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An unnamed Nigerian government official stated that Nigeria can provide more than half of the 25,000 troops for an invasion of Niger. [110] U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington supported West African efforts to restore constitutional order in Niger. In a separate interview with the BBC, Blinken also said that while the United ...
Heads of state from the Economic Community of West African States agreed Sunday night to set up a committee "to study and make a full report on Nigeria's land border closure with her neighbours ...
The South West (often hyphenated to the South-West) is 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.
Biafra (light brown) attempted to separate from the rest of Nigeria (dark brown) during the Nigerian Civil War. In 1967, separatists in Nigeria's southeast declared the formation of the independent state of Biafra. The subsequent Nigerian Civil War lasted two and a half years, led to over a million dead, and ended with the defeat of Biafra ...
The hearing featured three witnesses with on-the-ground experience in law enforcement, all of whom highlighted the dangerous results of the border crisis 'Lawless:' Border crisis leading to rise ...
The border starts in the north at the tripoint with Chad in Lake Chad, proceeding through the lake via an NW-SE straight line down to the estuary of the Ebedi river. [2] The border follows this river as it flows to the south-east, before turning south, proceeding overland in this direction via a series of irregular lines and some small rivers (such as the Kalia). [2]
This quickly caused a major crisis the following day on September 26, 2004, as Shell evacuated 235 non-essential personnel from two oil fields, cutting oil production by 30,000 barrels per day (4,800 m 3 /d). Nigeria was the world's tenth largest oil exporter. The abundant oil reserves resulted in widespread exploitation.
Communal conflicts in Nigeria [3] can be divided into two broad categories: [4] [dubious – discuss] Ethno-religious conflicts , attributed to actors primarily divided by cultural , ethnic, or religious communities and identities, such as instances of religious violence between Christian and Muslim communities .