This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. This entry gives GDP growth on an annual basis adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent. While most movement of Nigerians is internal, significant emigration regionally and to the West provides an outlet for Nigerians looking for economic opportunities, seeking asylum, and increasingly pursuing higher education.
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Numbers provided are estimates only and should be considered paper strengths, not necessarily the current number of troops on the ground. In addition, some est . This entry includes the name of the Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. If you have information you think might interest CIA due to our foreign intelligence are not included. . . This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours. The northern military clique benefited immensely from the oil boom to the detriment of the Nigerian people and economy. This entry provides a written flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The House contains 360 seats and the number of seats per state is determined by population.Ethnocentricism, tribalism, sectarianism (especially religious), and prebendalism have played a visible role in Nigerian politics both prior and subsequent to independence in 1960. Anarchy - a condition of lawlessness or political disorder brought about by the absence of governmental authority. Forming the opposition was the comparatively liberal Action Group (AG), which was largely dominated by Yorubas and led by Obafemi Awolowo.
Countries with high budget deficits (relat . . Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions. These are followed by the Ibibio/Annang/Efik Efik, Ibibio, Annang people of the coastal southeastern Nigeria and the Ijaw of the Nigerian Delta.The rest of Nigeria's ethnic groups (sometimes called "mini-minorities") are found all over the country but especially in the densely populated south. The northern part of the country was now far larger than the southern part. This entry provides information on access to electricity. This entry provides two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population.
This entry is the total amount of crude oil produced, in barrels per day (bbl/day). [24] The major political parties at present include the ruling People's Democratic Party of Nigeria which maintains 223 seats in the House and 76 in the Senate (61.9% and 69.7% respectively) and is led by the current President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua; the opposition All Nigeria People's Party under the leadership of Muhammadu Buhari has 96 House seats and 27 in the Senate (26.6% and 24.7%). This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the centroid or center point of a country expressed in degrees and minutes; it is based on the locations provided in the Geographic Names Server (GNS), maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on behalf of the US Board on Geographic Names. The judge selection and term of office subfield includes the organizations and associated officials responsible for nominating and appointing j .
6 It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures. A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit). Please note we have no control over the security and reliability of postal mail. 59
21 A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour. country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
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