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Title: Celebrating Nigeria http:www'concernednigerians'comcorruption'html

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Celebrating Nigeria http//www.concernednigerians.
com/corruption.html
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Africa
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Federal Republic of Nigeria

British government controlled the territory that
become Nigeria from the 19th century.
After World War II through a series of
constitutions the British government granted
Nigeria greater autonomy.
October 1st 1960 Nigeria gained its independence
from the colonial masters.
A new constitution was adopted in 1999 and a
transition to civilian government after nearly 16
years of military rule.
Although the April 2003 elections were marred by
some irregularities, Nigeria is currently
experiencing its longest period of civilian rule
since independence.

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Location, Size Time

Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea,
between Benin and Cameroon
slightly more than twice the size of California
6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard
Time

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Climate

varies equatorial in south, tropical in center,
arid in north

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Terrain Elevation extremes

southern lowlands merge into central hills and
plateaus mountains in southeast, plains in north
lowest point Atlantic Ocean 0 meter highest
point Chappal Waddi 2,419 meters

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Natural resources

natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal,
limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land

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products

Agriculture - cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn,
rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams,
rubber cattle, sheep, goats, pigs timber fish
Industries crude oil, coal, tin, columbite
palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood hides
and skins, textiles, cement and other
construction materials, food products, footwear,
chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel,
small commercial ship construction and repair
Exports - commodities petroleum and
petroleum products 95, cocoa, rubber Exports -
partners US 49.7, Brazil 10.4, Spain 7.6
(2005)
Imports - commodities machinery, chemicals,
transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and
live animals
Imports - partners China 10.5, US 7.3, UK
6.7, Netherlands 6.1, France 6, Germany 4.3
(2005)

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Natural hazards Environment - current issues

periodic droughts flooding
soil degradation rapid deforestation urban air
and water pollution desertification oil
pollution - water, air, and soil has suffered
serious damage from oil spills loss of arable
land rapid urbanization

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Population

131,859,731 ( 132 million) note estimates for
this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS this can
result in lower life expectancy, higher infant
mortality and death rates, lower population and
growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be
expected (July 2006 est.)
Age structure 0-14 years 42.3 (male
28,089,017/female 27,665,212) 15-64 years 54.6
(male 36,644,885/female 35,405,915) 65 years and
over 3.1 (male 1,930,007/female 2,124,695)
(2006 est.)

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Birth rate

Total fertility rate 5.49 children
born/woman (2006 est.)

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Median age

total 18.7 years male 18.7 years female 18.6
years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate 2.38 (2006 est.)
Birth rate 40.43 births/1,000 population
(2006 est.)
Death rate 16.94 deaths/1,000 population
(2006 est.)

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Life expectancy at birth

Total population 47.08 years male 46.52 years
female 47.66 years (2006 est.)

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Sex ratio

at birth 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years
1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years 1.04
male(s)/female 65 years and over 0.91
male(s)/female total population 1.02
male(s)/female (2006 est.)

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Infant mortality rate

Total 97.14 deaths/1,000 live births male
104.05 deaths/1,000 live births female 90.02
deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

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Ethnic groups

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is
composed of more than 250 ethnic groups the
following are the most populous and politically
influential Hausa and Fulani 29, Yoruba 21,
Igbo (Ibo) 18, Ijaw 10, Kanuri 4, Ibibio 3.5,
Tiv 2.5

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An Essay on the Future of Nigeria

With an estimated population of 123,337,822,
Nigeria is composed of more than 250 ethnic
groups. In any polity with such diverse ethnic
affiliations, it is perhaps inescapable that
inter ethnic conflicts will play a vital role in
the country's politics. Each ethnic group regards
itself as a distinct nationality with defined
customs and territories. The contending desires
to assert this distinctiveness collides with the
federal government's strategy to create
a NIGERIAN. RESISTANCE POLITICS
By O. Igho Natufe, Ph.D. (E-mail
INATUFE_at_NRCAN.GC.CA)
http//www.waado.org/NigerDelta/Essays/Natufe_Howa
rd.htm
http//www.waado.org/NigerDelta/Essays/EssaysPage.
html

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Religions, Languages Literacy

Muslim 50, Christian 40, indigenous beliefs 10
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo),
Fulani
Definition age 15 and over can read and write
total population 68 male 75.7 female
60.6 (2003 est.)
6 years compulsory education
A major obstacle to the further advancement of
education in Nigeria is the shortage of qualified
teachers large numbers of foreigners are
employed, particularly by the universities.

Therefore, if education for all is to be achieved
in the next millennium there is the need for a
greater support by individual, local, state and
federal governments and international agencies.
http//www.nationmaster.com/country/ni-nigeria/edu
-educationrest

12th world oil producer
8th world exporter
http//www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/topworldtables1_2
.html

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Earning
An average primary school teacher (high school
grad) earns about 1.17/day
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Why Corruption? http//www.concernednigerians.com/
corruption.html
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Administrative divisions

36 states and 1 territory Abia, Adamawa, Akwa
Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno,
Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu,
Federal Capital Territory, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa,
Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos,
Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau,
Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara

Unemployment rate 2.9 (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line 60 (2000
est.)
Currency (code) naira (NGN)

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Money and drug trafficking

a transit point for heroin and cocaine intended
for European, East Asian, and North American
markets safe haven for Nigerian narcotraffickers
operating worldwide major money-laundering
center massive corruption and criminal activity
Nigeria has improved some anti-money-laundering
controls, resulting in its removal from the
Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's)
Non-cooperative Countries and Territories List in
June 2006 Nigeria's anti-money-laundering regime
continues to be monitored by FATF

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HIV/AIDS

adult prevalence rate 5.4 (2003 est.)
people living with HIV/AIDS 3.6 million
(2003 est.)
deaths 310,000 (2003 est.)

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Major infectious diseases

degree of risk very high food or waterborne
diseases bacterial and protozoa diarrhea,
hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vector borne
disease malaria respiratory disease
meningococcal meningitis aerosolized dust or
soil contact disease one of the most highly
endemic areas for Lassa fever (2005)

Despite being the world's tenth largest oil
producer, 37 percent of Nigerians live on less
than US 1 per day, according to the World Bank.
By comparison, the much-smaller West African
state of Senegal, which exports groundnuts and
fish and has no major natural resources, enjoys
more than twice Nigeria's per capita income.
IRINnews.org UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs http//www.irinnews.org/subsc
riptions
http//dnatribes.com/sample-results/dnatribes-samp
le-nigerian.pdf