Toye Olori

NIGERIA-DRUGS: U.S. Continues To Wave A Big Stick

Nigerian law enforcement officials have accused the United States of ignoring ongoing efforts by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to curb drug trafficking at home and abroad.

NIGERIA-HEALTH: Immunisation Start

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's campaign to immunise children and halt the resurgence of preventable diseases got off to a good start this week with parents flocking to health centres nationwide.

NIGERIA-HEALTH: Bogus Drugs — A National Headache

By Toye Olori

Two weeks into taking an antimalarial drug prescribed by his doctor in August, civil servant Olu Bello lost consciousness and had to be rushed to hospital.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: Come And Vote, But Be Voted For Too

By Toye Olori

The spirit of the 1995 Beijing Women's Conference is still very much alive for Nigerian non-governmental women's groups which have started active campaigns for more political and economic rights.

NIGERIA-CRIME: Watching Your Neighbour’s Back

By Toye Olori

It's midnight and the clang of a metal gong causes women, children and some men to get off the streets of Bariga suburb here.

NIGERIA-HABITAT: Who Should Build Houses For All?

By Toye Olori

While Nigerians showered nothing but praise for Chinese assistance to revamp the Nigeria Railways, the same red carpet has not been so readily rolled out for the Asian country's participation in the National Housing Programme(NHP).

NIGERIA-TRANSPORT: Help Underway for Injured Accident Victims

By Toye Olori

People injured in traffic accidents are often left untended, so when itinerant trader David Odeon woke up in a hospital after a road mishap he considered himself lucky.

NIGERIA-CRIME: Hard To Distinguish Law Enforcers From Lawbreakers

By Toye Olori

When the Lagos State government set up a special police unit to respond quickly to rising crime, residents heaved a sigh of relief.

NIGERIA-TRANSPORT: Chinese to Put Railway Back on Track

By Toye Olori

Businesswoman Alice Olabisi nostalgically recalls the heydays of Nigeria's railway network, when trains ran on schedule and were affordable.

NIGERIA-HEALTH: Treating AIDS Patients With Care Not Scorn

By Toye Olori

A recent order by a Nigerian Military State Administrator that people with HIV/AIDS should be confined has sparked little public outcry since most Nigerians still lack adequate knowledge on how the disease is spread.

/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ NIGERIA: Beans Back On The Menu

By Toye Olori

Brown beans, the main source of affordable protein for most of Nigeria's 100 million people, are back on the menu following reports this week that the popular legumes are safe to eat.

NIGERIA-FOOD: Beans Back On The Menu

By Toye Olori

Brown beans, the main source of affordable protein for most of Nigeria's 100 million people, are back on the menu following reports this week that the popular legumes are safe to eat.

NIGERIA-EDUCATION: No Return To The Good Old Days

By Toye Olori

The Nigerian government's plan to salvage mismanaged schools by returning them to voluntary agencies and missionaries has triggered fears of elitism and declining enrolment.

WEST AFRICA-POPULATION: Benin Expels Nigerians

By Toye Olori

Youths aged between 12 and 26 make up the majority of an unusually large crowd in this border town 76 km west of Lagos.

NIGERIA-HEALTH: Killer Beans Cause Major Scare

By Toye Olori

Reports that at least 16 people have died in south-western Nigeria after eating beans have caused a major scare and controversy here.

NIGERIA-CHILDREN: Abandoned Children a Growing Problem

By Toye Olori

She doesn't know it, but nine-months-old Oluseyi is one of the newest recruits to the ranks of orphans in Nigeria.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: Tight Security in the North

By Toye Olori

Security has been tightened in the northern Nigerian town of Kaduna, where police and soldiers clashed with followers of a detained Shi'ite Muslim cleric two days ago.