Nigeria

Nigeria: Kidnapping Threat in Niger Delta, Elsewhere

Date: May 26th, 2010 |

Kidnapping in the Niger Delta continues to be a problem, but recently it appears to have become more violent. Two Americans were killed in separate kidnap attempts in April in Port Harcourt, and since January 2009 at least 111 foreign nationals have been kidnapped and six of them have been killed. The U.S. State Department [read more]

Nigeria: Travel Warnings and Dreams of World-Class Tourism

Date: January 24th, 2006 |

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Travel to Nigeria has been risky for years, but recently crime has increased in places in and around Lagos where it was less common, including Victoria and Ikoyi Islands. Around the country, violent crime is committed not just by ordinary criminals but sometimes by people wearing police and military uniforms. Road travel, both in private [read more]

Nigeria

Date: January 20th, 2004 |

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The possibility of violent crime exists throughout the country, including kidnap for ransom, carried out not only by civilian criminals, but also by people in police and military uniforms. This is not so surprising as Nigeria has become famous worldwide as the land of never-ending scams and frauds. Additionally, public transport in Nigeria is not [read more]

Nigeria

Date: July 1st, 2003 |

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A general strike has spread across the country to protest a 50-percent increase in consumer oil prices, causing lengthy flight delays at major airports and unrest in Lagos, and the closure of government offices and businesses in Abuja, the northern cities of Kano and Kaduna and the southeastern city of Port Harcourt. Police fired warning [read more]

Nigeria

Date: May 13th, 2002 |

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A British oil worker and his son were kidnapped February 14 in the southern delta region. The impoverished area, which produces the bulk of Nigeria’s oil riches but sees little economic gain in return, has been simmering with discontent in recent months. Oil companies and their employees have been the principal targets of demonstrations and [read more]

USA-Bound Travelers from “Countries of Interest” Face Tightened Security

Date: January 6th, 2010 |

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Anyone flying to the U.S. from or through countries the U.S. government considers state sponsors of terrorism or “other countries of interest” will face enhanced screening under new security measures that took effect Jan. 4. Countries the U.S. considers state sponsors of terrorism are Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria, and the “other countries of interest” [read more]

Nigeria

Date: May 24th, 2005 |

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Authorities in Lagos have a novel method for cleaning municipal roads: they ban road travel on the last Saturday of the month to make way for cleanup crews, and police strictly enforce the ban. Throughout the country road travel is dangerous, especially at night, both in rural areas and major cities because of armed gangs. [read more]

Nigeria

Date: August 12th, 2003 |

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The radar system at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos is broken but will be operational soon, according to air traffic controllers. Pilots for international airlines report that the radar system here breaks down periodically, sometimes for weeks at a time, forcing pilots to use the instrument landing system to guide their planes, creating increased [read more]

Nigeria

Date: June 19th, 2002 |

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Coming off a successful election and transition from military rule to democratic government, Nigeria is now facing an escalation of unrest in the Niger Delta region where most of the country’s oil wealth is located. Hundreds have been killed in ethnic clashes and foreign oil companies have either pulled out their employees or restricted them [read more]

Nigeria

Date: November 1st, 2001 |

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Ethnic violence is increasing in Nigeria, with three separate conflicts occurring since May between different groups. Itsekiri, Urhobo and Ijaw tribes in the Niger River delta clashed in a dispute over government favors and oil revenues; Ijaws and Ilajes clashed in a land dispute in Ondo state; Yorubas and Hausas, Nigeria’s two largest ethnic groups, [read more]