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	Nigeria - History and Politics
		In July 1984, a diplomatic crisis arose between Nigeria and the United Kingdom as a result of an attempted kidnapping in London of Umaru Dikko, a political exile and a former government official in the Shagari administration being sought on charges of corruption.
		Nigeria had strained relations in mid-1993 with the United Kingdom as well as other European nations and the USA owing to its reluctance to embrace democratic governance and its bad human rights record.
		The most urgent issue in Nigeria currently is the issue of democracy, understood not only as an end to military rule but also as the establishment of responsive and responsible political institutions which promote a government that is accountable, prevent corruption, respect human and civil rights, and ensure popular sovereignty.
	www.iss.co.za /AF/profiles/Nigeria/Politics.html (3044 words)

	Politics of Nigeria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Nigeria takes place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Nigeria is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Nigeria is currently in better foreign relations due to her current state of democracy and with the help of the current president Obasanjo.
		Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Nigeria (778 words)

	Politics in Nigeria--Update
		Of all the countries covered in Comparative Politics, it is hardest to get information on Nigeria unless something dreadful happens there to bring the country to the attention of western policy makers and journalists.
		Since then, for good or ill, most of political life has revolved around the familiar, not very exciting, and not altogethr credible claims by the current military government that it is preparing to return to civilian and democratic rule.
		Not only has the US objected to military rule but criticized Nigeria as one of the countries that does not cooperate with it on drugs trafficking policy and as a country with corrupt business practices that have bilked a number of American firms out of millions of dollars.
	classweb.gmu.edu /chauss/update.nigeria.htm (843 words)

	Politics and Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Politics could be defined as a means by which an individual or group of people achieve and maintain power and influence positively the socio-economic status of the parties concerned.
		Politics may also be categorized as power and influence being exerted on communities or group of people in the same political party.
		Politics may also be categorized or perceived as powers and influence being exerted on communities or group of people in the same political party.
	www.ncsu.edu /ncsu/aern/amusanta.html (2757 words)

	Gas Flares,. Oil Companies, and Politics In Nigeria By Chijoke Evoh
		Nigeria has an estimated 180 billion cubic feet of proven natural gas, making it the ninth largest concentration in the world.
		Due to unsustainable exploration practices coupled with the lack of gas utilization infrastructure in Nigeria, the country flares 75 per cent of the gas it produces and re-injects only 12 per cent to enhance oil recovery.
		The indispensability of oil revenue to the development of Nigeria is not in question, particularly given that the country derives about 90 per cent of its export earnings from the sale of the commodity.
	www.waado.org /Environment/OilCompanies/GasFlaresPolitics.html (2171 words)

	Oil and Politics Clash in Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nigeria's Delta Region is in conflict over oil production and that area's demands for a share of the revenues, a discord that also affects the global energy market.
		That's the situation in Nigeria's Delta Region, where oil is extracted on a massive scale and its revenues pour into the federal government's coffers.
		He recently visited Nigeria and says that despite the country's oil wealth, the situation in the delta is deplorable."Down by the coastline, the Ogoni people live - - 500-thousand people.
	www.voanews.com /english/newsanalysis/nigera2006-06-02-voa50.cfm (1107 words)

	Security and Politics in Nigeria - Council on Foreign Relations
		Nigeria now chairs the African Union, an organization that aims to promote cooperation on the continent, and has taken the lead in regional peacekeeping initiatives.
		Yet Nigeria is still one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking near the bottom in many human development indices.
		Nigeria's powerful state governors governments lay claim to nearly half the federal budget, feeding corruption and limiting the federal government's control over corrupt local officials, says Princeton Lyman, CFR's Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa Policy studies and former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria.
	www.cfr.org /publication/10029/security_and_politics_in_nigeria.html (1773 words)

	Books on Nigeria - Politics, Women, Economy - Nigerian books
		Sankore Publishers are foremost publishers of books on Nigeria that address issues, which are pertinent to the development of Nigeria and also deal on the myriad of problems of national integration and development crises in Nigeria.
		Okhaemwen (Chief) Osayande Omotayo Akpata, THE OGIESOBA of BENIN KINGDOM, is a consummate nationalist.
		He was the pioneer Director of Studies in Nigeria's prestigious National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, and was a one-time Nigerian Ambassador to France, served as the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs and Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Management.
	www.jidaw.com /sankore.html (1547 words)

	No. 1538: From Activism to Politics in Nigeria
		Consequently, I intend to argue that politics - properly conducted - is a form of social activism and another stage in the struggle to restore the dignity of humankind - an integrated continuum rather than discretely compartmentalised oppositional phenomena, often complicated and contradictory, but mostly in the quest to make a fundamental difference.
		The authoritarian residues of politics over the last seven years have achieved the purpose of turning many away from politics even if they are still active in their neighbourhood associations and their community projects.
		The main challenge of political leadership therefore is to reconnect democratic choices with people's day-to-day experience and to extend democratic principles to everyday situations in citizens' communities and constituencies.
	www.utexas.edu /conferences/africa/ads/1538.html (3327 words)

