101. Project Syndicate Privatizing nigeria s government by Xavier Salai-Martin. Currently, oil accountsfor a substantial share of nigeria s total government revenues. http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentaries/commentary_text.php4?id=1261&lang=

102. Nigeria - Atlapedia Online Ironsi overthrew nigeria s government and executed many of the politicalleaders. In July 1966 a countercoup overthrew Maj.Gen. http://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/nigeria.htm

OFFICIAL NAME: Federal Republic of Nigeria CAPITAL: Abuja (formerly Lagos) SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Military Dictatorship AREA: 923,768 Sq Km (356,669 Sq Mi) ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION: Nigeria is located in West Africa. It is bound by Benin to the west, Niger to the north, Chad to the northeast, Cameroon to the east and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The country has four geographical regions from south to north. (1.) A coastal belt of mangrove swamps. (2.) Undulating plains and scattered hills covered in tropical rain forests. (3.) A central plateau with open woodland and savannah. (4.) A semi-desert in the extreme north which is also known as the High Plains of Hausaland. The principal rivers are the Niger and Benue. Major Cities (pop. est.); Lagos 1,347,000, Ibadan 1,265,000, Kano 699,900, Ogbomosho 660,600, Oshogbo 441,600, Ilorin 430,600 (1992). Land Use; forested 12%, pastures 44%, agricultural-cultivated 36%, other 8% (1993). CLIMATE: Nigeria has a tropical climate with two seasons. A wet season form April to October and a dry season from November to March with the wettest month June. Average annual precipitation varies from 1,770 mm (70 inches) in the west to 4,310 mm (170 inches) along the east coast, and to 470 mm (50 inches) in the central areas. The prevailing winds are the rain bearing south westerlies and the hot dry and dust laden Harmattan from the Sahara Desert in the northeast. Average temperature ranges are from 23 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit) to 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit) all year.

103. Nigerian Attempt To Stem Cross-border Crime By Closing Border With Benin Viewed nigeria had, at different times, requested the Benin government to take appropriatesteps to prevent its territory from being turned into a haven for smugglers http://www.nisat.org/west africa/news from the region/MAIN NEWS PAGE/nigeria/Nig

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104. Nigerian Government Opposed To Death By Stoning August 26, 2002 – (Feminist Daily News Wire) The government of nigeria announcedits opposition to an Islamic court’s ruling of death by stoning for a http://www.peacewomen.org/news/Nigeria/newsarchive02/opposed.html

PeaceWomen Women's International League for Peace and Freedom HOME CALENDAR ABOUT US CONTACT US ... SITE MAP UNSC RES 1325 Full text History and Analysis 1325 TRANSLATED WOMEN, WAR AND PEACE WEB PORTAL UNIFEM PeaceWomen INITIATIVES In-country Regional Global NEWS Country Index International News PeaceWomen E-News Peacekeeping News ... News Sources ORGANIZATIONS Country-specific International RESOURCES Country-specific and thematic civil society, UN and government documents UNITED NATIONS UN Index Security Council Who's Who in 1325 Implementation Gender Focal Points ... Women, Gender and Peacekeeping NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT OPPOSED TO DEATH BY STONING From: http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=6827

105. BBC NEWS | Africa | Muslims Riot In Northern Nigeria In Kano, Muslim leaders gave nigeria s government seven days to act against theChristian militia that carried out the killings or bear responsibility for http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3703775.stm

News Sport Weather World Service ... Programmes LANGUAGES Last Updated: Tuesday, 11 May, 2004, 17:09 GMT 18:09 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Muslims riot in northern Nigeria Thousands of Muslims fled Yelwa during the violence Rioting has broken out in the northern city of Kano at a rally to protest at the recent killing of hundreds of Muslims in central Nigeria. Reporters and eyewitnesses have seen at least 10 bodies at the scene. Some 10,000 Muslims marched to the state governor's office from a mosque to hand over a letter of protest. More than 10,000 people have died in ethnic, religious and sectarian violence in Nigeria since the end of military rule five years ago. Reporters said several Christian-run businesses were looted and burned in Kano, with heavily armed officers in police vehicles sporadically firing warning shots. Many businesses, including a large Christian market, had been shut ahead of the rally. Tensions have risen in Nigeria in the past week, since members of the Christian Tarok community attacked the mainly Muslim town of Yelwa in the central Plateau State in a dispute over land and cattle. Ultimatum In Kano, Muslim leaders gave Nigeria's government seven days to act against the Christian militia that carried out the killings "or bear responsibility for whatever happens".

