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In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
  Nigerian Culture
Plateau State and its capital of Jos remain the tourist capital of the whole of Northern Nigeria.
The State boasts of a temperate weather, a number of rising, picturesque Plateau and a near-rural population that boasts of the largest concentration of foreigners among the States of the North.
In the four states of Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Imo, the primary language of communication is lgbo.
www.nigeria-planet.com /Nigerian-Culture.html   (1707 words)

  
  States of Nigeria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nigeria is currently divided into 36 states and one federal capital territory.
From 1967 to 1970 the areas of Mid-Western State and the Eastern Region attempted to secede, as Biafra.
In 1987 two new states were established, followed by another 10 in 1991, bringing the total to 31.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/States_of_Nigeria   (190 words)

  
 Category:Lists of subnational entities information - Search.com
List of districts of East Timor by population
List of districts of East Timor by households
List of districts of East Timor by population density
www.search.com /reference/Category:Lists_of_subnational_entities   (203 words)

  
 NigeriaBusinessInfo.com | Politics of Revenue Allocation in Nigeria - 5th December 2005.
The theory of revenue sharing in a federal state is that each level of government receives an allocation of financial resources tailored to their specific requirements as defined by the mandate of legislature competence, their actual situation and the statutory indices of calculation.
The 34.5 percent allocated to the states was sub-divided and allocated as follows: 30 percent to all the states and 4.5 percent to a special fund.
The State bourgeoisie remained silent on the bill and the Act, eventually signed by the President was used in allocating revenues in 1982 and the remainder of the Second Republic.
www.nigeriabusinessinfo.com /revenue-allocation05122005.htm   (2394 words)

  
 The Incidence of Induced Abortion in Nigeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We sampled from the two lists separately and then eliminated all facilities sampled from the supplementary list that were also listed on the FOS list.
However, for facilities included on both this list and the lists from which the original sample was drawn, the weights were reduced by a correction factor to take into account the two ways the facilities could have been sampled.
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Decision of the NMA delegates meeting on Friday, 8 December, 1995, at the Old Board Room, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, on: Reformation of the "abortion law" in Nigeria, Nigerian Medical Journal, 1996, 30(1):47-48.
www.guttmacher.org /pubs/journals/2415698.html   (7658 words)

  
 American Livestock Breeds Conservancy - Conservation Priority List
or the non-United States populations of the breed are at risk geographically or politically.
Rabbit breeds on the ALBC Conservation Priority List generally conform to certain genetic and numerical parameters.
The global population is threatened and the United States population is making a contribution to conservation of the breed.
albc-usa.org /cpl/wtchlist.html   (1033 words)

  
 Economic Community of West African States
It was announced in November 2002, that the five member states of the proposed second monetary zone have postponed the date for the launching of their common currency, the Eco, from January 1, 2003 to July 1, 2005.
The five states -- The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, -- which signed the 2000 Accra Declaration for the creation of the second monetary zone agreed to reform their economies to meet specific targets prior to the introduction of the Eco.
Due to the region's relatively small urban population (approximately 33.9%) and the lack of infrastructure, access to commercial energy sources is limited.
www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/ghana.html   (7283 words)

  
 The Coming Religious Wars? Demographics and Conflict in Islam and Christianity
Population momentum - rapid growth due to previously high fertility rates - is a critical issue in the Muslim areas of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central and Southeast Asia, yielding "youth bulges" that place substantial economic and political stress on those regions.
A list of the countries with the largest Christian populations in the world in 2005, 2025 and 2050 reveals Christianity as less European and Northern and increasingly more Southern, except for the U.S., which remains at the top of the list across these 45 years.
Instead, these states are moving toward a niche strategy with small elite forces, missiles and weapons of mass destruction all overlaid on a framework of asymmetric warfare.
pewforum.org /events/index.php?EventID=82   (5676 words)

  
 friendly dictators
Although Ronald Reagan's State Department asserted "there has not been a single clear-cut case of political killing, within months of Cerezo's inauguration, opposition leaders attributed 56 murders to security forces and death squads, while Americas Watch claimed that "throughout 1986, violent killings were reported in the Guatemalan press at the rate of 100 per month".
Under Nationalist rule, 85% of the population was disenfranchised, but the onset of the Korean War and the anti-communist hysteria of the McCarthy era led the US to declare that the tiny island represented the real government of China.
In 1970, 30% of the population was illiterate, and the infant mortality rate was the second worst in Europe.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /US_ThirdWorld/dictators.html   (9246 words)

  
 List of Nigerian state governors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's state governors.
Peter Obi replaces Chris Ngige, whose 2003 election victory was overturned by the Nigerian Federal Court of Appeal on 15 March 2006.
Joshua Dariye was suspended for a period of six months (18 May – 18 November) in 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_governors   (174 words)

  
 Nigeria: Country Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nigerian hopes for a return to civilian rule were dashed when the military regime annulled national elections after votes were counted in June 1993.
The centrality of the Nigerian coast in the North Atlantic slave trade is evident in the continuing influence of West African culture in the Caribbean and North America.
Nigerians eventually went to the polls on June 12, 1993 in what observers deemed one of the most peaceful and orderly elections in Africa in recent years.
www.africaaction.org /bp/nigerall.html   (4979 words)

