Nigerian President - Elect Goodluck Jonathan sworn in

Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan has been sworn in as president for a new four-year term, following a clear poll win.Foreign heads of state attended the lavish ceremony, which began with a military parade and inspection at Eagle Square in the country's capital, Abuja.Mr Jonathan was promoted from vice-president after Umaru Yar'Adua died in office in 2010.Despite his election win the country still has serious divisions and there were deadly riots after polling.Power sector The election was largely considered free and fair but hundreds of people were killed in three days of rioting following the announcement of the result.Mr Jonathan, 53, won...

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Champions League Finals: Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United

Barcelona delivered a masterclass to inflict another Champions League final defeat on Manchester United as Lionel Messi inspired an emphatic victory at Wembley.Manchester United's hopes of emulating their first European Cup final success here against Benfica in 1968 foundered as Barcelona deservedly repeated their win against Sir Alex Ferguson's side in Rome two years ago.The pattern of an entertaining game bore an uncanny resemblance to events in the Stadio Olimpico in 2009 as United started with optimism and intent before being swamped by Barcelona's brilliance.Pedro gave Barcelona the lead from one of the many wonderful passes played by...

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Nigeria Children's Day In Pictures

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Children’s Day In Nigeria: UNICEF commends Nigeria for National Health Act

     Its May 27, Children's Day in Nigeria, and there still remains a nagging question, Any hope for the Nigerian child?The theme of this years Children’s Day celebration is: “Good governance: impact on the Nigerian child” And as was the norm, millions of children across the nation are celebrating. The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has commended the National Assembly for passing the National Health Bill into law. It also called on Preisdent  Goodluck Jonathan to quickly assent to the Bill for immediate implementation across the country. According to UNICEF  “the National Health Bill is the best gift to...

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Chimamanda Adichie- The Danger of Single Story

This speech was delivered back in 2009 by the Nigeria's Own Chimamanda Adichie. Now whenever I whatch this video, It's always like 'am seeing it for the 1st time. It brings me joy. Watch and please drop your comments Read more ...

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Map of Nigeria

A map of Nigeria below shows the country divided into 36 states and the capital Abuja. Nigeria is located in the western part of Afri...

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Nigerian Politics

Nigeria is a Federal Republic modeled after the United States, with executive power exercised by the president and with influences from the Westminster System model in the composition and management of the upper and lower houses of the bicameral legislature. However, the President of Nigeria is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Nigerian politics takes place within a framework of a federal, presidential, representative democratic republic, whereby Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the...

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Nigerian Civil War

The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War, 6 July 1967–15 January 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra. The conflict was the result of economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria.The disequilibrium and perceived corruption of the electoral and political process led in 1966 to several back-to-back military coups. The first was in January and led by a collection of young leftists under Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna and Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu....

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Nigeria

           Nigeria officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The three largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. In terms of religion Nigeria is roughly split half and half between Muslims and Christians with a very...

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