	When Will Religion And Politics Save Nigeria
		Politics according to some refers to a process of obtaining power political power and how it can be exercise satisfactorily for the betterment and good of the society or state.
		Both religion and politics are important institutions to mankind, it depends on how the are being used,it can be source of joy and happiness and on the hand can be source of miseries, and agony.
		The political killings, the religious and ethnic crises, MASSOP, Nigerdelta, Middel-bellt, the nationhood crises, etc are of course hunting the survival of of Nigeria as a nation.
	www.dawodu.com /aruwan7.htm (1347 words)

	PARTIES AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Political parties were strategic tools for bringing about the change or transition from a one party regime or military regime or apartheid regime or strife torn country to a competitive political order.
		The solution to a situation of a ruling political party being saddled with organizing an election in which its office holder is also a candidate is to internationalize the process from the pre-election to the post-election period.(35) The Nigerian political situation warrants the UN taking over the entire electoral process.
		I am proposing that the existing political parties should be dissolved and a system of two names should be approved for the Nigerians to use as their new political parties as was done in 1989.
	nigerdeltacongress.com /particles/parties_and_politics_in_nigeria.htm (17123 words)

	Religioscope - Religion and politics in Nigeria - Interview with R. Hackett
		Born in Birmingham, England, Rosalind Hackett is Professor at the Department of Religious Studies of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Anthropology of the same University.
		She is also the Vice President of the International Association for the History of Religions, a founding member of the African Association for the Study of Religions, and is active as well in a number of other professional associations, such as the American Academy of Religion.
		Just as the political ramifications of this religious initiative were becoming more obvious and the whole thing seemed to be dying down along came September 11 and it picked up steam again.
	www.religioscope.com /info/articles/012_nigeria.htm (1310 words)

	Nigeria: Problems Militating Against Women In Politics - OnlineNigeria.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Since men are usually the majority in the political party setup, they tend to dominate the party hierarchy and are there fore at advantage in influencing the party's internal politics.
		Women usually constitute a smaller per centage of political party membership because of the social, cultural and religious attitudes of different Nigerian societies which most often tend to relegate women to the background.
		Maryam Babangida as Nigeria's First Lady), the initiation of the Family Support Programme (FSP), in the era of Mrs Mariam Abacha, the establishment of the National Commission for Women also in Mrs, Babangida's era, later the Ministry of Women Affairs, and the increasing positive role of Nigeria's present First Lady, Mrs.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /links/adv.asp?blurb=151 (656 words)

	Ignorance, Knowledge, and Democratic Politics In Nigeria By Bala Usman
		In short, democratic politics is not possible when the citizens who constitute the electorate are ignorant about the basic elements of the country, its economy, its political system, and its position in world affairs.
		Right now, in Nigeria, the freedom of political association and the exercise of the democratic right to choose freely in all elections is being denied to tens of millions by ethnic, sub-ethnic, regional, and sectarian religious organisations.
		These, like the Hausa-Fulani, Ijaw, and the other nationalities of Nigeria, came to be formed in the course of the formation of Nigeria in the 19th and 20th centuries, as we have brought out in the Ceddert publication, The Misrepresentation of Nigeria: The Facts and the Figures.
	www.waado.org /nigerdelta/essays/BalaUsman/Usman.html (1955 words)

	Nigeriaworld -- All About Nigeria
		For this reason, we are grateful because this only shows that slowly and steadily, Nigeria is maturing and one day, she will live to her true national calling.
		In Nigeria of today, especially within the rampaging ruling party, it is a hollow ritual.
		It puts Nigeria in direct non-compliance with the UN Merida Convention against corruption, and embarrassingly leaves the country as the 8th most corrupt country in the world.
	www.nigeriaworld.com (1710 words)

	NSpace \| The Nigerian community on the 'Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While growing up, I often heard that the” greatest problem in Nigeria and indeed all fl Nations is that of leadership” and ever since I had resolved in my mind to choose a career path that will help in building the leadership capacity of my dear country.
		In Nigeria, there is a small minority of people who, through their activities and fauxpas, have succeeded in completely destroying almost the whole country mentally and materially.
		We doubt if it is through conscious action, but it is clear that this handful of people have twisted themselves into, and have been crooked into, the stumbling blocks that stand between the large majority and a decent future.
	community.nigeria.com /nspace (867 words)

	Nigeria 2003 Elections Sub Site \| NigeriaBusinessInfo.com
		Putting a date to the history of politics and by extension elections in Nigeria can be a bit tricky as a starting point can as well extend beyond pre-colonial periods, when the present day modern Nigeria was more or less an unformed embryo.
		What is called Nigeria today was the result of Sir Frederick Lugards’ amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorate in 1914, with the whole territory named the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.
		Political agitation for representation led to the birth of political parties in Nigeria.
	www.nigeriabusinessinfo.com /nigeria-elections2003/index.htm (874 words)

