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The South West (often hyphenated to the South-West) is the one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria representing both a geographic and political region of the country's southwest. It comprises six states — Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo. [4] [5] It makes up part of Yorubaland in Nigeria, with Kwara and parts of Kogi completing it.
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The six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The Federal Republic of Nigeria is divided into six geopolitical zones, commonly just called zones. They are a type of administrative division grouping the country's states, created during the regime of president General Sani Abacha. Nigerian economic, political, and educational resources are often shared ...
The South-South Region was created from parts of both the Western and Eastern regions of Nigeria in 1997 through the recommendation of the Alex Ekwueme panel, by the national regime of General Sani Abacha. Edo, Delta, one-quarter of Bayelsa, and the Ndoni section of Rivers states were from the old Western region.
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The Bakassi Peninsula in the Bight of Biafra. The Bakassi conflict is an ongoing armed dispute over the Bakassi Peninsula of Cameroon.Originally subject to a border conflict between Cameroon and Nigeria, Bakassi later became affected by insurgencies waged by local separatists against Cameroonian government forces.
The Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), codenamed Operation Amotekun (Yoruba for "Leopard" or "Cheetah") and simply known as the Amotekun, is a security outfit based in all the six states of the South Western, Nigeria, responsible for curbing insecurity in the region. [1]
Seme Border is a settlement in Nigeria on the border with Benin, thirty minutes drive from Badagry on the coastal road between Lagos and Cotonou. Seme is a part of Badagry Division of Lagos State . With the present political division in the state, it is under Badagry -West Local council development area (LCDA).