Nigeria

Nigeria

Related SourceWatch Resources

• Nigeria's oil industry
• British American Tobacco Nigeria

External Links

Websites

• Nigerian Government.
• Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
• Nigeria Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
• Nigeria.com.

Profiles

• Nigeria, CIA The World Fact Book.
• Country profile: Nigeria, BBC, January 10, 2006: "After lurching from one military coup to another, Nigeria now has an elected leadership. But it faces the growing challenge of preventing Africa's most populous country from breaking apart along ethnic and religious lines."
• Timeline: Nigeria, BBC, February 24, 2006.

Articles & Commentary

• Nigeria to ban cigarette advertising, Brooke J, New York Times, July 18, 1988.

1999

• "Nigerian ghost army," BBC, December 3, 1999.

2002

• "Nigeria: Oil, Poverty, and Rights, 2," Africa Action, July 9, 2002.

2003

• Odiza Kibiam, "Regime Change In Abuja???" Nigeria Exchange, May 7, 2003.

2004

• Dan Isaacs, "Analysis: Behind Nigeria's violence," BBC, May 5, 2004.

2005

• "Nigerians bristle at census jibe," BBC, April 19, 2005.
• "Nigerians wary of corruption crackdown," BBC, May 2, 2005: "Nigeria is vigorously campaigning for western donors to write off its $35bn debts - and is backing up its arguments with a crackdown on corruption."

2006

• Emma Amaize, "Killings, Kidnap in Niger-Delta: Villagers flee en masse from troubled spots as pressures mount over abducted foreigners," Vanguard Online, January 21, 2006.
• "Oil-rich Niger Delta faces 'shocking' new wave of violence," IRIN News, January 27, 2006.
• Dan Isaacs, "The Nigerian Delta's troubled waters," BBC, February 20, 2006.
• "Nigeria's shadowy oil rebels," BBC, February 21, 2006.
• "Nigeria warns on political riots," BBC, March 3, 2006.
• Edward Harris, "Towers of burning gas: Nigeria's oil curse," Mail & Guardian Online (Africa), March 16, 2006.
• Sola Odunfa, "Nigeria's counting controversy," BBC, March 21, 2006: "No-one knows how many Nigerians there are - and until now the authorities have been too afraid to find out."
• "Nigeria oil output to 'hang in balance' - US intel," Reuters (Engineering News (Africa)), March 23, 2006.

2007

• Smoking troubles for tobacco companies The Nation (the newspaper of Nigeria) online edition, December 2, 2007. Discusses Nigerian federal government's lawsuit against British American Tobacco Nigeria and BATN's "corporate social responsibility" efforts.

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