• Nigeria (/naɪˈdʒɪəriə/ ny-JEER-ee-ə), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nigeria is a regional power in Africa and a middle and emerging power in international affairs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nigeria is often referred to as the Giant of Africa owing to its large population and economy and is considered to be an emerging market by the World Bank. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Latest report on Christian persecution finds Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa the epicenter of jihadist violence, while China leads effort to redefine religious rights. (christianitytoday.com)
  • With the largest population in Africa (estimated at over 195 million), Nigeria continues to represent a large consumer market for investors and traders. (state.gov)
  • Since 1987- 1988, Global 2000, Inc., the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the U.S. Agency for International Development have assisted the Guinea Worm Eradication Programs in Ghana and Nigeria, countries in west Africa. (cdc.gov)
  • In spite of all of its problems, Nigeria is one of the most important countries in Africa. (fes.de)
  • Also known as the "Giant of Africa," Nigeria is famous for its rich diversity of ethnic groups, beautiful natural landscapes and wildlife reserves. (expedia.com)
  • Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. (wikipedia.org)
  • By Lisa Esapa, CDC-Nigeria For the last few months, there has been a constant buzz about Ebola among my friends and colleagues in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. (cdc.gov)
  • ABUJA, April 30, 2018 - While Nigeria emerged from a recession in 2017, the country's continued economic recovery will be slow, according to a new economic analysis. (worldbank.org)
  • Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office in Nigeria was established in February 2001, and provides technical leadership and assistance to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and implementing partners to scale up HIV testing, treatment, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services. (cdc.gov)
  • The year 2020 closed with a significant shift in the magnitude of cybersecurity attacks and data breaches on SMEs, health institutions, public, private, financial and non-financial institutions in Nigeria and the world at large. (deloitte.com)
  • Boko Haram (roughly translated as "Western education is forbidden"), an Islamist movement that seeks to impose Shari'ah law throughout Nigeria, has claimed responsibility for a spate of attacks on Christian churches in recent years. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Weary of attacks by Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen, Christians in Nigeria ask how long they're supposed to "count it all joy. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Nigeria faces security threats, including the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast, banditry and kidnappings in the northwest, and farmer-herder conflict in the Middle Belt. (idea.int)
  • Northern neighbors Chad, Cameroon and Niger criticize Nigeria for not maintaining discipline in the army and making Nigeria as inhospitable for Boko Haram as Chad, Cameroon and Niger. (strategypage.com)
  • These three countries are raided by Boko Haram based in Nigeria and the Islamic terrorists have had a much more difficult time establishing bases in these nations. (strategypage.com)
  • Cameroon has had the most trouble with Boko Haram in part because it shares a long border with eastern Nigeria. (strategypage.com)
  • There is a growing popular demand in Cameroon for the Nigerian refugees to be forced back into Nigeria because of the way Boko Haram uses the camps as a refuge and source of support. (strategypage.com)
  • Of course Chad's military will do better, because Boko Haram is tacitly supported by the president of Nigeria, and outright supported by factions in Nigeria's military. (metafilter.com)
  • I learned that the war nerd has been right about Boko Haram and Nigeria before it was cool, and the left is too busy cuddling islamo-fascists to notice. (metafilter.com)
  • Art/Space Negotiations is a project initiated by the Goethe-Institut Nigeria in 2022. (goethe.de)
  • Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, is also the continent's biggest oil producer. (cnn.com)
  • As Nigeria, Africa's most populous state, descends into another period of post-election violence, the dynamics of its recurrent conflict seem to look alarmingly like those that are dividing the other African giant, Sudan. (abc.net.au)
  • As we enter the year 2021, the economic and social situation largely remain the same, although with a much positive outlook given the development of vaccines in different countries.For cybersecurity, we expect some events will happen in Nigeria given the prevailing trends in social, economic and political events around the world. (deloitte.com)
