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Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of ...
This is a list of wars involving the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its predecessor states. Other conflicts. Mbaise Rebellion Battles against the British 1902–1917 ...
Military alliances shortly before World War I. Germany and the Ottoman Empire allied after the outbreak of war.. This is the list of military alliances.A military alliance is a formal agreement between two or more parties concerning national security in which the contracting parties agree to mutually protect and support one another militarily in case of a crisis that has not been identified in ...
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The bandit conflict in northwest Nigeria is an ongoing conflict between the country's federal government and various gangs and ethnic militias.Starting in 2011, the insecurity remaining from the conflict between the Fulani and Hausa ethnic groups quickly allowed other criminal and jihadist elements to form in the region.
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [23] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [24] is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [12]
The link at each name includes more context. 1. His vice president, Mike Pence : “The American people deserve to know that President Trump asked me to put him over my oath to the Constitution. …
Nigeria declined to participate in the boycott, despite its membership in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). [87] By 1980, Nigeria was the U.S.'s second-largest oil supplier, after Saudi Arabia: [54] [35] in that year, at least 46% of Nigerian oil exports went to the U.S., accounting for about 12% of U.S. oil imports ...