  
 Notes On Sources
This source list is intended as a reference tool for librarians and others wanting an introduction to the universe of serial publications concerning demography and population studies.
The list excludes journals and other serial publications that only occasionally include items of demographic interest, although many of these are also reviewed by the editors on a regular basis.
All sources are listed alphabetically by title, followed by the title of the issuing agency, the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), and the address to which correspondence should be directed.
popindex.princeton.edu /info/sources98.html   (2200 words)

  
 The History Guy: The War List
If a conflict can be broken up into one or more component parts, the secondary wars are listed below the primary war and are indented to show they "belong" to it.
Almost immediately, the Bosnian Serb population rebelled against the Muslim and Croatian portions of the new nation.
Parts of the war saw the Muslims and Croatians cooperate against their common foe, but from 1993-1994, Bosnia saw a three-way war when the Muslims and Croats battled each other as well as fighting the Serbs.
www.historyguy.com /War_list.html   (4061 words)

  
 The New Gulf Oil States - Security Council - Global Policy Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The United States used to attach little importance to Africa, but now it is reviewing its oil sources strategy and sub-Saharan Africa, with its good quality reserves, could account for 25% of all US crude oil imports by 2015.
This calm offensive, as the Nigerian daily The Vanguard calls it, targets oil reserves south of the Sahara and is designed "partly to avoid antagonising its Middle Eastern allies and partly to avoid generating a perception that it cares only about Africa's resources".
The US is preparing to remove it from the list of 14 African countries with a poor human rights record and open a consulate there (closed under Clinton for budgetary reasons).
www.globalpolicy.org /security/natres/oil/2003/0114angola.htm   (1499 words)

  
 MOTHERLAND NIGERIA: GEOGRAPHY (By Boomie O.)
Population information has been moved to the people page.
Nigeria now consists of 36 states, but not all maps you find today will have all the new states (most of the other ones I've seen on the net show 30, but that is out of date).
The current capital is Abuja (also called Federal Capital Territory), which is not really a state, but takes portions of a few different states (at that time, the states were Niger, Kogi, and Plateau...but the section of Plateau taken is now part of Nassarawa).
www.motherlandnigeria.com /geography.html   (528 words)

  
 National Recording Registry - National Recording Preservation Board (Library of Congress)
James Reese Europe was the first fl bandleader to record in the United States and was the personal conductor for the immensely popular dancing team of the 1910's, Irene and Vernon Castle.
The symbolism of an African American defeating a citizen of the political state that proclaimed the superiority of the white race was lost on no one.
Nigerian drummer Michael Babatunde Olatunji came to the United States in the early 1960's and released popular and influential drumming albums.
www.loc.gov /rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-masterlist.html   (10903 words)

  
 Mobbing of Nigerian Movie Stars In The United States: The Underlying Lessons
While the Nigerian Movie stars came to the United States, got mobbed, and may have returned to Nigeria, it is pertinent to ask if there are any underlying implications in the manner they were received.
After all said and done, one good side to the clamor for the Nigerian Movie Stars on their visit to the United States is the fact that the stars now know how much influence they could wield and how much impact they could make with their work as movie makers, producers, directors, actors, and actresses.
What they learn from those Nigerian movies they love to watch go a long way to help build their understanding of African culture, especially for those who are not able to visit Africa or live in it to learn the African culture.
www.africantheaterusa.com /Essays-Oliver-MobbingOfStars.htm   (1451 words)

  
 Comparing Nigerian and United States Populations
To be aware of population growth in Nigeria compared to the United States.
Nigerian and United States Populations pyramids for 1997, 2025, 2050
Groups will compare their three population pyramids and determine if the country’s population is growing, declining or remaining the same.
www.uni.edu /gai/Nigeria/Lessons/Population_Pyramid.html   (380 words)

  
 American Livestock Breeds Conservancy: Conservation Priority Lists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Livestock breeds on the ALBC Conservation Priority List generally conform to certain genetic and numerical parameters.
or the non-United States populations of the breed are at risk geographically or politically.
The global population is threatened and the United States population is making a contribution to conservation of the breed.
www.albc-usa.org /wtchlist.htm   (1077 words)

  
 The United States Diplomatic Mission To Nigeria: Education Advising Centers - EAC (Abuja and Lagos Nigeria):Country ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Her philosophy on education is based on the development of the individual into a sound and effective citizen and the provision of equal educational opportunities for all citizens of the nation at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels both inside and outside the formal school system.
State owned schools are funded by each state government and are not comparable to the Federal government colleges.
Although education is supposed to be free in the majority of the state owned institutions, students are required to purchase books and uniforms costing them an average of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
usembassy.state.gov /nigeria/wwwhesc2.html   (2097 words)

