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Nigeria’s Poverty Ratio Rises

to 70% of PopulationBloomberg, 18.01.2011

Nigeria's election - The turbulent north

The Economist, Apr 28th 2011

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Nigeria

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Capital: Abuja

Population: 150 Mio

Official language: English

Government: Presidential

Federal Republic

State president: Jonathan

Goodluck, 2011

Borders: Benin, Niger,

Chad, Cameroon

Currency: Naira

1 $ = 152, 45 ₦

1 € = 218, 51 ₦

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Cultural diversity –

Yoruba, Benin, Sokoto, Hausa

1485 – Portuguese came to the

coast an started trading

1961: British colonization 1. Oct. 1960: Independence

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1993- 98: Sani Abacha 1999- 2007: Olusegun Obasanjo, PDP

2011: Jonathan Goodluck, PDP2007- 11: Umaru Yar’ Adua, PDP

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• OIL Dependance � 95% of foreign exchange earnings

• One of the fastest growing economies in the world

• Economic reforms

• Development challenges

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Population growth rate: ~ 2%

4.73 children born/woman

Very high infant mortality

Life expectancy at birth only

48 years

3.6 % of the population

infected with HIV.

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• Cultural diversity Civil unrest

• Oil production Corruption, turmoils

• Education High illiteracy rate

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Shell had employees to every relevant

department and so knew "everything that was

being done in those ministries"

Shell

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References

• Trillo R and Hudgens J:West Africa, Rough Guides, 5th Edition, 2008

• Lizzie Williams: Nigeria, Bradt, 2008

• http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/05/16/nigeria-post-election-violence-killed-800, 30.07.2011

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-cables-shell-nigeria-spying, 30.07.2011

• http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/03/28/nigeria-put-human-rights-heart-elections, 30.07.2011

• http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/nigeria/, 30.07.2011

• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html, 30.07.2011

• http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/NIGERIAEXTN/0,,menuPK:3689

06~pagePK:141132~piPK:141107~theSitePK:368896,00.html#<, 30.07.2011

• http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/hdi, 30.07.2011

• http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/nigeria/export-import.html, 30.07.2011

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6508055.stm#population, 30.07.2011

• http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/NGA.html, 30.07.2011

• http://www.iss.co.za/af/profiles/nigeria/politics.html, 30.07.2011

• http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2836.htm#history, 30.07.2011

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References - Pictures

• http://www.google.com/imgres?q=nigeria&um=1&hl=de&lr=&client=firefox-

a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&channel=s&tbm=isch&tbnid=9buQdJZxQPuyRM:&imgrefurl=http://www.all

posters.ch/-sp/Children-Play-Soccer-in-an-Impoverished-Street-in-Lagos-Nigeria-

Poster_i4061156_.htm&docid=uqNkyWwr6C1bbM&w=400&h=300&ei=B3o0TtOvAcyfOvr0id4L&zoom=1&iact=

rc&dur=469&page=14&tbnh=100&tbnw=122&start=128&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:128&tx=72&ty=39&biw=9

22&bih=369, 30.07.2011

• http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://data6.blog.de/media/224/5043224_3037488bf1_m.jpg&imgrefur

l=http://cathrinka.blog.de/2010/10/12/welthunger-index-2010-15-sekunden-stirbt-kind-

9599241/&usg=__T2_sDnGNqZB8YhOk_ar7DSZ4uQs=&h=375&w=500&sz=109&hl=de&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid

=yrIzWE1hlC8hpM:&tbnh=132&tbnw=176&ei=AMoxTpalDsmaOvia_O0L&prev=/search%3Fq%3Darmut%252Ba

frika%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dde%26biw%3D1126%26bih%3D451%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=

356&page=1&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0&tx=113&ty=34&biw=1126&bih=451, 30.07.2011

• http://www.worst-city.com/Lagos-Nigeria/Litter-Litter-Everywhere-Streets-of-Lagos-Nigeria.htm, 30.07.2011

• http://www.africanewsreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/Africa%20Imperialism%20Effects_2.jpg, 30.07.2011

• http://images.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2009-09/bg-guinea-bilder/00-540x720.jpg, 30.07.2011

• http://diepresse.com/images/uploads/f/1/2/511762/nigeria_oel20090929185640.jpg, 30.07.2011

• http://192.68.214.70/blz/eup/01_05/images/8_clip_image002.jpg, 30.07.2011

• http://www.dw-world.de/image/0,,5157092_1,00.jpg, 30.07.2011

• http://nigeriansabroadlive.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/map_nigeria.gif 30.07.2011

• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-

Q7TjrA1wvR0/TgrigGzQalI/AAAAAAAACVg/S8pSwTePS7w/s640/GoodluckJonathan.jpg, 30.07.2011