  • According to PEPFAR Nigeria data, between October 2016 and September 2017, HIV testing and counseling were provided to about 1 million pregnant women and antiretroviral therapy (ART) to 24,445 HIV-positive pregnant women to prevent mother-to-child transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • Between October 2016 and September 2017, CDC and its partners provided HIV testing services to about 5 million people across Nigeria. (cdc.gov)
  • Before his reassignment to Nigeria, he served as the WR in Sierra Leone from 2008-2013 and Uganda, from April 2013- November 2016. (who.int)
  • PEPFAR Nigeria, 2017) At the end of FY17 (September 30, 2017), 480,207 patients were receiving ART, while almost 250,000 Orphan and Vulnerable Children were provided with a minimum of one care service in the last quarter of FY17. (cdc.gov)
  • A case of suicide during the 2017 monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria. (bvsalud.org)
  • We report a case of suicide in a 34-year-old businessman who was admitted to an isolation facility in a tertiary hospital during the 2017/2018 monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria . (bvsalud.org)
  • Nigeria has moved up in the World Bank Ease of Doing Business 2018 report , however the report says more intensive effort needs to be made to get the private sector energized. (worldbank.org)
  • While Nigeria has made significant improvements to the quality of its elections since the 1999 transition to democratic rule, the 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections, which saw President Muhammadu Buhari reelected and the All Progressives Congress (APC) regain its legislative majority, were marred by irregularities. (freedomhouse.org)
  • In 1994, Nigeria (1992 population: 90 million) reported to WHO 35,749 cases of dracunculiasis in 2571 villages with known endemic disease, representing substantial declines in the numbers of cases (53%) and villages with known endemic disease (29%) from 1993 (3). (cdc.gov)
  • If the political future of Nigeria appeared bright with the victory of Chief Abiola in June 1993, Abacha's seizure of power and subsequent rule reversed most of the gains that the country had made since 1960. (britannica.com)
  • Aim: To determine the periodontal status and treatment needs of adolescents attending private and public secondary schools in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria. (bvsalud.org)
  • Studies on the biological control of mosquitoes in a rice field in Anambra state of Nigeria using the entomopathogenic bacilli / by Anthony Okechukwu Ejiofor. (who.int)
  • That effort has run into problems in northern Nigeria, where conservative Islamic clergy spread the rumor that the polio vaccine was actually a plot to poison Moslem children. (strategypage.com)
  • This has delayed eradication of polio in Nigeria for the last few years. (strategypage.com)
  • There has been an increase in the WHO workforce in Nigeria as part of surge support for the polio eradication and the concentration of the personnel is predominantly (90%) in the north of the country. (who.int)
  • It is possible that if the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria was given a chance to vote, it would probably choose to secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria. (abc.net.au)
  • Results of search for 'su:{Nigeria. (who.int)
  • Nigeria became a formally independent federation on 1 October 1960. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since its independence from Great Britain in 1960, Nigeria has never been free from ethnic and sectarian unrest. (abc.net.au)
  • A very young country with nearly two-thirds of its population under the age of 25, Nigeria offers abundant natural resources and a low-cost labor pool, and enjoys mostly duty-free trade with other member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). (state.gov)
  • The World Bank currently ranks Nigeria 171 out of 190 countries for ease of obtaining electricity for business. (state.gov)
  • Improvements in surveillance and case containment in Ghana and Nigeria indicate that the two countries may reach the goal of eradicating dracunculiasis by the end of 1995. (cdc.gov)
  • One of those countries is Russia, which registers at a dismal 143rd place in the index, tied with Nigeria. (truthout.org)
  • We've got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain -- Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world,' Cameron said, referring to an upcoming anticorruption summit. (rferl.org)
  • With over 500 living languages, Nigeria , is probably one of the hardest countries for the localization effort of the OLPC. (laptop.org)
  • The vast majority occur in low-income countries like Nigeria with a high neonatal mortality rate. (who.int)
  • This March being women's month, PwC Nigeria presents the first of two reports highlighting the impact of women on Nigeria's economic development. (pwc.com)
