McG Comparative Government

Attacks on Nigerian Churches Get the New Year Off to a Rough Start Jos, the central region in Nigeria, went through major attacks on Friday, December 24th. This picture shows a map of Nigeria and where Jos is located in comparison to the country’s capital, Abuja. Two recent attacks on Nigerian churches have killed thirty [...]

Recently, the current Nigerian President, Umaru Yar’Adua has died. This leaves the current vice president, Goodluck Johnson, to be risen to power of Presidency. Johnson is currently running for the position of president in the election, but because of the death of the president he was moved to presidency. However, the major dispute going on [...]

“Nigeria: Election equipment contracts signed” by Jon Gambrell Click here to read the article! As stated in previous blog posts, the Independent National Electoral Commission in Nigeria is up against many challenges to make an election happen. Initially, the Commission sought to have this massive feat completed by December to hold elections in January. However, [...]

“Nigeria Suspended by FIFA for Government Interference” http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/10/04/football.fifa.nigeria.ban/index.html The Nigerian Super Eagles Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan decided to suspend their national soccer team on all levels for two years, after they played poorlyat the FIFA world cup. The team was knocked out in the first round after loosing to South Africa. FIFA then suspended the [...]

Goodluck Jonathan, the current head of state and candidate for Nigerian Presidency, has already had a hard time with convincing the ruling party to support his bid for presidency because of the unwritten law that the president should alternate every two terms between the north and the south to keep the balance of power. However, [...]

“UN investigates Nigeria lead poisoning deaths” Author Unknown. Illegal gold mining in northern Zamfara, Nigeria has left more than two hundred children dead this year from lead poisoning. It is feared that as many as 18,000 people have been affected.  The World Health Organization and Unicef are reacting and sending specialists from the U.S. and Britain to seven [...]

Elections in Nigeria are just around the corner, scheduled to take place in January. However, the Nigerian Chief wants the voting to be delayed until April. He wants this to happen because of problems that have arisen with the registration that make voting in just about four months nearly impossible. The chairman of the Independent [...]

“Calm Academic Tries to Tame Nigeria” Adam Nossiter http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/world/africa/01nigeria.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa known for being an illiberal democracy, is due for a presidential election. The only problem is there is no election date, no candidate list, and no list of registered voters. What is Nigeria to do? Who is going to [...]

By Sam This article first explains that three Britons and one Columbian were kidnapped in the Nigerian Delta. It has been about a week since they were kidnapped; however, all four have been freed. The men that were kidnapped were working for the well-known Shell oil company. The Nigerians who kidnapped the men were looking [...]

In October rebel leaders made it clear to the government that they were ready for peace over the oil industry. Many leaders slowly but surely accepted amnesty and agreed to peace with the government. Today this peace is still in progress and has so far worked. Just shortly after the agreements were made many people [...]