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Hold cursor over location to display name; click to go to location row in the "table of cities and towns" (if available). Under the control of the Nigerian government; Under the control of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta; Under the control of the Islamic State's West Africa Province
When the Nav Nirman movement resulted in the forced resignation of the Gujarat government, student protests had already begun in Bihar. Unlike the Nav Nirman movement, political student outfits like Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) connected with the Jana Sangh, Samajwadi Yuvajan Sabha (SYS) connected with Samajwadi Party, and Lok Dal took an active role in the JP movement.
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 .
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 ...
Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Muslims, who live mostly in the north part of the country, and Christians, who live mostly in the south; indigenous religions, such as those native to the Igbo and Yoruba ethnicities, are in the minority. [20] Nigeria is a regional power in Africa and a middle power in international affairs.
Nigeria [2] [7] [c] Deewell: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] [d] Dreaded Friend of Friends: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] Eagle Club: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] Eternal Fraternal Order of the Legion Consortium (aka Klan Konfraternity) KK 1983 University of Calabar: Calabar, Nigeria [3] [2] [9] Executioners: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] Fame: Early 1990s Nigeria [2 ...
Separatist movements of Nigeria want to achieve state secession, which is the withdrawal of one or more of the states of Nigeria from the multinational state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The only act of secession in Nigeria occurred from 1967 to 1970 during the Nigerian Civil War , when the breakaway republic of Biafra declared its ...
The six zones were not entirely carved out based on geographic location, but rather states with similar ethnic groups, and/or common political history were classified in the same zones. [citation needed] Nigeria is made up of approximately 400 ethnic groups and 525 languages. There was a need for the government to merge similar groups for the ...