106. Afrol News - New Tourism Projects Queuing In Nigeria afrol News, 20 April The recent government announcement to takethe tourism industry seriously in nigeria is producing results. http://www.afrol.com/articles/12101

afrol News Frontpage Latest News Subscriptions Countries ... Contact Us See also: 02.04.2004 - Carnival to promote cultural tourism in Nigeria 18.02.2004 - Moat of Nigeria's ancient Benin Kingdom to be restored 28.01.2004 - Big efforts to improve Nigerian road network 21.11.2003 - Nigeria starts taking tourism sector seriously ... Nigeria New tourism projects queuing in Nigeria afrol News , 20 April The recent government announcement to take the tourism industry seriously in Nigeria is producing results. Several new access roads to tourist destinations are being constructed, cultural sites are restored and Nigerians are using their creativity to create new tourist attractions, including a new carnival and a reconstructed ancient slave trade route. Nigeria - West Africa's leading nation, encompassing tropical beaches, rain forest, savannahs, lively cities and rich cultures - in November last year announced its ambition to become a significant tourist destination. Before that, however, the Nigerian government admitted it had to solve problems regarding "issues of stability of electricity, security of lives and property and bad roads." Now, Nigeria's Presidential Council on Tourism has met in the capital, Abuja, to review the progress made so far. The meeting demonstrated the large range of efforts currently underway to enhance the sector, but also that much remained to be done. In his keynote address, the President reiterated government's resolve to "take tourism more seriously as an integral part of the nation's developmental aspirations, making it a major revenue earner like oil and gas."

107. Paul Marshall On Sharia And Nigeria On National Review Online In January, the Saudi religious and cultural attaché in nigeria, Sheik AbdulAziz,said that his government had been monitoring the implementation of sharia http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/marshall200405050847.asp

Home Corner Articles Authors ... Print Version May 05, 2004, 8:47 a.m. Outside Encouragement By Paul Marshall I t is a pretty good rule of thumb that where you find Muslim extremism, Islamist terrorism, and women being sentenced to death by stoning, there you will find Saudi funds and Saudi-trained personnel. One exception to this rule has been Nigeria, but now evidence of Wahabbi mischief is surfacing there as well. Since the governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Ahmed Sani, introduced a draconian version of sharia in 1999, 11 of Nigeria's 36 states have followed suit. Five women have been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, though no punishment has yet been carried out. Thieves have had their hands amputated by court order. One man had his eye removed after accidentally blinding a friend (he could have escaped this by paying 60 camels, but the injured party wasn't interested in the camels). Under these sharia dictates, women are harshly subjugated. In northern Nigeria, they have been forbidden to rent houses and barred from riding motorbikes or traveling in the same vehicles as men. Taxi drivers have been caned for carrying female passengers. Zamfara requires all high-school girls to wear a hijab and bars them from wearing skirts and other "Western" forms of dress. State officials have advocated public flogging of those violating an "Islamic" dress code. Prostitution charges have been leveled at women merely for the crime of being unmarried after the age of 13. Judges in Bauchi State have told women to get married immediately or be sent to prison. One judge ordered four of them to pick out husbands from among the men in the court. Women are at a particular disadvantage in these criminal prosecutions since their testimony usually counts for only half that of a man.

108. NATIONAL SYMBOLS: The Flag Whenever a group of flags are displayed, the Nigerian Flag should be at the centreand placed A licence must be granted by the government before this is done. http://www.nopa.net/Useful_Information/National_Symbols/flag.htm

Home National Symbol Coat of Arms I The Flag I The Anthem I The Pledge NIGERIAN FLAG THE NATIONAL FLAG The Nigerian National Flag, which is governed by the Flag and Coat-of-Arms Ordinance of 1960 is also the symbol of authority and instrument of state power. Next to Mother earth, it is the only National symbol worth dying for. It tells the history of a people and their aspirations. TREATMENT OF THE NATIONAL FLAG The National Flag is hoisted and flown ceremoniously and briskly in the morning and at sunrise and lowered slowly in the same manner in the evening at sunset (6.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.). A flag does not sleep. The National Flag should always be hung and only on very rare occasions should it be laid out flat horizontally. The National Flag is usually flown at the peak of the hoist except on memorial days or during state funerals as a mark of respect. At such times it is flown at half-mast. When the National Flag is in a room or hung anywhere, no other flag, emblem or insignia should be place higher than it should. Old or worn out flags must never be used or displayed. When a Flag becomes soiled, old, torn or mutilated, the cloth should be destroyed by burning or any other method with decorum and respect. NIGERIAN NATIONAL FLAG LAW The law makes it an offence for the National Flag to be improperly used or displayed. Section 5 of the Law states; “any person who flies or exhibits the National Flag in a defaced or bad condition shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.”

