Rich's Nigerian Internet Resources

I created this index as a way to keep my Nigerian resources straight. Do you know of other sites I don't have here? Drop me a line.

Introduction

• the CIA World Factbook on Nigeria
• The Economist on Nigeria
• Lonely Planet - travel/tourism guide
• Columbus World Travel Guide - travel/tourism guide
• the State Department - U.S. Department of State Post Report on Lagos and Abuja
• AbujaCity.com, the capital's offical site
• Tales from a Small Planet, with "real post reports" from Abuja

Nigerian news

• Gamji
• Daily Trust
• ThisDay
• Guardian
• Vanguard
• Daily Times
• Daily Independent
• The Punch
• The Sun
• Nigeria Today - includes links for Nigeria's major newspapers and magazines.
• Voice of Nigeria - "OUR MISSION: Reflecting Nigerian and African perspectives in our broadcasts...winning and sustaining the attention, respect and goodwill of listeners worldwide, particularly Nigerians and Africans in the Diaspora... making Nigeria's voice to be heard more positively in the shaping of our world."
• Radio Palm Wine
• IRINnews.org - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, "bridging the information gap"
• allafrica.com - top news from Nigeria
• oneworld.net - "Nigeria Country Guide: Edited by local volunteers, OneWorld Country Guides combine appropriate content from the OneWorld partner community and other sources, with the aim of providing a broad introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in each country."
• Washington Post - Nigeria index page
• Washington Post - Nigeria news and links
• AfBIS - "an on-line source of information and analysis on business and economics in Africa"
• Kilima.com - headlines, plus an index of links
• Daily Champion - light on content, many sections under construction
• usafricaonline.com - "The authoritative link" (light on content)
• Abuja Mirror - hasn't been updated in a long time.
• Today - hasn't been updated in a long time
• NigeriaWorld.com - "all about Nigeria", with many links to Nigerian publications (page down, look for links on the left).
• Nigeria Daily - "Latest news from WN Network", with many links to individual publications, especially Lagos-based.

Nigerian portal sites

• Nigeria.Com - "Nigeria is a country of 150 Million People, 250 Languages, 36 States, and only one Nigeria.com!"
• NigeriaExchange.com - "When you really need to know...Nigeria"
• NigeriaWeb - "The Nigerian Starting Point"
• OnlineNigeria - "Putting a face on the African giant"
• Mobile Nigeria Forums - A place for mobile phone users in Nigeria to interact and help each other. (Thanks, Seun!)

Nigerian human rights issues

• Democracy Now: Voices from the Nigerian Resistance - ongoing series from Pacifica Radio focusing on alleged abuses committed by oil companies in Nigeria.
• Human Rights in Nigeria

Nigerian government

• Governments on the WWW: Nigeria
• National Archives of Nigeria

International Organizations (IOs)

• World Bank: Nigeria
• Human Rights Watch - Nigeria

Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)

• Basics II
• Johns Hopkins University - CCP Nigeria program and country information from the Africa Division
• Constitutional Rights Project
• Kudirat Institute for Nigerian Democracy (KIND)
• Nigerian Center for Gender, Health and Human Rights
• Nigerian Coalition on International Criminal Court
• Human RightsOrganizations working in Nigeria.
• African HR Organizations
• World Organization Against Torture

Languages and Ethnic Groups

• MotherlandNigeria.com
• LearnYoruba.com
• Hausa
• Babawilly's Dictionary of Pidgin English Words and Phrases
• Forms of English in Nigerian Literature: From Standard to Pidgin
• Pidgin
• The UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pidgin
• Some pidgin sayings and their translations

Reports

• US State Department Human Rights Reports
  2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999
• US State Deparment Reports on Religious Freedom
  2003 - 2002 - 2001
• Amnesty International Reports
• Human Rights Watch Reports
• Assassins in Foreign Lands
  A CorpWatch Radio™ Interview with Human Rights Activist Oronto Douglas
• "Truth"-Without-Justice-and-Reconciliation: A Study of the Passivity of the Nigerian Government to the Confession of "Abacha Boys" to State Terrorism
  1999 article - PDF

UN

• On the Record: UN Human Rights Activities
  2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
• Documents from the UN Human Rights System on Nigeria
  Treaty Body Documents | Charter Body Documents

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