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  CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.
Nigeria re-achieved democracy in 1999 after a sixteen-year interruption; from 1966 until 1999, Nigeria had been ruled (except the short-lived second republic, 1979-1983) by military dictators who seized power in coups d'état and counter-coups during the Nigerian military juntas of 1966-1979 and 1983-1998.
Nigeria is a Federal Republic modeled after the United States, with executive power exercised by the president and with overtones of the Westminster System model in the composition and management of the upper and lower houses of the bicameral legislature.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Nigeria   (5907 words)

  
 Demographics of Nigeria Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Demographics of Nigeria, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
Evenso, with estimates of adherence in the range of 40,000, this community comprises a relatively inconsequential 0.17% of the population of Nigeria.
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www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Demographics_of_Nigeria.html   (1102 words)

  
 mogroides cell | we all die
Nigeria borders the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the south.
Nigeria defaulted on its debt and over the years, arrears and penalty interest accumulated and increased the size of the debt.
Nigeria is infamous for being the source of scam e-mails sent to people all over the world requesting advanced payments in order to help the sender relocate funds (419 scam).
www.freewebs.com /mogroide/naijalawa.htm   (1074 words)

  
 Nigeria Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
Nigeria (nei-JIR-ree-uh), republic (356,667 sq mi/923,768 sq km; 1991 estimated population 122,471,000; 2004 estimated population 137,253,133), W Africa, bordering on the Gulf of Guinea (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) in the S, Benin in the W, Niger in the NW and N, Chad in the extreme NE, and Cameroon in the E; (cap.) Abuja.
Nigeria attained independence on October 1, 1960, with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa of the NPC as prime minister and Azikiwe of the NCNC as governor-general; when Nigeria became a republic in 1963, Azikiwe was made president.
The prolonged drought that desiccated the Sahel region of Africa began to have a profound effect on semiarid N Nigeria in late 1973; thousands of head of livestock died, farming suffered, and the fishing industry on Lake Chad collapsed as the lake shrank in size.
www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Nigeria.html   (2310 words)

  
 naijablog: Demographics in Nigeria..
I have been trying to dig out contemporary demographic statistics for Nigeria.
The closest I've got to a demographic break-down for the 1991 census is here - where you can see that 59% of the population is under 29 years old..
Finding demographics on Nigeria seems nearly impossible, my understanding is that the population is now even younger.
naijablog.blogspot.com /2007/10/demographics-in-nigeria.html   (219 words)

  
 Nigeria - Gurupedia
Nigeria was granted full independence in 1960, as a federation of three regions, each retaining a substantial measure of self-government.
Nigeria is divided roughly in three by the rivers Niger and Benue, which flow through the country from north-east and north-west to meet roughly in the centre of the country near the new capital city of
Northern Nigeria was the location of half of all documented polio cases in 2003, but Muslim clerics have repeated inveighed against the vaccine as an effort by Westerners to sterilize young Nigerian Muslim girls.
www.gurupedia.com /n/ni/nigeria.htm   (1071 words)

  
 Nigeria: Sports - K12 Academics
Nigeria started out good in the group stages by defeating the Spaniards 3 - 2 and defeating Bulgaria by 1 - 0, but lost to Paraguay 3 - 1.
Nigeria topped the group into the Round of 16, but failed to move on into the quarter- finals with a 4 - 1 defeat by Denmark.
Nigeria's best outing was in the Atlanta '96 Olympic finals defeating Brazil 4 -3 in the semi-finals and won the Gold medal by beating Argentina 3 - 2 in the finals.
www.k12academics.com /nigeria_sport.htm   (320 words)

  
 Standard 9 - Nigerian Demography
The real significance of Nigeria’s demographic situation is that it simultaneously has a large population and one of the highest rates of growth in the world.
Nigeria’s contemporary regional distribution of population is weighted towards two east-west bands in the extreme northern and southern parts of the country.
While most of Nigeria’s livestock herders are accustomed to seasonal movement of their herds due to the alternating dry and wet seasons, these two periods of droughts forced many pastoralists to move further south than they would in ordinary years.
www.uni.edu /gai/Nigeria/Background/Standard9.html   (2538 words)

