive Cocoa Industry Underway

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's government says it will soon endorse a new policy to revive the West African nation's ailing cocoa sector.

POLITICS-NIGERIA: Nation Moves One Step Towards Democracy

By Toye Olori

Nigeria moved one step towards democracy this week with the release of a time-table for voters registration and the elections that will usher in a civilian government.

POLITICS-NIGERIA: More Vigilance Needed Against Terrorism

By Toye Olori

It is business as usual at the U.S. embassy located in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, where crowds of more than 500 people seeking entry visas are constantly chased back by security men brandishing horsewhips.

NIGERIA: British Airways Resumes Flight To Nigeria

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's new open-door policy has charmed foreign firms, prompting British Airways, which suspended flights to Nigeria a year ago, and the Nigerian government to mend their fences to allow the carrier to resume flying to the West African country.

NIGERIA: New Political Parties Emerge In Nigeria

By Toye Olori

Just one week after a major broadcast by Nigeria's new military leader General Abdulsalam Abubakar, more than a dozen new political parties have emerged in the West Africa country.

POLITICS-NIGERIA: New Political Parties Formed In Nigeria

By Toye Olori

Just hours after Nigeria's military leader, Gen. Abdelsalam Abubakar, presented the timetable for a return to civilian rule, a number of politicians announced the formation of a new political party.

NIGERIA: Opposition Divided Over Government of National Unity

By Toye Olori

As Nigerians wait for Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar to outline his plans for democratic elections and a return to civilian rule, pro-democracy and human rights groups remain divided over the composition of a proposed Government of National Unity (GNU).

ENVIRONMENT-NIGERIA: Poor Rains, Poor Yields Affect Food Security

By Toye Olori

Each year, the second Saturday of June is set aside by this community, some 750 kilomemtres north of Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, to celebrate the new yam festival.

POLITICS-NIGERIA: Discord on Future

By Toye Olori

All political groupings in Nigeria are united in their opposition to continued military rule but they remain divided over which path to follow to return the country to democratic rule.

ENVIRONMENT-NIGERIA: Ocean Wreaks Havoc On Shoreline

By Toye Olori

Traders working along the one kilometre stretch of Bar Beach, near Lagos, are under threat, but not from any government action. Their immediate enemy is the Atlantic Ocean, which continues to erode the Lagos shoreline.

ECONOMY-NIGERIA: Energy Crisis Cripples Industries

By Toye Olori

An erratic electricity supply coupled with a dire fuel shortage in the past six months have crippled Nigerian manufacturing concerns, according to industrialists here.

NIGERIA-RELIGION: Waiting to See the Effect of the Pope’s Visit

By Toye Olori

Pope John Paul had something for just about everyone in the addresses he delivered while in Nigeria so much so the reactions to the Pontiff's three-day visit were generally positive.

POLITICS-NIGERIA: Foreign Minister Lashes Out At Western Powers

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs pointed an accusing finger this week at the European Union(EU), and blamed Western governments for the "upsurge in dissident activites" in the West African nation.

LABOUR-NIGERIA: Government Gets Tough With Union Leaders

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's military government has sent a stern warning to the labour movement that it will not tolerate any moves to organise a new and independent national labour body to organise workers for collective bargaining.

POPULATION-LIBERIA: Refugees in Nigeria Sign Up To Return Home

By Toye Olori

Liberian refugees began streaming into the offices of the National Commission for Refugees Tuesday to register for the voluntary repatriation programme, which will return some 6000 Liberians to their home.

DEVELOPMENT-NIGERIA: Twenty-Six Banks to Close Their Doors

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's government Monday made public the names of 12 merchant banks and 14 commercial banks that will be liquidated for failure to recapitalise by the end of last year.