Background: Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In addition, the OBASANJO administration must defuse longstanding ethnic and religious tensions, if it is to build a sound foundation for economic growth and political stability. Despite some irregularities, the April 2003 elections marked the first civilian transfer of power in Nigeria's history.
January 28th 2008Africa » Nigeria » Yankari Referring to the title - well, you could first of all get yourself and your mode of transportation to somewhere in Nigeria where you can fix it.....lets try the capital city of Abuja.
After spendin ... 20 photos[full story]
February 17th 2008Africa » Nigeria » Abuja Nigeria, Nigeria. This has been the hardest blog entry to write. I don't want to sound like the peace-and-love Africa geek, raving on about how friendly a country that most people hate is, but I think ... 22 photos[full story]
January 21st 2008Africa » Nigeria » Calabar Overshot the border as there were no signposts, we got to Nigeria without getting stamped so we had to go back. This is in Ilara, a border town, while our passports are being processed we had truck lu ... 23 photos[full story]
December 23rd 2007Africa » Nigeria One of the real bright spots that we encountered in Nigeria was the Drill Ranch conservation project in the Afi Mountains. Drill Monkeys are one of the most endangered monkey species due to hunting a ... 14 photos[full story]
December 18th 2007Africa » Nigeria This is taken directly from my journal to help give you an idea...
"...Yestaurday I saw a dead body in the road. What shocked me so much about it; was that it was in the middle of the street in Ibada ... 1 photos[full story]
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