* 1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

During the 1979 Commonwealth Conference, Fraser, together with his Nigerian counterpart, convinced newly-elected British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to withhold recognition of the internal settlement Zimbabwe Rhodesia government ( Thatcher had earlier promised to recognise it ).

Nigerian politics takes place within a framework of a federal, presidential, representative democratic republic, whereby Executive power is exercised by the government.

Because Nigeria ’ s railways are in a parlous condition, the government is trying to rectify the situation by privatizing the Nigerian Railway Corporation.

In order to remedy the poor condition, efficiency, and profitability of the nation ’ s railways, the government is seeking to privatize the Nigerian Railway Corporation.

In 1956 the Nigeria Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force ( RWAFF ) was renamed the Nigerian Military Forces, RWAFF, and in April 1958 the colonial government of Nigeria took over from the British War Office control of the Nigerian Military Forces.

Although officially denied by the Nigerian government, Nigeria is known to have also provided secret military training at the Kaduna first mechanized army division and provided other material support to Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe's guerrilla forces during the Rhodesian Bush War ( Renamed Zimbabwe in 1979 ) of independence against white minority rule of Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith which was armed and financed by the regime in South Africa.

The Nigerian National Assembly has requested that the government ask the United Nations to prohibit Gaddaffi from calling for the division of Nigeria.

In September 2009, the Nigerian government commenced a 36 billion naira dredging of the Niger River from Baro to Warri, a move which will see silt removed from several hundred miles.

" The Nigerian president and Chair of the AU, Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ, sought to negotiate between the incumbent government and the opposition to establish a coalition government, but rejected an AU Commission appointment of former Zambian president, Kenneth Kaunda, as special AU envoy to Togo.

The Nigerian president and Chair of the AU, Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ, has sought to negotiate between the incumbent government and the opposition to establish a coalition government, but surprisingly rejected an AU Commission appointment of former Zambian president, Kenneth Kaunda, as special AU envoy to Togo ( and ).

** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the military, leaving a military government in power.

** The Nigerian government forbids all political activity in the country until January 17, 1969.

The British, Soviet, and U. S. support ( especially militarily ) of the Nigerian government played a major role in the outcome of the war.

On 30 June 1969, the Nigerian government banned all Red Cross aid to Biafra ; two weeks later it allowed medical supplies through the front line, but restricted food supplies.

French doctor Bernard Kouchner also witnessed these events, particularly the huge number of starving children, and, when he returned to France, he publicly criticised the Nigerian government and the Red Cross for their seemingly complicit behaviour.

The Nigerian government accuses MASSOB of violence ; MASSOB's leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, was arrested in 2005 and is being detained on treason charges ; MASSOB is calling for his release.

In 2004, the Nigerian government formed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) to combat economic and financial crimes, such as advanced fee fraud.

Or they may say that a fund has been set up by the Nigerian government to compensate victims of 419 fraud, and all that is required is proof of the loss, persona information, and a processing and handling fee.

Even though the United States Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies are well aware of the Nigerian and advanced fee fraud, victims can still be tried and convicted of crimes themselves.

While a court did affirm that various Nigerian government officials ( including a governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria ) were directly or indirectly involved and that Nigerian government officials could be sued in U. S. courts under the " commercial activity " exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, he was unable to get his money back due to the doctrine of unclean hands because he had knowingly entered into a contract that was illegal.

Nonetheless, the political crisis that followed Babangida's annulment of the results of the June 1993 Nigerian presidential election and Babangida's resignation from the army and presidency two months later did not significantly alter the existing close relations between Ghana and Nigeria, two of the most important members of ECOWAS and the Commonwealth of Nations.

In the 1990s, however, fuji and jùjú remained popular, as did waka music and Nigerian reggae.

Promising African and Chinese TV deals and an influx of Nigerian internationals, Fashanu made headlines, yet did little to steady the Barry ship, which looked to be in increasingly rough seas.

After three years of non-stop fighting and starvation, a hole did appear in the Biafran front lines and this was exploited by the Nigerian military.

