nigeria

The Niger Delta: Crisis Prevention or Post-conflict Reconstruction?

Sabella — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:34:46 +0000

Author:

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

Events in the last three decades seem to indicate that the international community prefers post-conflict mediation and reconstruction, rather than crisis prevention. This appears to be the case especially by western governments. On the surface at least, instead of investing in crisis prevention, governments and institutions hedge their bets, measure domestic pulses, and engage in endless debates and diplomatic niceties insofar as a looming disaster is concerned.

Publication Date:

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

U.S. Army Wargames for Future Military Intervention in Nigeria and Somalia

Brian — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:18:47 +0000

Author:

Daniel Volman

In May 2008, the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, hosted “Unified Quest 2008,” the Army’s annual war games to test the American military’s ability to deal with the kind of crises that it might face in the near future. “Unified Quest 2008” was especially noteworthy because it was the first time that the war games included African scenarios as part of the Pentagon’s plan to create a new military command for the continent: the Africa Command or AFRICOM. No representatives of AFRICOM were at the war games, but AFRICOM officers were in close communication throughout the event.

Source:

Niger Delta Rising

Publication Date:

Friday, September 4, 2009

What is the capital of Nigeria?

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:47:51 +0000

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Abuja is a planned city, which was built mainly in the 1980s and officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing the role of the previous capital Lagos. As of the 2006 census, the Federal Capital Territory has a population of 778,567.