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Nigerian – American relations. Bilateral relations between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the United States of America were formally inaugurated when Nigeria attained its independence from Britain in 1960. In the 21st century, they have entailed an important, if occasionally uneasy, alliance, following a more chequered diplomatic past.
2017. Current status. Active. Written in. HTML, CSS, JavaScript. The Informant247 is an independent online newspaper based in Kwara State, Nigeria. Launched in August 2017. [1] The Informant247 newspaper is characterised by covering political news across Nigeria. [2]
Nigeria Vision 2020. Secularism in Nigeria. Nigeria's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence. Nigerian Political Bureau of 1986. Nigerian presidential inauguration. Nigerian region governors and premiers in the First Republic. Nigerian senators of the 8th National Assembly. Nigerian senators of the 9th National Assembly.
States of Nigeria. Nigeria is a federation of 36 states. Each of the 36 states is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares powers with the federal government as enumerated under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is the capital territory of Nigeria, and it is in this territory that the ...
From 5 June 2021 to 13 January 2022, the government of Nigeria officially banned Twitter, [1] [2] which restricted it from operating in the country. The ban occurred after Twitter deleted tweets made by, and temporarily suspended, the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, warning the southeastern people of Nigeria, [3] [4] predominantly Igbo ...
The history of Nigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose remains date from at least 13,000 BC through early civilizations such as the Nok culture which began around 1500 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled in the region that is known today as Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri, [1] the Benin Empire, [2] and the Oyo ...
The collapse undermined Songhai's hegemony over the Hausa states and abruptly altered the course of the regional history of the tzu people. Kanem-Bornu reached its apogee under mai Idris Aluma (ca. 1569–1600) during whose reign Kanem was reconquered. The destruction of Songhai left Borno uncontested and until the 18th century, Borno dominated ...
Politics of Nigeria. General elections were held in Nigeria on 21 April 2007 to elect the President and National Assembly. [1] [2] [3] Governorship and State Assembly elections had been held on 14 April. Umaru Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the highly controversial presidential election, and was sworn in on 29 May.