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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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By Forget 9 to 5
February 7th 2007

No rest in Nigeria Africa » Nigeria

Frankie at Frankies!

Hello all, just a quick entry to let you know I'm alive and well. Having enjoyed the luxuries of air conditioning and pizza at Frankie's in Accra, and then the party atmosphere of Big Milly's on the coast in Ghana, things have been a bit less fun. For a start I was really ill as we left Ghana, I have never felt so sick in all my life. Thank god for all the lovely people on the trip with me who gave me sympathy and medical advice. I think I sampled every petrol station toilet between Accra and the Togo border [View Full Entry]

By kikkums
December 28th 2006

Nigeria 2 - to Nkwere Africa » Nigeria

nigerian general store

some sites on the way to the village of nkwere (oon kwear eh) the christianity in eastern nigeria is total... the churches are huge and tons of busineses have christianity related names. notice things like the "god is good" painted on the motorcycle. the fact im athiest came out in a conversation, and they were nice about it tho totally unable to believe it. theyd go "so wow.... you dont go to church?" "...you still pray right?" most people had never met a nonchristian in their lives. never met a nonafrican. what a narrow view of what exists in this [View Full Entry]

nigerian police roadblock - takin bribes

By kikkums
December 27th 2006

21 days in Nigeria - Lagos Africa » Nigeria

21 days in Nigeria kelsey wmy trip to nigeria with my bf of the time, Kachi, who was born and raised there. Dec 27th -- Jan 14th after just arriving in lagos, the largest city in nigeria, tho abuja is the capital [View Full Entry]

By renewablenigeria
December 25th 2006

Campy Music Videos for Xmas! Africa » Nigeria

It's been hard to give an update for a while as things are quickly changing: The project I was supposed to be involved with got caught up in World Bank bureaucracy. So I've been settling in nicely, meeting a lot of interesting people, and doing an eclectic collection of things while waiting for a new project to hopefully come about. One of those things being installing a solar system in my office which One Sky generously donated when they closed their office. If all goes well, we'll be opening up Calabar's first solar internet cafe soon! Here are a couple incredibly [View Full Entry]

By Machaz26
December 24th 2006

From Accra to Lagos, by car... Africa » Nigeria

A road off the market in Accra
Along the walls there were signs that warned against urinating in public.

After realizing that I would be in Africa for 10 days, and that it would be mostly work without to much time to check the place out, I decided that I had to work some sort of adventure into our trip, namely driving from Accra to Lagos. We landed in Accra on Thursday, and were supposed to be there until Monday morning when we were supposed to fly in to Lagos. Before we had left the states I had check to see the distance between the cities as well as if there was anyone else on the WWW who had done [View Full Entry]

By renewablenigeria
November 5th 2006

Abuja Africa » Nigeria

Nigeria's National Church
As about half of Nigeria's is Christian...

My first two weeks back in Nigeria were not spent in Nigeria. They were spent in Abuja - which functions as both the capital and the antithesis of Nigeria. Shiny, freshly painted buildings and perfectly manicured grounds stretch out in front of sidewalks and perfectly paved highways - all of which are not really found anywhere else in Nigeria. This is, in part, a result of its synthetic beginnings: In order to ease North-South tensions, a capital was created in the literal center of the country. Over the past thirty years, it has been constructed from scratch to be the showcase [View Full Entry]

By montechiari
October 13th 2006

Last Night!! Africa » Nigeria » Niger Delta

Leky Market Party!
Feels like Salvador (Bahia - Brasil)

Yep! That’s my very last night in Lagos! At least for 2006. It has been a long way since my first time here back in 2002. And I can tell that some weird things happened to me during these years. But there is something about this place that makes me come back every time. And I must confess that I miss it when I’m gone! Till next time! [View Full Entry]

By renewablenigeria
September 24th 2006

Auction Fundraiser: The Energy to Build a Better World! Africa » Nigeria

Pick one.

Note: The auction is now closed, but please consider supporting the Council for Renewable Energy in Nigeria directly: http://www.renewablenigeria.org/donate Dear family, friends, and renewable energy enthusiasts, Recently, I've been given the opportunity to return to Calabar, Nigeria for two years. I will be working as a volunteer through VSO Canada for CREN. CREN is an emerging network working to connect renewable energy stakeholders in Nigeria. I am looking forward to learning from the people there and supporting their project [View Full Entry]

Just think of how many books you could read...

By Sasha
September 14th 2006

Nigeria- Kano motorcycle rally Africa » Nigeria

Well, Nigeria has without a doubt been the most anti-climactic destination on my trip so far, as it is not even remotely dangerous in any way, and corruption has yet to affect me in any way. Driving through the country though did remind me of "Baby Police", as every few miles police officers stopped the car and collected money without saying anything. I was thinking about the Nigerian police academy and what their curriculum must look like "How to Collect Money" or "How to maximize pocket space to fit the greatest number of bills inside" seems to be all they [View Full Entry]

By renewablenigeria
September 13th 2006

Whose Power? Africa » Nigeria

As idyllic as it looks?
With less than half of Nigeria's 130+ million people having access to its incredibly unstable grid, solar (PV) has the potential to be a strong alternative... but only if it's done right.

Energy from the sun. Such a ubiquitous, inexhaustible power source, I took it for granted that, with the right technology, it would be accessible to all. My Renewable Energy Programmer internship with One Sky in Nigeria gave me the opportunity to realize that most power issues with solar had little to do with electricity. Importation problems, lack of local knowledge, and ownership issues played a much greater factor in the (non)functioning of the solar (PV) systems. I visited three organizations that had PV systems installed a few years ago to learn from their successes and setbacks, before I [View Full Entry]

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