  
 NIGERIAN TIMES: June 2005
The Nigerian elite may have sold out their less fortunate compatriots, but this is not the reality everywhere, in every country and with every ruling-class on the continent.
Most Nigerians I know are cunning capitalists who make no apology for their belief in the accumulation of wealth at the expense of the greater economic security of the masses.
It was a shock to Nigerians, not because the death was untimely, not because he died at a tender age, but we were not expecting that the man would die so soon even at his age.
nigeriantimes.blogspot.com /2005_06_01_nigeriantimes_archive.html   (15241 words)

  
 Open Doors USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The annual list ranks countries according to the intensity of persecution Christians face for actively pursuing their faith in Jesus Christ.
The list is based on evaluations and testimonies obtained by Open Doors’ indigenous contacts, field workers and members of the Persecuted Church.
Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria is controlled by the ruling Muslim elite despite the majority of the population professing Christianity.Even though the Nigerian is a secular state according to its constitution that claims freedom of religion, the Muslim elite has discriminated against Christians for the past 40 years.
www.opendoorsusa.org   (904 words)

  
 The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project
Very specific indicators would be an increase in the number of schools or health facilities and representation in the governing body for the indigenous peoples, assuming that they agree to give up part of their land and way of life.
MARPOL also has restrictions on sewage and garbage from ships and can be prosecuted under the flag State law or the law of the State where the incident occurred.
Where HIV-infected workers interact with the local population, the level of HIV incidence could rise among people who are not educated in prevention or even the basics of HIV/AIDS.
www.american.edu /TED/chad-pipeline.htm   (4442 words)

  
 Boycott Shell/Free Nigeria: The main issues
Although none of them were near the town where the murders occurred, they were convicted and sentenced to death in a trial that many heads of state (including US President Clinton) strongly condemned for a stunning lack of evidence, unmasked partiality towards the prosecution and the haste of the trial.
Hence the interests of the Nigerian military regime are clear: to maintain the status quo; to continue acting on Shell's requested attacks on villagers whose farms are destroyed by the oil company; to continue silencing, by any means necessary, those who expose Shell's complete disregard for people, for the environment, for life itself.
In word, the United States is a strong critic of the Nigerian government, both past and present.
www.essentialaction.org /shell/issues.html   (2852 words)

  
 Women Rulers - Women in World History Curriculum
But she did, and as queen managed for a time to quiet her Catholic population with acts of tolerance, promote government reforms, strengthen the currency, and forward the growth of a capitalist economy.
Upon inheriting the throne, she had to deal with an economically depressed economy and a constitution forced on the Hawaiians by the United States, which left the monarchy of Hawaii powerless.
When Israel became a state, she was elected to the Knesset (parliament), and, in turn, became Minister of Labor and Minister of Foreign Affairs - the only woman in the Labor administration.
www.womeninworldhistory.com /rulers.html   (2005 words)

  
 LABOUR: Nigeria, Benin Join Forces to Fight Child Trafficking
The children, all males and malnourished, were part of the inmates of about seven child-slave camps discovered in the western Nigerian States of Ogun, Oyo and Osun, in a major breakthrough by security operatives fighting cross-border crimes, especially child trafficking and forced child labour.
Most of the children are said to be on the list of missing persons compiled by the Beninois authorities.
Ekori and Nko in Cross River states, southern Nigeria, have recently been identified as centres where children aged between 12 and 18 years are trafficked especially to the western states of Ondo and Ogun for cheap labour in the rubber plantations.
www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=20511   (1160 words)

  
 Global Exchange : "Most Wanted" Corporate Human Rights Violators of 2005
This list of "MOST WANTED" corporate criminals gives you information about the abusive behavior of this year's top fourteen worst corporations, tells you who is responsible, and how to connect with and support people who are doing something about it.
In 1998, two indigenous Ilaje activists were killed by Nigerian military officers flown in by the company while protesting at an oil platform in Ondo state.
Ford is also lobbying to prevent the U.S. and state governments from improving the situation: the company has lobbied against lawmakers' efforts to increase fuel economy standards at the national level and is also involved in a lawsuit against California's fuel economy standards.
www.globalexchange.org /getInvolved/corporateHRviolators.html   (5298 words)

  
 iScams
Nigerian 419er sentenced to 376 years in jail
01/07 2005 - This Nigerian 419, from "Samuel Dakoru" has been around at least since early December, when it was published at 419legal.org, but since it is still in cirkulation I'd like to publish it here as well.
What a gem in the world of 419 scam mails this is. It's supposedly from Nigeria, I'm supposed to help a shady chairman of some governmental committee to move 18 million dollars and I'm to receive a total of 40% of all that as a fee for opening my bank account for this transaction.
www.lindqvist.com /iscams   (6900 words)

  
 Population and Health InfoShare Population Services International, Partner Profile
A nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C., PSI is the leading social marketing organization in the world, with programs in more than 70 countries working in the areas of family planning, maternal and child health,and HIV/AIDS prevention.
PSI was founded in 1970 in order to apply the power and creativity of the private sector to family planning.
Administered by Population Reference Bureau through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
www.phishare.org /partners/PSI   (317 words)

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