	Pentecostalism, Modern Politics and Nigeria
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		In Nigeria, state governments exert considerable political pressure on the centre for government handouts, reducing overall capacity to save.” (The Africa Report 30) This reflects a realist worldview, where gains are relative, not absolute.
		“Nigeria went on a post-war construction binge in the early 1970s, shortly after the end of the Biafran war, with disastrous effects.”(The Africa Report 30) Not all of Nigeria’s foreign affairs are oil related, however.
	blogs.bootsnall.com /pedroserano/index.php?paged=3 (1155 words)

	DAILY TRIUMPH -Media, people and politics in Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The power to manipulate the minds of the public is one that the media has in large doses, and one that must be exercised with a sense of caution and responsibility, because it is much easier to whip up sentiments but harder to cultivate critical but level headed analysis.
		In today's Nigeria a large percentage of criticism is based on sentiments, emotionally laced points, ethnicity, religious fanaticism, cronyism rather than clear headed thought on how to better the lot of Nigerians and Nigeria.
		When we read critical level headed criticism, we tend to question the motive because the connecting link that binds the media, the people and politics has been poisoned by a disconnect due to corruption, trading in flmail and sale of rumour in the information market place.
	www.triumphnewspapers.com /meid201202006.htm (1330 words)

	President of Nigeria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The President of Nigeria is both head of government and head of state of Nigeria.
		When Nigeria became a federal republic within the Commonwealth in 1963, it retained the parliamentary system of government inherited from the British.
		However, in 1966 the military in Nigeria seized power, establishing a federal military dictatorship, and civilian rule was not restored until 1979.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Nigeria (472 words)

	Gods Visit to Nigeria
		Nigeria lost her pride and Nigerians started asking if the Almighty was watching the evil video of the politics in Nigeria.
		Because of the way things are in the politics of Nigeria and the economy, many predicted that the future will be even harder for the coming generation.
		I was born to Mr and Mrs Oboido from Delta State in Nigeria.
	www.nathanielturner.com /godsvisittonigeria.htm (477 words)

	Gender and National Politics in Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The editors of the special edition of Issue the Journal of Opinion brought together specialists on Nigeria to reflect on the 1999 transition.
		However, the gender implications of issues such as nationalism, regionalism and ethnicity in the context of transition to civil rule are not articulated.
		This chapter contributes to the debate on affirmative action, a concern of many women activists, by arguing that whereas gender-based affirmative action is “new” in the political terrain, other forms of affirmative actions that tended to benefit men have been practiced in Nigeria since the colonial period.
	www.codesria.org /Links/Research/Gender/Shettina.htm (480 words)

	Abstract: The Time of Politics
		During the period from 1950 to 1966, politics in Nigeria's Northern Region were characterized by the competition between the conservative Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) and the radical Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU).
		This period began with the advent of party politics in Nigeria's north, saw the coming of independence from British Colonial rule, and was closed out by the country's first military coup.
		The Time of Politics shows that despite their very different political perspectives, both of these parties drew upon Islamic sources as the key means of establishing their political legitimacy.
	members.tripod.com /~Sagiru/Work___Career/Untitled/untitled (275 words)

	NigerianNews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The geographical entity called Nigeria like many neocolonial states is a class society.The Nigerian ruling class over the years has metamorphosized into a formidable triangle of the devil.
		Economic advisers of successive maladministrations in Nigeria have been apologists of IMF/World Bank school of thought.The April 1986 economic stabilisation act (Austerity measures) of the inept and corrupt Shagari government, the structural adjustment programme(SAP) of dictator IBB have all been based on IMF/World Bank economic policies.
		Remember that the IBB coup against Buhari was an IMF coup as IBB in his coup speech said he wanted to break the deadloch in IMF negotiations.The IBB military dictatorship in an interview with members of the daily times editorial board in 1992 expressed suprise that the Nigerian economy has not collapsed depite its helplessnes.
	www.nigeriannews.com /Blessed_Isi_Momodu_03_04_2003.htm (796 words)

	Nigeria's politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Formed from numerous tribal kingdoms and states, modern Nigeria came into existance as a British colony in 1906.
		Since then, Nigeria has had miliary governments interspersed with short-lived periods of democratic rule.
		The elections this weekend is the first move towards civilian rule since 1983.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/africa/jan-june99/nigeria_politics.html (53 words)

	Amana Online.
		A contribution to the symposium on, "Good Governance in Nigeria: The Legacy of Mallam Aminu Kano," Organised by the Centre for Democratic Research and Training, Mambayya House, Bayero University, Kano, Tuesday, 17th April, 2001.
		He was, and has remained to all of us, the mallam, the teacher, the learned one, because his life and his politics were imbued with the quest for knowledge and the dissemination of knowledge.
		Right now, in Nigeria, the freedom of political association and the exercise of the democratic right to choose freely in all elections is being denied to tens of millions by ethnic, sub-ethnic, regional, and sectarian religious organizations.
	www.amanaonline.com /Articles/art_24.htm (2014 words)

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