Nigeria research

Nigeria

3 Dec 1823 – Giovanni Belzoni from Italy died in Gwato Nigeria. He was looking for the city of Timbuktu in west Africa. (The story of archeology. Justin Pollard (c)2007 UK)

1967-70 – The Biafra famine, Nigerian blockade. Wikipedia.

1967-70 – Oil rich Nigeria. Biafra seceded in 1967. A military crackdown and starving Biafrans. Lyndon Johnson and US Pres Nixon. In 1970 the Nigerian government crushed Biafra with a horrific human cost. (The blood telegram. Gary J Bass (c)2013 US).

1980s – The Nigerian underworld was selling heroin in the 1980s. Nigerian trafficking used flight crew and tourists. (Zero zero zero. Roberto Saviano (c)2013 UK).

1 Jan 1984 – A coup in Nigeria, the military was led by major gen Muhammad Buhari who seized power. Oil supplies. Umaru Dikko was outed. The government was charged with embezzling millions of $US in oil profits. Dikki fled and disappeared. Cash was put into Swiss bank accounts. (Gideons spies. Gordon Thomas (c)2008 UK).

3 July 1984 – 30 June 1984 Umaru Dikko was in the UK. On 3 July 1984 a Nigerian army 707 fighter was at Stansted airport north of London UK. Umaru Dikki while he was in London was kidnapped, anesthetic and drugged. (Gideons spies. Gordon Thomas (c)2008 UK).

Aug 2003-2006 – Charles Taylor was given political asylum in Nigeria by pres Olusegun Obasanjo.. The Calabar area of Nigeria in the south of the country. Diamond hill. Vast millions of dollars. 2005 funding elections in Sierra Leone. 2006 in Nigeria Charles Taylor was arrested in Chad and held in Freetown jail. (The shadow world. Andrew Feinstein. (c)2011 US)

25 March 2006 – Nigeria will end asylum for warlord. New York Times.

30 Nov 2012 – Three Nigerians and four Bulgarians were arrested in Bulgaria for cocaine trafficking. An international cocaine trafficking ring.

6 Jan 2015 – A Nigerian fugitive is wanted in Belgium for a human trafficking case. Buffalo news. Eaval Eguavoen age 45 from Nigeria. A 2005 conviction for human trafficking. 7 women. Sun Times.

20 June 2015 – A Nigerian was sentenced to 18 years jail for drug trafficking in New Zealand. Four Nigerians and one New Zealander were arrested for their part in a drug trafficking ring. Nigeria news.

16 Oct 2015 – Suicide bomb blasts at a mosque in Nigeria. About 30 people are dead. Two explosions. Group Boko Haram. BBC UK.

17 Oct 2015 – Northeast Nigeria is hit again by Boko Haram. In Maiduguri 34 people were killed in a suicide bombing. Times of India.

21 Oct 2015 – Nigeria's oil industry corruption. Nigerian pres Muhammadu Bushari said there are mind boggling levels of corruption in the oil industry. BBC UK.

23 Oct 2015 – The IMF is urging Nigeria to devalue its currency. Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer. Lagos. Vanguard news. G+.

24 Oct 2015 – Suicide bombers killed 33 people and injured 111 in Yola, Maiduguri attacks. Boko haram terrorists in two bomb attacks. Vanguard.

1 Nov 2015 – Oil tycoon faces quiz over lost billions. Tens of billions of dollars are missing. Kola Aluko founder of London based Seven energy. Corruption. Aluko is a Swiss citizen. The Sunday Times. Danny Fortson.

18 Nov 2015 – A bomb blast at a market in north west Nigeria, Yola, killed 32 people. Reuters. Nigeria news.

18 Nov 2015 – 32 people were killed and 80 injured in Nigeria, in a market blast. Red cross. The explosion was in the north east Nigerian city of Yola. G+. RT. Reuters.

28 Nov 2015 – 21 people were killed in a Boko Haram suicide attack at a Shiite rally in Nigeria. Twitter. RT.

4 Dec 2015 – A $2 billion arms deal, fraud EFCC scam. Ikechukwu Nnochiri Omeiza Ajayi. Abnja crimes commission. $2 billion arms contract ONSA Nigerian armed forces. Several arrests have been made. Vanguard.

22 Dec 2015 – The UK is to give Nigeria military backing to fight Boko Haram. 300 UK troops next year. Islamic Boko Haram suicide attacks. Terrorism with links to ISIS. Bloomberg. Elisha Bala Gbogbo. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-21/u-k-to-increase-nigeria-military-backing-to-combat-boko-haram