  
 Nigeria Deforestation Rates and Related Forestry Figures
Nigeria is home to at least 4715 species of vascular plants, of which 4.3% are endemic.
Nigeria's former military rulers failed to diversify the economy away from its overdependence on the capital-intensive oil sector, which provides 20% of GDP, 95% of foreign exchange earnings, and about 65% of budgetary revenues.
Nigeria pulled out of its IMF program in April 2002, after failing to meet spending and exchange rate targets, making it ineligible for additional debt forgiveness from the Paris Club.
rainforests.mongabay.com /deforestation/2000/Nigeria.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Lessons unlearned ( Nigeria, Africa & World News)
The peculiar demographics of so-called Third World Countries of which Nigeria is one, places 80-90% of the population of Nigeria at 40 years of age or under; therefore, only well under a quarter, most likely a tenth of those living today in Nigeria experienced these events directly.
In response, General Obasanjo and all the armed units of Nigeria under his command and by his order, from the military, police, and the SSS (State Security Services) to plain-clothes security operatives, have gone after members of MASSOB and other Biafrans with a viciousness that matches the aforementioned pogroms against the Igbo by Northern Nigerians.
If Nigeria continues in its adamant refusal to accept a non-violent and peaceful schema for the separation of the different ethnic nations as offered by MASSOB, violence will be firmly entrenched as the means to this revolution, a revolution which is really unavoidable, though Nigeria can pretend all it wants to the contrary.
www.africamasterweb.com /AdSense/NigeriaLessonsUnlearned.html   (1705 words)

  
 TradePort Country Profiles from World Trade Press
There are 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria, the largest ones are: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%.
Nigeria's former military rulers failed to diversify the economy away from over dependence on the capital-intensive oil sector, which provides 20 percent of GDP, 95 percent of foreign exchange earnings, and about 65 percent of budgetary revenues.
Following the signing of an IMF stand-by agreement in August 2000, Nigeria received a debt-restructuring deal from the Paris Club and a US$1 billion credit from the IMF, both of which are contingent upon economic reforms.
www.tradeport.org /countries/nigeria/01grw.html   (592 words)

  
 Nigeria Travel Agencies, ASFA Members, travel agents for cheap airline tickets and discount air fares
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in Western Africa.
Despite being the 5th largest world exporter of crude oil, Nigeria is one of the poorest in infrastructures and standard of living, corruption is most pervasive in the oil industry and the civil service.
Located in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria has a total area of 356,669 square miles (923,768 km²); of that around 5,000 square miles (13,100 km²) is water.
www.specialfares.net /country.php?country=37   (2049 words)

  
 The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality: Nigeria
Benin lies to Nigeria’s west, Niger to the north, Chad and Cameron to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.
Nigeria is currently made up of thirty states plus the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja; sixteen of the thirty states are situated in the northern Muslim-dominated part of the country and the other fourteen in the predominantly Christian south.
Nigeria’s 1999 estimated population of 118 million was predominantly rural, with 40 percent living in the urban centers.
www2.hu-berlin.de /sexology/IES/nigeria.html   (19828 words)

  
 Agenda 21 - Nigeria
This is to enable the environmental agencies of the Government of Nigeria at both Federal and State level, NGOs, and local communities design, formulate, manage, implement, and sustain their own environmental protection programmes.
Nigeria's efforts towards sustainable development since 1986 are marked by policy formulation and the establishment of agencies for implementation.
Nigeria has had a number of emergency situations arising from natural and man-made disasters.
www.un.org /esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/nigeria/social.htm   (3317 words)

  
 The Geopolitics of Oil: Nigeria
Share of petroleum sector in the economy: Nigeria's economy is heavily dependent on the oil sector, which accounts for nearly 80% of government revenues, 90-95% of export revenues, and over 90% of foreign exchange earnings.
September 2004: A rebel commander in Nigeria's oil rich delta region threatened to attack oil wells and pipelines unless the army halted an offensive there.
February 2006: The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, which claims to be fighting for a greater local share of Nigeria's oil wealth, declared "total war" on foreign oil companies operating in the Delta and claimed responsibility for a series of raids, including one in which militants abducted nine foreign workers.
www.iags.org /nigeria.html   (505 words)

  
 Nigeria Population - Demographics
The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region.
Note: starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
www.indexmundi.com /nigeria/population.html   (211 words)

  
 Demographics of Botswana Summary
Demographics of Botswana, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
Botswana, like many nations in southern Africa, suffers from a high AIDS infection rate, which was 38.8% for adults in 2002.
In 2003, the government began a comprehensive program involving free or cheap generic anti-retroviral drugs as well as an information campaign designed to stop the spread of the virus.
www.bookrags.com /Demographics_of_Botswana   (1919 words)