  • The miracle aspect is not the most important aspect of religion," said Sunday Mbang , prelate of Nigeria's Methodist Church and former president of the Christian Association of Nigeria. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC marking the first internal unification in the country. (wikipedia.org)
  • The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nigeria is confronted with massive socioeconomic problems, while the security situation remains tense in large stretches of the country. (fes.de)
  • Nigeria is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country, and there are often tensions between different groups. (idea.int)
  • The WHO Nigeria Country Office works towards the attainment of the highest sustainable level of health by all people living in Nigeria through collaboration with the government and other partners in health development. (who.int)
  • Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu is the WHO Country Representative (WR) to Nigeria. (who.int)
  • And, therefore the only option open to us is to struggle, and struggle and continue to struggle until Nigeria becomes the kind of country that we all desire it should be. (voanews.com)
  • Nigeria is the second major oil producing country, after Azerbaijan , to admit it might need emergency financing because of low crude prices. (cnn.com)
  • Nigeria is a founding member of the African Union and a member of many international organizations, including the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, NAM, the Economic Community of West African States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and OPEC. (wikipedia.org)
  • Back in Nigeria (mainly Borno state) there are still over two million internal refugees from Islamic terrorist and tribal violence in northern Nigeria. (strategypage.com)
  • Nigeria is a multinational state inhabited by more than 250 ethnic groups speaking 500 distinct languages, all identifying with a wide variety of cultures. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, the civil disturbances in Nigeria and ethnic fighting in Ghana during 1994 may slow this progress. (cdc.gov)
  • While Sudan's ethnic divisions have always been complicated further by race (Arab versus African), the comparative similarity with Nigeria in terms of religious division between a Muslim north that is relatively less endowed with earthly riches and a potentially rich southern region home to Christians and traditionalists determined to break away, is very remarkable indeed. (abc.net.au)
  • Some union leaders consider cheap fuel as a birthright for the 130 million people of Nigeria, one of the world's top 10 ten oil producers. (voanews.com)
  • Corruption is a significant problem in Nigeria, and it undermines the government's ability to provide essential services and address security threats. (idea.int)
  • Nigerian foreign and security policy is therefore naturally assigned an important function: what happens in Nigeria has an impact on large parts of the continent and also plays a role in global politics. (fes.de)
  • The entrepreneurial spirit is strong, and Nigerian women account for 41% ownership of micro-businesses in Nigeria with 23 million female entrepreneurs operating within this segment. (pwc.com)
  • Mrs Garba, a women's leader in the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP), alleged Mr Madari, a Kano State lawmaker for the People's Democratic Party, mounted a campaign of harassment against her. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Dr. Demola Olajide, a physician and the Oyo State Assistant Secretary for the Association of Private and General Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, says the government should make laws that ensure the rights of HIV-positive people in the workplace and at home. (voanews.com)
  • Habiba Garba told the BBC she wanted people to see the reality of violence against women in northern Nigeria. (bbc.co.uk)
  • With a large population and growing middle class, there are 65 million economic active people in Nigeria. (worldbank.org)
  • At first glance, they seem to outnumber people in Maiduguri, a bustling city in Northeastern Nigeria. (icrc.org)
  • Pfizer's trials - and the repercussions they are alleged to have had - left a lasting legacy in northern Nigeria: Ever since, people there have refused to vaccinate their children. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • But of the US$184 million required for UNHCR's operations in Cameroon and Nigeria - including US$35.4 million needed urgently for critical life-saving assistance to newly displaced Cameroonians - just four per cent has been raised. (unhcr.org)
  • Like Rachel, Emmanuel Apusa barely escaped with his life after an attack on his community in Miyerem, close to the border with Nigeria. (unhcr.org)
  • Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. (wikipedia.org)
  • Rachel Agah, a 27-year-old Anglophone refugee from Cameroon sits inside her temporary shelter in the Agadom Refugee Settlement in Ogoja, Nigeria. (unhcr.org)
