InfoTrac Reader Nigeria Nigeria, a former British colony, has had a long history of corrupt governments and military intervention in politics. It contains important cleavages, especially between the Islamic north and the Christian south, but also between the various ethnic groups. Outbreaks of violence occasionally erupt, especially between the two religious groups. Nigeria has a federal government, and some of the Islamic states have implemented Islamic law. President Olusegun Obasanjo was elected president in 1999. He was reelected in 2003 as the candidate of the People's Democratic Party, and the PDP also won a majority of the seats in the legislature. As is typically the case with Nigerian elections, there were widespread accusations of electoral fraud. Nigeria's economy revolves around the exploitation of its oil resources. However, corruption in the oil industry and government mismanagement of macroeconomic policies have not allowed Nigeria to realize fully the economic potential of its oil industry. There are signs that President Obasanjo will be able to implement significant economic reforms, including in the oil sector; by the middle of 2004 Nigeria's economy was improving. Paralysed by fear; Muslims and the polio vaccine. (Muslims and polio jabs)(Nigeria)(Brief Article) The Economist (US) Jan 10, 2004 v370 i8357 p42US (291 words) Daukoru: 'I am not aware of a plan to leave Opec'. (Nigeria Interview)(petroleum affairs advisor Edmund Daukoru)(Interview) Weekly Petroleum Argus Dec 15, 2003 v33 i49 p7(1) (838 words) Community development in Nigeria. (Case studies) Olukayode Soremekun. The Atlantic Monthly Dec 2003 v292 i5 pS14(2) (606 words) Nigerians are up and going: visiting Nigeria again after a 10-year absence, I am fascinated with the changes. Abuja has grown enormously since I last saw it. Traffic jams are gradually taking on Lagos' dimensions. And buildings, huge ones, are going up all the time. (Under the Neem Tree) Cameron Duodu. New African Dec 2003 i424 p32(2) (1472 words) African Islamism, From Below. William Miles. World and I Dec 2003 v18 i12 p257 (3056 words) Nigeria grapples with energy reform. Petroleum Intelligence Weekly Nov 24, 2003 v42 i47 p1(2) (611 words) Electoral choices for divided societies: multi-ethnic parties and constituency pooling in Africa. Matthijs Bogaards. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics Nov 2003 v41 i3 p59(22) (9491 words) Shock therapy; Economic reform in Nigeria. (Shock therapy in Nigeria) The Economist (US) Oct 18, 2003 v369 i8346 p46US (595 words) Appeals court acquits Nigerian mother sentenced to death by stoning. (Law & Justice)(Brief Article) Jet Oct 13, 2003 v104 i16 p46(2) (330 words) Taking with one hand and giving with the other? When President Olusegun Obasanjo kept his election pledge to remove fuel subsidies, the country rose in uproar and subsidies were subsequently reinstated, but at a lower level. But not all, including the IMF and Western donors, were pleased with the move. (Oil And Gas) Neil Ford. African Business Oct 2003 i291 p40(2) (1523 words) Shilly-shallying with sharia; Islamic law in Nigeria. The Economist (US) Sept 27, 2003 v368 i8343 p46US (694 words) Will She Be Stoned To Death? Sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, Nigeria's Amina Lawal may yet find mercy. (Up Front) Richard Jerome. People Weekly Sept 15, 2003 v60 i11 p64 (703 words) Nigeria: woman to head anti-trafficking agency. (Africa)(Brief Article) off our backs Sept-Oct 2003 v33 i9-10 p4(1) (99 words) The Nigerians arrive; will Taylor go? The war in Liberia; Enter the peacekeepers. Global Agenda August 6, 2003 pNA (638 words) Obasanjo's top priorities. (Nigeria)(Olusegun Obasanjo) Chijioke Ndukwe. African Business August-Sept 2003 i290 p7(1) (512 words) Is a common currency for West Africa feasible? (View from the City). (Ghana and Nigeria plan single currency) Moin Siddiqi. African Business July 2003 p16(2) (1539 words) The new South Africa confronts Abacha's Nigeria: the politics of human rights in a seminal relationship. David R. Black. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics July 2003 v41 i2 p35(20) (8967 words) Chieftaincy politics and communal identity in Western Nigeria, 1893-1951 *. (African Actions and Colonial Policies) Olufemi Vaughan. The Journal of African History July 2003 v44 i2 p283(20) (9984 words) Now Obasanjo must turn economy around. (Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo)(Cover Story) Neil Ford. African Business June 2003 p12(6) (3390 words) Knowledge and perception of emergency contraception among female Nigerian undergraduates. Michael E. Aziken, Patrick I. Okonta, Adedapo B.A. Ande. International Family Planning Perspectives June 2003 v29 i2 p84(4) (2668 words) Nigeria: "Operation Earthquake" sweeps the polls. (Around Africa). (presidential re-election campaign of Olusegun Obasanjo) Pini Jason. New African June 2003 p28(2) (849 words) An Election's Long Shadow. (Notebook)(Muhammadu Buhari contests Nigerian election)(Brief Article)(Interview) Gilbert Da Costa. Time International May 5, 2003 v161 i17 p20 (252 words) A Hollow Triumph? (Olusegun Obasanjo's election in Nigeria) Richard Dowden. Newsweek International April 28, 2003 p41 (890 words) The bumpy road to democracy; Nigeria's election; A result, of sorts. Global Agenda April 23, 2003 pNA (1055 words) The road to democracy. (Nigeria) Global Agenda April 17, 2003 pNA (1301 words) Nigeria. Waziri Adio. The Nation April 14, 2003 v276 i14 p20 (586 words) The Obasanjo balance-sheet. (Nigeria). Neil Ford. African Business April 2003 p54(2) (1526 words) Don't mention the economy: Pini Jason reports from Lagos how 30 parties campaigning for votes in the 19 April elections have still managed not to talk seriously about the economy. (Around Africa: Nigeria). (Brief Article) Pini Jason. New African April 2003 p31(1) (380 words) Nigeria: bellwether of African democracy. O. Carl Unegbu. World Policy Journal Spring 2003 v20 i1 p41(7) (3480 words) Obasanjo, Buhari lead Presidential race. (Countryfile: Nigeria). Neil Ford. African Business March 2003 p56(2) (1500 words) The generals' election. (Cover Story: Nigeria). (Cover Story) New African March 2003 p16(4) (2280 words) "The system will correct itself". (Cover Story: Nigeria). (Cover Story) Pini Jason. New African March 2003 p20(3) (2055 words) Why 'soldier go, soldier come': Osasu Obayiuwana on why "militics"--instead of politics--has become the order of the day in Nigeria. (Cover Story: Nigeria). (Brief Article) Osasu Obayiuwana. New African March 2003 p23(1) (706 words) Polls countdown begins in earnest. (Countryfile: Nigeria). Neil Ford. African Business Feb 2003 p46(2) (1613 words) Nigeria's sharia furore. (View from the South). Ike Oguine. New Internationalist April 2003 p5(1) (915 words) Saving Amina: the crime: adultery. The sentence: death by stoning. But one courageous woman is leading the struggle to ensure that the sentence is never carried out. (Truth And Justice). Silvia Sansoni. Essence March 2003 v33 i11 p156(4) (1563 words) Dis come vex everibodi. (Translation). (Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Nigerian Pidgin English) Harper's Magazine March 2003 v306 i1834 p18(3) (1210 words) The truth behind the miss world riots in Niageria: sexism, fundamentalism, globalization, and oil. (International). Alice Henry. off our backs March-April 2003 p20(5) (2859 words) Cultural diversity and population policy in Nigeria. (Notes and Commentary). Oka Obono. Population and Development Review March 2003 v29 i1 p103(14) (4111 words) The glory that was empire: D.J.M. Muffett on how Britain brought peace and justice to Nigeria, and how independence brought turmoil and terror. D.J.M. Muffett. Spectator March 1, 2003 v291 i9108 p18(2) (1421 words) On not throwing stones. (Christian And Muslim Conflict In Nigeria). Nelly Van Doorn-Harder. The Christian Century Feb 8, 2003 v120 i3 p8(2) (1597 words) Sexual behaviour of adolescents in Nigeria: cross sectional survey of secondary school students. (Papers). Gail B Slap, Lucy Lot, Bin Huang, Comfort A Daniyam, Therese M Zink, Paul A Succop. British Medical Journal Jan 4, 2003 v326 i7379 p15(4) (3128 words) Ethnogenesis and fractal history on an African Frontier: Mambila-Njerep-Mandulu *. David Zeitlyn, Bruce Connell. The Journal of African History Jan 2003 v44 i1 p117(22) (9662 words) As Miss World Turns: Swimsuits, ball gowns, and riots. JOHN O'SULLIVAN. National Review Dec 23, 2002 v54 i24 pNA (1542 words) NIGERIA: Fatwa: To Kill or Not To Kill. (debate over reach of Islamic law in Nigeria)(Brief Article) Tom Masland. Newsweek Dec 9, 2002 p10 (252 words) A Pageant Turns Ugly: The Miss World contest sparks deadly riots in Nigeria. Tom Masland. Newsweek Dec 2, 2002 p37 (381 words) 'Man no be wood': gender and extramarital sex in contemporary southeastern Nigeria. Ahfad Journal Dec 2002 v19 i2 p4(20) (7973 words) Bad losers? Not quite: the International Court of Justice says the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsuia belongs to Cameroon. But don't tell the Nigerians. Pini Jason reports from Lagos. (Around Africa: Nigeria). (Brief Article) Pini Jason. New African Dec 2002 p20(1) (704 words) Ready to cast the first stone: twelve states in northern Nigeria are returning to the most stringent Islamic penal code. Patrick J. Ryan. America Nov 25, 2002 v187 i17 p12 (2001 words)