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Economist Country Briefing: Nigeria

A Timeline of Nigerian History (BBC)

A Brief Political History of Nigeria (with pictures)

Nigeria Gov't & Party Links on the Web

BBC: Country Profile of Nigeria

The Guardian

The Comet

Yar'Adua Profile: youtube

Inside Story: Nigeria's new president 29 May 07, part 1
part 2

Dawodu.com: socio-political issues in Nigeria

Human Rights in Nigeria

Biafran War, BBC documentary

Sweet Crude: A Documentary Film

Ogonis still mourning 10 years on (BBC 11/10/05)

Nigerial Oil, the Curse of Black Gold (National Geographic, Feb 2007)

"The Race to Share in Nigeria's Oil Bounty" (NPR: Morning Edition 8/22/05)

"Reforming the Nearly Unreformable" (Economist) 8/5/04

Global Corruption Report (Transparency Int'l); please read pp 19-22.

"'Sharia' used in Nigeria Politics" (BBC) 9/21/04

CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: "'Nigeria Reacts to Jefferson Corruption Case" (NPR) 5/24/06

Nigerians to Meet on Constitution (BBC) 1/13/05

Nigeria Voter Turnout

Villagers Hold Nigeria Oil Plants (BBC) 12/6/04

People versus Big Oil: Rights of Nigerian Indigenous People Recognized (Foreign Policy in Focus) 7/5/02

Alienation and Militancy in the Niger Delta (Foreign Policy in Focus) 7/03