NIGERIA: FORCED RECOURSE TO WOOD FOR COOKING DESTROYING FORESTS

LORRY-LOADS OF HEWN LOGS AND TIMBER FUNNEL INTO THIS SPRAWLING COMMERCIAL CAPITAL EVERY DAY ALONG THE FOUR ARTERIAL ROADS THAT LINK IT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

NIGERIA-ENVIRONMENT: POVERTY BREEDS DISASTER

LORRY-LOADS OF HEWN LOGS AND WOOD FUNNEL INTO THIS SPRAWLING COMMERCIAL CAPITAL EVERY DAY ALONG THE FOUR ARTERIAL ROADS THAT LINK IT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: OBASANJO’S ARREST ABACHA’S LATEST ‘FAUX-PAS’

THE ARREST OF FORMER HEAD OF STATE, GEN. OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, REFLECTS THE GROWING DISENCHANTMENT IN NIGERIA OVER THE STYLE OF GOVERNANCE OF MILITARY RULER, GEN. SANI ABACHA.

SPORT-NIGERIA: AFRICAN NATION PREPARES FOR NEW WORLD CUP TEST

NIGERIA'S FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATORS ARE FRANTICALLY PREPARING FOR A FIFA MEDICAL TEAM EXPECTED HERE THURSDAY NEXT WEEK TO REVIEW HEALTH CONDITIONS IN TOWNS PROPOSED AS VENUES FOR THE EIGHTH WORLD YOUTH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP.

NIGERIA-HEALTH: WINNING THE BATTLE AGAINST GUINEA WORM

NIGERIA'S FIGHT AGAINST THE DEBILITATING GUINEA WORM DISEASE IS 90 PERCENT WON, BUT A LOT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ACHIEVE PLANNED TOTAL ERADICATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

NIGERIA-HEALTH: WINNING THE BATTLE AGAINST GUINEA WORM

NIGERIA'S FIGHT AGAINST THE DEBILITATING GUINEA WORM DISEASE IS 90 PERCENT WON, BUT A LOT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ACHIEVE PLANNED TOTAL ERADICATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

NIGERIA-HEALTH: WINNING THE BATTLE AGAINST GUINEA WORM

NIGERIA'S FIGHT AGAINST THE DEBILITATING GUINEA WORM DISEASE IS 90 PERCENT WON, BUT A LOT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ACHIEVE PLANNED TOTAL ERADICATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

UNITED NATIONS-NIGERIA: REHABILITATING DRUG ADDICTS

THE UN DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME (UNDCP), IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT, IS CARRYING OUT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO TREAT AND REHABILITATE DRUG ABUSERS AND ADDICTS IN THE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: MILITARY GOVERNMENT CLAMPS DOWN ON DISSENT

THE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD OF NIGERIA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SLAMMED BY INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC WATCHDOG GROUPS, IN THE RUN-UP TO THE REGIME'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY IN POWER.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: UPSURGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY DESPITE BAN

POLITICAL GROUPS IN THIS WEST AFRICAN NATION HAVE STARTED PREPARING FOR THE DAY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION OPENLY EVEN THOUGH NIGERIA'S MILITARY JUNTA IS YET TO LIFT A BAN ON PARTY POLITICS IMPOSED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.