why is nigeria running apart nowadays.?
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Gee, where do I start.  Let's see, corrupt government. Incompetent officials.  Brutal police force and military.  Deep religious divide.  Lack of accountability (I guess that goes with the corrupt government).  I would be surprised if it's NOT falling apart.  It has been failing apart for a good part of the past few centuries.
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Thats the classic Nigerian scam.  And unfortunately people do fall for it from time to time.  Not so much now as that scam has been around for quite some time.  There is actually a website documenting people fighting back and actually scamming the scammers, and getting the scammers to send money to THEM.  Check the link.
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budget in nigeria.....lol
600182
thats because slavery has never ended, the mental drain of africa is an ongoing thing, europe and americas where all built by africans.\nand to be quite honest africa has its own problems to be worried about what happened in the past especially when there is so much shit going down in this continent
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United States and Nigeria.
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This is BS!!! I get 2 or three a week, usually full of poor grammar and all in the UK.   They Know US citizens trust the UK more than Nigeria where most of this BS is thought to come from.  You can see any legit company on the net, although I suspect that is the next level for these mutants.
590210
Nigeria, a sovereign state?
254994
I don't know but all the newspapers in Nigeria are below. Good luck in finding out.
727024
Try looking in Nigeria.
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To be a target for the locals to kidnap.  My trips to that wonderful country have been busy with trying to find a way around the corruption, in-fighting, threats and keeping your self healthy.  \n\nI would say keeping the production of oil moving and keeping the government Officials well supplied in what they need to keep you operating with out Military interruptions.  The lack of Military presence and sometimes the presences of the military keep the operations from moving.  \n\nNothing in Nigeria works like other society in the world. If you can make a project or operations work there you can go anywhere.
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It is a third world nation. The government is not even in charge. Get out more
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Nigeria will not be there\nstarts in 15 days
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Memorandum on Economic and Financial Policies of the Federal\nGovernment of Nigeria for 1999\nI.  Introduction\n\n\n1.  Nigeria has enormous economic potential. It has a vibrant private sector, highly motivated entrepreneurs, vast and fertile agricultural land, and a large domestic market. It is the seventh-largest oil exporter in the world (2 million barrels per day) and is richly endowed with other natural resources as well.\n\n2.  Yet Nigeria's economic and social development remains far below even the minimum expectations of the population. Per capita income amounted to only US$240 in 1997, substantially below the level at the time of independence in real terms. Equally disturbing, the country's social indicators have slipped to well below the average for developing countries: half the population lives in absolute poverty, life expectancy is only 52 years, and the infant mortality rate is as high as 84 per 1,000 live births. Mismanagement of our resources, overregulation of our economy, and, until recently, price and exchange rate distortions, have been at the root of Nigeria's economic malaise.\n\n3.  In recent years, some progress was made in stabilizing the economy, introducing greater competition, and strengthening the financial system. Inflation was brought down from 77 per cent in 19941 to 10 percent in 1997 and the exchange rate has remained stable. Exchange controls on current international transactions have been almost fully eliminated, interest rates have been deregulated, and restrictions on competition and private sector participation have been removed in most sectors of the economy. A number of measures have also been taken to address financial sector distress, including raising the minimum paid-up capital requirement, liquidating insolvent banks, improving loan recovery, and imposing sanctions for financial malpractice.\n\n4.  However, the fiscal adjustment that helped achieve macroeconomic stability did not pay adequate attention to the quality of public spending. While very large sums were spent on priority projects of doubtful viability, basic infrastructure—roads, water supply, sewerage, and electricity—was allowed to deteriorate to its current state of severe disrepair. State and local governments, which are responsible for the bulk of social services, also bore a disproportionate burden of the adjustment in spending. Moreover, economic activity continued to be hampered by poor performance of the large public enterprise sector, which led, in particular, to severe shortages of power and fuel, as well as inadequate telecommunications services. In addition, poor governance and abuses in the management of public resources have been severe obstacles to realizing the potential of the private sector, which would allow Nigeria to reduce its present heavy dependence on petroleum for foreign exchange earnings, government revenues, and economic growth. \n\n5.  Moreover, our external debt remains large. Over the last several years, the government serviced only part of its external debt. Interest not paid and interest accruing on unpaid debt service became new debt. Thus, despite the imposition in 1994 of an embargo on contracting new debt—as well as the low level of disbursements from existing commitments and ongoing debt conversions and buybacks—the outstanding stock of external debt has failed to decline. At the end of 1998, the stock of debt disbursed and outstanding stood at an estimated US$28.8 billion, and of this, some US$17.7 billion represented arrears, almost entirely to Paris Club creditors. The latter included some US$1.3 billion overdue payments on loans contracted after October 1, 1985, the cutoff date to be eligible for rescheduling that was established in the first of Nigeria's three past Paris Club reschedulings.\n\n6.  The sharp decline in world oil prices in 1998—and the ensuing one-third fall in oil receipts (US$5 billion)—has aggravated Nigeria's already difficult
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Devastating\nYou cannot imagine the amount of Nigerians who stow away, enter illegally intocountries all owver the world and bring ill repute to their country\nThey smuggle drugs intotheir country, smuggle all sorts of merchandise including Ghanian women and it is too bad for the Nigerian economy and Nigerian pride.
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I really feel insulted because i am a Nigerian. Nigerians arent scammers. its only d helpless ones that dont have money that do it. i dont know why English and American people think so little of Nigeria or Africa!!!!
945237
We shall see. Obviously the way it was wasn't working so hopefully this will be for the better/ Your words are so true civilian. The root of all of the countries problems is this division between the two parties and their unwillingness to cooperate with each other and it has fizzled down to the people. Sad but true.
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Nigeria = screwed for the foreseeable future\nPeople of Nigera = poor for foreseeable future\nWesterners they owe the money too = chillin'