  • Northern Cameroon is less populous and developed as neighboring Nigeria but the Cameroonian military is more effective. (strategypage.com)
  • ISWAP personnel are mainly in northeastern Nigeria with smaller numbers in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. (strategypage.com)
  • CDC, through its implementing partner University of Maryland (UMB), is carrying out the largest HIV impact survey (target sample size = 170,000) in the country's history to measure HIV burden and viral suppression nationally and at each of Nigeria 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. (cdc.gov)
  • Violent clashes between Cameroon's military and armed separatists have displaced some 437,000 within the country's borders and forced about 35,000 like Agah to seek safety in Nigeria. (unhcr.org)
  • The two regions of Nigeria have this problem of incompatible values that are due to eventually tear the map of Sudan in two. (abc.net.au)
  • And a pilot programme run in Oyo State by the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN), IPPF's national member, has offered startling progress. (ippf.org)
  • The extensive corruption in Nigeria continues to hobble any economic and social revival efforts in the delta. (strategypage.com)
  • Several attempts at reconstructing geological settings and palaeoclimatic changes of the siliciclastic deposits of the Dahomey Basin, SW Nigeria, using relative age dating and correlation methods, have resulted in serious discrepancies on the ages. (lu.se)
  • article{9b0d45eb-8060-4c77-b5da-830d2e11e138, abstract = {{Several attempts at reconstructing geological settings and palaeoclimatic changes of the siliciclastic deposits of the Dahomey Basin, SW Nigeria, using relative age dating and correlation methods, have resulted in serious discrepancies on the ages. (lu.se)
  • Nigeria is considering asking the World Bank, the African Development Bank and other international organizations for help to plug a hole in this year's budget created by the collapse in crude oil prices. (cnn.com)
  • Nigeria is exploring the option of borrowing from multilateral organizations such as the World Bank and AFDB, as well as the Export-Import Bank of China, because they offer lower rates of interest than other lenders, she said. (cnn.com)
  • Grid power is erratic in Nigeria, a major oil and gas producer, forcing households and businesses including oil firms and manufacturers to resort to diesel and petrol generators. (yahoo.com)
  • In Nigeria,health experts say the extent of the AIDS pandemic has been underreported. (voanews.com)
  • Health care and health care services in Nigeria / by Olayiwola A. Erinosho. (who.int)
  • The Guardian is an independent newspaper, established in 1983 for the purpose of presenting balanced coverage of events, and of promoting the best interests of Nigeria. (dailymotion.com)
  • The Government of Nigeria, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), CDC, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine released new data from the Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS), one of the largest population-based HIV/AIDS household surveys ever conducted. (cdc.gov)
  • The Ministry of Finance appears to be driving the implementation effort and has convened three Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) committees charged with moving the process forward in the areas of regulation, policy, and finances. (state.gov)
  • Nigeria is a member of OPEC , and has been pushing for the Saudi-led oil cartel to cut production to support prices. (cnn.com)
  • I will support the ban," said Joseph Ojo, national secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria. (christianitytoday.com)
  • From the moment you book your Nigeria vacation to when you get back home, Expedia will be with you each step of the way. (expedia.com)
  • and participated/coordinated the investigation and response to the first human case of H5N1 in Nigeria. (who.int)
  • The cable understates the impact in a comment at the end: 'Pfizer's image in Nigeria has been damaged due to this ongoing case. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The recently released Nigeria Biannual Economic Update: Connecting to Compete , says economic gains were largely driven by an expansion in oil output and continued steady growth in agriculture. (worldbank.org)
  • Power generation fell to zero in the early hours but had risen to 1,341 megawatts (MW) by 1400 GMT, still well below the daily average of 4,100 MW, data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) showed. (yahoo.com)
  • It was built on the foundation of PPFN's previous work but added new thinking, including ideas developed by IPPF member associations in Kenya and Uganda, who helped PPFN adapt them for Nigeria. (ippf.org)
  • At no time since the mid-1960s did so many question the existence of Nigeria as a political entity . (britannica.com)
  • The political situation in Nigeria is complex and challenging. (idea.int)