Although the book failed to materialize, he did publish ( in the Journal of American Folklore, December 1912 ) " Stories of an African Prince ", a collection of sixteen African stories, which he had obtained through his correspondence with a young Nigerian student, Lattevi Ajayi.

Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the military governor of the Eastern region who did not allow attempts by Northern soldiers stationed in his region to replicate the massacres of Igbo officers, argued that if Igbo lives could not be preserved by the Nigerian state, then the Igbo reserved the right to establish a state of their own in which their rights would indeed be respected.

They did not doubt that starvation had occurred, but were unsurprisingly not clear of the extent to which it was a result of the Nigerian blockade or the restriction of food to the civilians by the Biafran government

The Biafran air attacks did disrupt the combat operations of the Nigerian Air Force, but only for a few months.

The Nigerian team did not win a game in the preliminary round, losing all but one game by double digits.

The airline did not meet the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA )’ s criteria in terms of re-capitalization and was re-registered for operation and currently operates no services.

The airline did not meet the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA )’ s criteria in terms of re-capitalization and does not operate services any longer.

The airline did not meet the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA )’ s criteria in terms of re-capitalization and does not operate services any longer.

Nigerian scholar Adekeye Adebajo wrote in 2002 that " there was merit ... in the argument that the establishment of ECOMOG did not conform to the constitutional legal requirements of ECOWAS ".

Mikel cited an injury, but because he did not attend an independent check by Nigerian officials, he was dropped.

This airline did not satisfy the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA )’ s criteria in terms of re-capitalization and was re-registered for operation and does not operate services any longer.

For the remainder of the competition, the Nigerian defense did not concede another goal, until they were beaten 0 – 1 by Algeria in the final.

* Currently the Barbadian Government does not have foreign accreditation for Nigeria, however the Nigerian Government has said that it was highly desirous of Barbados establishing an embassy directly to Nigeria.

In some cases, however, spammers do provide valid addresses, as in the case of Nigerian scams.

Tiger had been banned by the Nigerian government in his country because of his involvement in the Biafran movement ; however, the ban was lifted immediately after news about his condition arrived in Nigeria.

Reconstruction, helped by the oil money, was swift ; however, the old ethnic and religious tensions remained a constant feature of Nigerian politics.

This, however, has led to a feeling of an injustice as the Nigerian government policies were seen as further economically disabling the Igbos even long after the war.

This form of fraud is the basis for the Nigerian cheque scam and other similar schemes ; however, in these cases, the victim will be the one accused of committing such crimes, and will be left to prove his / her innocence.

Four days later, however, the ban was " provisionally lifted " until 26 October, the day after the officially unrecognised National Association of Nigerian Footballers ( NANF ) dropped its court case against the NFF.

Obey, however, is also renowned for Christian spiritual themes in his music and has since the early-1990s retired into Nigerian gospel music ministry.

A Nigerian group, however, concluded in 2007 that it is neither mutagenic nor cytotoxic.

The former tradition seems more likely, however, and the Nigerian story possibly indicates that later settlers entered Limba country from Efik territories at some point and assimilated.

In 1953, however, the Southern Cameroons representatives, unhappy with the domineering attiude of Nigerian politicians and lack of unity among the ethnic groups in the Eastern Region, declared a “ benevolent neutrality ” and withdrew from the assembly.

Despite his lack of form at club level, he was however still sufficiently highly rated by the Nigerian selectors to be included in the preliminary squad for the 2000 African Cup of Nations

The region has, however, seen a number of bloody civil wars, including the Nigerian Civil War ( 1967 – 1970 ), two civil wars in Liberia in 1989 and 1999, a decade of fighting in Sierra Leone from 1991 – 2002, a Tuareg Rebellion in Niger and Mali in the early 1990s, and an ongoing conflict in Côte d ' Ivoire that began in 2002.

It, however, soon became apparent that 150 troops would not be enough, so they were joined by 150 Nigerian troops.