  
 Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria (federal state
The Nok were an iron age people existing from 500 BC until about 200 AD on the Jos plateau in north-eastern Nigeria.
Although not a legitimate revenue-generating activity, Nigeria has become infamous in certain Western circles for the propagation of advance fee fraud or "419" scams via email.
Peter Akinola, Primate of the Church of Nigeria Demographics of Nigeria
www.naturemagics.com /world-guide/nigeria.shtm   (4662 words)

  
 Journalists Against AIDS Nigeria - Nigeria-AIDS.org
We want you to feel free to express yourself on the Nigeria-AIDS.org system, so we are committed to allowing you to feel secure in an environment that puts you in control of what you share with the rest of the community, and with us.
We will aggregate user information and perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our members and visitors, to measure overall demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the Nigeria-AIDS.org domain and to analyze how and where to use our resources.
JAAIDS may share general demographic and interest information with third parties, but such aggregate information is not personally identifiable.
www.nigeria-aids.org /content.cfm/98   (632 words)

  
 sociology - Nigeria
The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country in West Africa and, by far, the most populated nation in Africa.
He lifted the suspension of the 1979 constitution, and was set to release Chief M.K.O. Abiola the winner of the 1993 Election before the latter died in July 1998 in what International medical experts confirmed were natural causes.
Northern Nigeria was the location of half of all documented polio cases in 2003, but Muslim clerics have repeatedly inveighed against the vaccine as an effort by Westerners to sterilize young Nigerian Muslim girls.
www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Nigeria   (1447 words)

  
 Nigeria at AllExperts
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa and the most populous country on the African continent.
Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north, and borders the Gulf of Guinea in the south.
Nigeria's main rivers are the Niger, the Benue which converge and empty out in the Niger Delta, one of the world's largest river deltas.
en.allexperts.com /e/n/ni/nigeria.htm   (3923 words)

  
 Bambooweb: Nigeria
The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country in West Africa.
Nigeria is divided roughly in three by the rivers Niger and
Northern Nigeria was the location of half of all documented polio cases in 2003, but Muslim clerics have repeatedly inveighed against the vaccine as an effort by Westerners to
www.bambooweb.com /articles/n/i/Nigeria.html   (1071 words)

  
 Demographics of Nigeria - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Demographics of Nigeria, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
Nigeria has just recently gone underway a population explosion due to higher fertility rates and population growth.
Demographics of Nigeria, Overview, Statistics, Population, Age structure, Vital statistics, Ethnic groups, Religions (2000 estimate), Religious Affiliation Among Major Ethnic Groups, Languages, Literacy, Notes and references, Articles lacking sources from June 2006, All articles lacking sources, Articles with unsourced statements, Demographics by country, Geography of Nigeria and Nigerian society.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Demographics_of_Nigeria   (918 words)

  
 Nigeria information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Despite being the 5th largest world exporter of crude oil, Nigeria is one of the poorest in infrastructures and standard of living, corruption is most pervasive in the oil industry and the civil service.
Nigeria defaulted on its debt and over the years, arrears and penalty interest accumulated and increased the size of the debt.
Nigeria is infamous for being the source of scam e-mails sent to people all over the world requesting advance payments in order to help the sender relocate funds (419 scam).
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 Nigeria information - Search.com
Despite being the 5th largest world exporter of crude oil, Nigeria is one of the poorest in infrastructures and standard of living, corruption is most pervasive in the oil industry and the civil service.
Nigeria defaulted on its debt and over the years, arrears and penalty interest accumulated and increased the size of the debt.
Nigeria is infamous for being the source of scam e-mails sent to people all over the world requesting advance payments in order to help the sender relocate funds (419 scam).
www.search.com /reference/Nigeria   (1847 words)

  
 Nigeria - AFROPEDIA
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa and the most populous country on the African continent.
Nigeria is currently in better foreign relations due to its current state of democracy and with the help of the current president Obasanjo.
Nigeria's main rivers are the Niger, the Benue which converge and empty out in the Niger Delta, one of the world's largest river deltas.
black-history-pages.org.uk /wiki/index1.php?title=Nigeria   (4411 words)

  
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Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.
In April 2007, the voluntary Sharia police of Nigeria known as the Hisbah issued arrest warrants against an alleged lesbian who married four women in a large celebration in Kano, Nigeria.
Nigeria has been reorganizing its health system since the Bamako Initiative of 1987 formally promoted a community-based methods of increasing accessibility of drugs and health care services to the population, in part by implementing user fees.
www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Nigerian   (7392 words)

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