Nigeria Essay

The country of Nigeria is located in Western Africa and borders the Gulf of Guinea between Benin on the west and Cameroon on the east. The country's land mass goes from the Gulf of Guinea in the south to the Sahel in the north. Comparatively, Nigeria is a little more than twice the size of California, or the size of California, Nevada, and Arizona combined. The capital of Nigeria is Abuja. Abuja replaced the former capital, Lagos in December 1991, because of its more central location, among other

Christian persecution by Muslim extremists in (mainly) northern Nigeria is and has been a serious problem for several years. The main contributors to this issue are the Islamic extremist and Muslim purist organization, Boko Haram. According to Religion Today, over 3000 people have been killed since Boko Haram began it’s insurgency. Murders and jihads are a regular occurrence in Nigeria, with new reports seemingly coming out every day of another terrorist attack or mass shooting. With government being

Yoruba ethnic groups. Islam in Nigeria is based on the teaching of the Prophet Muhammad outlined in the Qur’an with varying differences from the rest of the Islamic community. The vast majority of Igbo are Christians as are many of the Yoruba. Popular forms of Christianity include Anglican, Presbyterian, American Southern Baptist, and Methodist with large congregations of Seventh - day Adventist and Jehovah’s Witness across the country. The ethnic background of Nigeria is diverse from its foundation

Shell Nigeria      In 1958 the Royal Dutch/Shell Group started drilling for, transporting and refining oil in Nigeria. Nigeria’s large supply of high quality crude oil helped Shell climb to the top, by 1994 Shell made more money than other company in the world. Everything changed for Shell in 1996 when the world became aware of their unethical business practices in Nigeria. Shell had raped the environment, violated human rights of the Nigerian people and manipulated local

Shell Oil in Nigeria 1. What are some of the factors explaining why corruption and bribery are so high in Nigeria? Nigeria is considered to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Many different forms of corruption are familiar to Nigeria including political corruption, bureaucratic corruption, electoral corruption, embezzlement, and bribery. Corruption has even been said to be a viable enterprise in Nigeria due to the involvement of citizens, government officials, and private

Kelly Grant November 2nd, 2016 HST 104 003 Detriments of Colonization During the nineteenth century, Britain took control over Nigeria and India and tried to established an industrialized society. After analyzing the impact of British colonization on the two different countries of India and Nigeria, one can see how the impact of their control negatively affected the culture and indigenous people of these countries in regards to their economy, religion, social institutions and hierarchy, and political

Lagos, Nigeria Africa’s most populated nation has more than 150 million people and within this nation resides Lagos with a population of more than 20 million people. Lagos, Nigeria is the capital, nation’s biggest urban agglomeration, and is the third largest, most populated city in the world. Since early times, Lagos has grown through rural-urban migration. Lagos started off as a small farming and fishing settlement on an island close to the coast. In 1472 the Portuguese arrived on the land and

Underage Prostitution in Nigeria. Introduction Like any other business, prostitution has an economic aspect. Indeed, it is a market and a very lucrative one. It involves men's pleasure which is given by being physically intimate with women or children. This has been made to flourish due to the customer demand and the perception that women are there to serve men's pleasures. Forced prostitution rings have been seen to be flooded by underage girls who do not know to discern the intentions and the motives

The people of Nigeria are divided into three ethnic groups- the Hausa-Fulani, the Yoruba, and the Igbo. During imperialism, Nigeria was a colony of Great Britain and ruled by indirect control. The Hausa-Fulani would govern their region with their language and Islam religion. Whereas, the other two regions in the south adopted Christianity and European ways and helped govern their own regions. When Britain decided to withdraw from the colony in 1960, they set up a Nigerian Federal State

Many Niger Delta separatist groups still operate Outside of the program and these groups have gained more traction with the formation of Separatist groups in other parts of Nigeria. One of such separatist groups is Boko Haram, which has established itself as a religious separatist movement active in the northern parts of Nigeria and funded by powerful political forces. The refusal of many insurgent groups to enter the Amnesty program and the commitment of MEND (the main insurgent group in the Niger