Toye Olori

RELIGION-NIGERIA: Mass Burial Planned as 7000 Displaced Families Need Food

More than 200 bodies were collected for mass burial Monday, as the Red Cross struggles with effects of the tragedy: 7,000 families made homeless by the violence between Christians and Muslims in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna.

TRANSPORT: Reducing Road Carnage in Nigeria

By Toye Olori

Every year, when Christmas is approaching, the Nigerian Road Safety Commission launches campaigns for road users throughout the vast West African country.

TRANSPORT: Reducing Road Carnage in Nigeria

By Toye Olori

Every year, when Christmas is approaching, the Nigerian Road Safety Commission launches campaigns for road users throughout the vast West African country.

DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Promoting Cassava as a Source of Food Security

By Toye Olori

Ways to transform cassava, or manioc, from its present low value status to an industrial raw material and export commodity of high value will be discussed at a five-day workshop, which begins in Ibadan, Nigeria next week.

DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Promoting Cassava as a Source of Food Security

By Toye Olori

Ways to transform cassava, or manioc, from its present low value status to an industrial raw material and export commodity of high value will be discussed at a five-day workshop, which begins in Ibadan, Nigeria next week.

RIGHTS-NIGERIA: NGOs Criticise MPs for Throwing Out Children’s Bill

By Toye Olori

Rights groups in Nigeria have reacted angrily at last week's decision by the House of Representatives to throw out a bill seeking to protect the country's 60 million children.

RIGHTS-NIGERIA: NGOs Criticise MPs for Throwing Out Children’s Bill

By Toye Olori

Rights groups in Nigeria have reacted angrily at last week's decision by the House of Representatives to throw out a bill seeking to protect the country's 60 million children.

DEVELOPMENT: Nigeria Moving Away from Oil Economy

By Toye Olori

Nigeria, which depends on oil, plans to develop the country's non-oil sector in the next five years.

DEVELOPMENT: Nigeria Moving Away from Oil Economy

By Toye Olori

Nigeria, which depends on oil, plans to develop the country's non-oil sector in the next five years.

POLITICS: The Loss of Bakassi Peninsula Angers Nigerians

By Toye Olori

Peter Okotie's wife comes from the disputed oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands has ruled belongs to Cameroon.

POLITICS: The Loss of Bakassi Peninsula Angers Nigerians

By Toye Olori

Peter Okotie's wife comes from the disputed oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands has ruled belongs to Cameroon.

ECONOMY: Reviving Nigeria’s Textile Industry

By Toye Olori

Nigeria has taken steps to revive its ailing textile industry through intensive local production.

ECONOMY: Reviving Nigeria’s Textile Industry

By Toye Olori

Nigeria has taken steps to revive its ailing textile industry through intensive local production.

RIGHTS-NIGERIA: Taming Armed Robbers and Vigilantes

By Toye Olori

Two years ago, when a vigilante group, popularly known as Bakassi Boys, was invited to get rid of armed robbers in Nigeria's crime-ridden Anambra State, residents greeted the move with a sigh of relief.

RIGHTS-NIGERIA: Taming Armed Robbers and Vigilantes

By Toye Olori

-Two years ago, when a vigilante group, popularly known as Bakassi Boys, was invited to get rid of armed robbers in Nigeria's crime-ridden Anambra State, residents greeted the move with a sigh of relief.

POLITICS: Nigeria, Cameroon Agree to Settle Dispute through Negotiations

By Toye Olori

Nigeria and Cameroon have agreed to settle their long-running dispute over the ownership of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula, a 1,000-square-kilometre string of islands located in the Atlantic Ocean, through negotiations.

LABOUR-NIGERIA: Loss-Making Firms Targeted for Privatisation

By Toye Olori

The government of Nigeria has embarked on a major privatisation drive, targeting loss-making corporations, to cut costs.

WSSD-ENVIRONMENT: It’s the North’s Fault, Say Church Groups

By Toye Olori

Blame it on the industrialised North, say church-based activists at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, pointing out that most of the ecological disasters currently plaguing the Earth are a result of the rich countries' actions, past and present.