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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.




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Nigerian Roads
Nigerian Roads
en route to Abuja
We entered Nigeria at Chikanda(where?) This godforsaken tiny outpost does not see many travellers and we were about to see why. This was the beginning of 3 days of the worst roads I have seen. 3 days of bouncing frayed nerves and giant thunderstorms. The road was so busy that one night we camped on it-no traffic all night except a couple of cows coming to drink from the giant potholes (I mean swimming pools). On Thursday 28 May we arrived in Abuja. We headed straight for the Sheraton Hotel where , like those who went before camped in their grounds. [View Full Entry]

philannie - Phil and Annie West and Central Africa 2009 | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 3rd 2009 | 37 Views | [diary=404908]

Nigerian Children
Annie at ECWA Hospital Jos
Joshua and Philip ECWA Hospital

Beste familie, vrienden, vriendinnen, collega's en mensen die ik vergeten ben. Mijn eerste twee weken zitten erop en het gaat tot nu toe nog uitstekend. Ik ben gelukkig nog niet ziek geweest, maar dat zal er vast wel een keer van komen, getuige de omstandigheden. Mijn werk is zeer divers en heel interessant. Het kost teveel woorden om te zeggen wat ik exact doe, maar ik ben vooral bezig met mensenhandel en de juridische samenwerking tussen NED, Nig en overige VN lidstaten. Over twee weken komt er een delegatie vanuit Nederland, bestaande uit de hoofd Officier van Justitie en KLPD en [View Full Entry]

Flipjansen - Flip Jansen | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 29th 2008 | 150 Views | [diary=317544]

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By Flipjansen
August 16th 2008
Welkomsbericht Africa » Nigeria » Abuja
Mensen, Op maandag 18 augustus is het na 5 maanden voorbereiden dan eindelijk zover, ik vertrek naar Abuja te Nigeria. Het doel van mijn reis is stage lopen op de Nederlandse ambassade voor een periode van 4 maanden. Ik hoop met deze stage ervaring op te doen binnen de rechtsgebieden van het internationale strafrecht en mensenrechten. Maar bovenal ga ik een groot avontuur tegemoet in een land wat door vele mensen wordt gezien als het meest criminele en corrupte land van het continent Afrika. Ik ben zeer benieuwd in hoeverre dit het geval is. Voorzichtigheid staat dan ook bovenaan! Mijn erv [View Full Entry]

Flipjansen - Flip Jansen | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 16th 2008 | 35 Views | [diary=312770]


How Far Now? (Nigerian Broken English for "How are you doing?") Arrived into Lagos, Nigeria on Monday from Cairo (after going to bed at 1 am to witness the European Soccer Championships and getting up at 2 am to catch a 6 am flight). We took a puddle jumper to Abuja and met up with our man Abbas Abubakar at the airport. That night we ate a traditional Nigerian meal with Abbas' boss at his home. The meal included Mui Mui (pounded yam), Chicken Pepper Soup (didn't affect us then, but our paying the price dearly now), Elephant Fish and potatoes. [View Full Entry]

CYBH - Craig Young and Brandon Halcott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 5th 2008 | 529 Views | [diary=295271]

Aso Rock
Tucana Club
Fish Market

By glynn dude
June 3rd 2008
Bonny Africa » Nigeria » Niger Delta
Plant
Plant
LNG Tank Under Construction
Just starting out Actually the location is Bonny Island, just oustide of Port Harcourt and yes it is an Island. I've been working here for 2 and bit years in the Oil and Gas Construction Industry. [View Full Entry]

glynn dude - glynn thomas | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 3rd 2008 | 107 Views | [diary=283354]


Bike packed up and ready to leave Ekom for Abuja
Bike packed up and ready to leave Ekom for Abuja
It took hours of loud arguments to figure out how our bike would be transported: the boys wanted to put it in a station wagon, but finally we convinced a minibus driver to take out a few seats and wed... [more]
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 the enforced extension of our stay in Nigeria allowed us to see a different side of it. Most people travelling through West Africa try to spend as little time as possible in Nigeria due to the country's formidable reputation. Some of the most corrupt officials in the world man the road blocks, crime is rampant in Lagos and other parts of the south, and violence [View Full Entry]

Gwen in Africa - Gwen Tiernan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 19th 2008 | 1430 Views | [diary=240298]

Nick helping to fix the flat on his bday
Nick with the minibus crew once they had dropped us off
Malaria days

Public transport - again!
Public transport - again!
This time in the back of a minivan with the two rear rows of seats removed.
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 spending the night in Ekom I got up on my Birthday before 5am and walked to the bus/taxi stop (they call them Parks here, i.e. Taxi Park) to organise transport to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Still with no internet access that was our best guess as to where they might have parts or at least parts could be sent to us. Some taxi drivers suggested that [View Full Entry]

african raid - Nick Stiefel | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 31st 2008 | 1519 Views | [diary=240407]

Birthday fun!
Preparing lunch in Makurdi, Nigeria.
Restauranteurs in Makurdi, Nigeria.

By PlayingForHope
January 24th 2008
This is Africa?? Africa » Nigeria
Nothing can prepare you for Lagos. It is an overwhelming, claustrophobic city and a dramatic introduction to Africa. The best word to describe Lagos is …chaos. The roads are something else. There are no traffic lights, stop signs or roundabouts, so every intersection is a mess and traffic slows to a crawl at each one as cars “merge”, inches apart. Drivers pay little attention to lane markings, where they exist, and have little hesitation in driving off-road to gain an advantage. Car horns sound constantly as thousands of cars, buses, bikes and pedestrians contend for t [View Full Entry]

PlayingForHope - Andrew Cameron | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 28th 2008 | 299 Views | [diary=260497]

Street sellers
Breakdown
Nigeria Institute for Sports

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 lunch, once through we tried to change money in town but wont change dollars for us so we moved on, Not one minute later we got stopped by Immigration checkpoint and there will be 8 more that afternoon, unbelievable, most of the time we have to show our passports and officials going up the back of the truck to check us out, Sometimes we [View Full Entry]

Viajerong Pinoy - GIL BRIONES | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 1st 2008 | 1265 Views | [diary=238013]

NIGERIA FRONTIER
BENIN-NIGERIA FRONTIER
ILARA

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 and habitat destruction. The conservation project has a breeding and re-hab centre in Calabar and then the Monkeys are taken to the Drill Ranch in the rain forest of the Afi Mountains where they are prepared to be released back into the wild. The project employs local people and interacts with the nearby villages by using local produce to feed the animals. They truely are doing some [View Full Entry]

AfricaBound - Jordan and Kathie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 28th 2007 | 933 Views | [diary=231020]

Smile!
Guess who?
Tree Climber


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