109. Nigerian Scam involves the receipt of an unsolicited letter purporting to come from someone whoclaims to work for the Nigerian Central Bank or from the Nigerian government. http://www.scambusters.org/NigerianFee.html

Nigerian Scam About the Nigerian scam (Nigerian advanced fee scam): By Audri and Jim Lanford Issue #11 November 27, 1996 SCAM: The Nigerian Advance Fee Scheme The Nigerian Advance Fee Scam has been around for quite awhile, but despite many warnings, continues to draw in many victims. In fact, the Financial Crimes Division of the Secret Service receives approximately 100 telephone calls from victims/ potential victims and 300-500 pieces of related correspondence per day about this scam! Indications are that the advance fee fraud grosses hundreds of millions of dollars annually and the losses are continuing to escalate. The Nigerian Advance Fee Scheme (also known internationally as "4-1-9" fraud after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses fraud schemes) is generally targeted at small and medium sized businesses, as well as charities. This global scam (recently seen in Russia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as the US) involves the receipt of an unsolicited letter purporting to come from someone who claims to work for the Nigerian Central Bank or from the Nigerian government. (The Central Bank of Nigeria denies all connection to those who promote this scheme.) In the letter, a Nigerian claiming to be a senior civil servant will inform the recipient that he is seeking a reputable foreign company into whose account he can deposit funds ranging from $10-$60 million which the Nigerian government overpaid on some procurement contract.

110. Oil Straps Nigerian Governments On Skids CNN http://cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/12/19/nigeria.economy.reut/index.html

111. MSNBC - Another Halliburton Probe lawyer named Jeffrey Tesler, who has long done work for Halliburton, and was knownto have close relations with officials in Abacha’s Nigerian government. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4163810/

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money document.write('') Web Search: placeAd(1,'newsweek.national/national') logoImg("http://sc.msn.com"); MSNBC News Alerts Newsletters Help ... MSNBC Shopping Search MSNBC: Advanced Search Another Halliburton Probe Already under fire for its contracts in Iraq, the company now faces a Justice Department inquiry about business done during Dick Cheney’s tenure WEB EXCLUSIVE Newsweek Updated: 4:16 p.m. ET Feb.04, 2004 Feb. 4 - The Justice Department has opened up an  inquiry into whether Halliburton Co. was  involved in the payment of $180 million in possible kickbacks to obtain contracts to build a natural gas plant in Nigeria during a period in the late 1990’s when Vice President Dick Cheney was chairman of the company, Newsweek has learned. advertisement There is no evidence that Cheney was aware of the payments in question and an aide said today the vice president has not been contacted about the probe. Still, the inquiry by the Justice Department’s fraud section—which prosecutes federal anti-bribery law violations—is likely to bring new public attention to the vice president’s past at the giant oil-services firm. Halliburton has been under intense scrutiny in recent months over its handling of hundreds of millions of dollars contracts relating to the rebuilding of Iraq. The Justice inquiry, along with a related probe by the  Securities and Exchange Commission, parallels a separate investigation into the Nigerian payments that is being conducted by a French magistrate and has received widespread attention in recent months in the European press. But the Justice Department and SEC probes have not previously been reported, although they were  briefly mentioned by Halliburton last week near the end of a lengthy filing with the SEC.

112. The Nigerian Embassy - The Nigerian Government - The Executive Under the Nigerian Presidential System, the President is the Head of Stateas well as the Head of government. He is the symbol of national unity. http://nigerianembassy-argentina.org/government/xexecutive.shtml

EXECUTIVE The executive power of the federation is exercised by the President and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces, President Olusegun Obasanjo. The President is assisted by the Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and Honourable Ministers, special advisers and assistants: President Olusegun Obasanjo Vice President Atiku Abubakar Honourable Ministers Special advisers and assistants The Executive initiates policies and programs of the government and ensures that they are implemented after they had been passed into the law by the Legislature. The success or failure of any government depends largely on the incumbent President who combines the roles of the Chief Executive with those of the ceremonial Head of State. In accordance with the concept of separation of powers, the President is excluded from membership of both Houses of the National Assembly. He is elected separately by the Nigerian voters. Under the Nigerian Presidential System, the President is the Head of State as well as the Head of Government. He is the symbol of national unity. He can not be removed from office except by death, impeachment or resignation. Constitution Structure Executive President ... Espanol

113. The Nigerian Embassy - The Nigerian Government - The Ministers THE MINISTERS. Persons with have links. MINISTERS. NAME. POSTION. MINISTRY. MalamAdamu Bello, Minister of Agriculture Rural Devt. Agric. Rural Development. http://nigerianembassy-argentina.org/government/xministers.shtml

THE MINISTERS Persons with have links MINISTERS NAME POSTION MINISTRY Malam Adamu Bello Agric. Rural Development Mr. Bamidele Dada Minister of State Agric. Rural Development Isa Yuguda Minister of Aviation Aviation Alhaji Idris Waziri Minister of Commerce Commerce Chief Cornelius Adebayo Minister of Communications Communications Chief Franklin Ogbuewu Minister of Culture and Tourism Culture and Tourism Dr. Rabiu Kwankaso Minister of Defence Defence Dr. Roland Oritsejafo Minister of State Defence Prof. Fabian Osuji Minister of Education Education Hajia Bintu Ibrahim Musa Minister of State Education Col. Bala Mande Minister of Environment Environment Mallam Nasir El-Rufai Minister of Federal Capital Territory Federal Capital Territory Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Minister of Finance Finance Mrs. Nenadi Esther-Usman Minister of State Finance Amb. Olu Adeniji

114. NCADP: National Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty say the death penalty acts as a crime deterrent The Nigerian government has beguna national debate on whether or not the death penalty should be abolished. http://www.ncadp.org/news_headline_1_23_2004_nigeria.html

NIGERIA BEGINS DEATH PENALTY DEBATE JANUARY 23, 2004 Some Nigerians say the death penalty acts as a crime deterrent The Nigerian Government has begun a national debate on whether or not the death penalty should be abolished. The debate will be taken to all parts of the country to allow interested individuals and groups to give their views on the issue. Opinions collated during the debate will form the government's position on whether or not to abolish the death penalty. Nigeria's attorney general and Justice Minister Akin Olujimi has initiated the national debate to see how Nigerians feel about the issue. "It is part of my reform agenda to excite a national debate on this issue to see whether it is possible we can agree on a common approach to this matter," he said. "We will take the debate around, it would not just be in Lagos alone... so that we can take the views of everybody." Contrary positions The first in the series of national debates on the issue took place in the commercial capital Lagos. Several interest groups presented conflicting positions on the issue.

115. An MBendi Profile: Nigeria: Oil And Gas Industry - Overview Despite problems associated with ethnic unrest, border disputes and governmentfunding, nigeria’s wealth of oil makes it most attractive to the major oil http://www.mbendi.co.za/cyngoi.htm

Search for: Advanced Searches Services MBendi Business MBendi Travel Websites Advertising ... Subscriptions Other MBendi Clients Newsletter Logon / Register About MBendi ... Home Page Nigeria: Oil And Gas Industry - Overview Overview Upstream Downstream Risks More on this Industry: Industry Sector(s): - Gas - OiI and Gas Industry Regulation - Oil and Gas (General) - Refining This Industry in: - Africa - Asia Other Industries for Country: - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing - Chemicals Industry - Electrical Power - Exchanges Conferences - Financial Services - Food, Beverage, Tobacco - Mining - Trading - Travel, Tourism and Recreation Regions: Country Profile Country List World Africa Antarctica Asia Australasia Europe North America South America Directories: - Companies - Events - Employment - Facilities - Listed Companies - News - Organisations - Personalities - Projects - Publications - Stock Exchanges Business: - Employment - Internet Strategy - Opportunities - Tenders - Trade Services - Trade Leads Overview Nigeria has a population of over 110 million people and an abundance of natural resources, especially hydrocarbons. It is the 10th largest oil producer in the world, the third largest in Africa and the most prolific oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Nigerian economy is largely dependent on its oil sector which supplies 95% of its foreign exchange earnings.

116. Www.edostateofnigeria.gov.ng/ http://www.edostateofnigeria.gov.ng/

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