Nigeria

Country Information 1,512

Abduction 3
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Anglican 1
Animist 1
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Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 54
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Baptist 3
Catholic 4
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Christian 25
Communal conflict / Social conflict 11
Corruption 3
Coup d'état 53
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Death penalty 2
Denial of refugee status 2
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Disabled persons 2
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Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 23
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Drug trafficking 1
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Evangelical 4
Extradition 1
Family law 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 21
Filipinos 2
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Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 3
Freedom of assembly and association 5
Freedom of conscience 2
Freedom of expression 10
Freedom of information 3
Freedom of movement 6
Freedom of religion 14
Freedom of speech 3
Fulani 7
Good governance 1
HIV and AIDS 3
Harmful traditional practices 14
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Hindu 2
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 3
Human rights activists 2
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 17
Human rights monitors 1
Ibo 14
Ijaw 21
Immigration Detention 2
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Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 3
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 3
Japanese 1
Jehovah's Witness 2
Legal representation / Legal aid 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 12
Maternal and child health care 3
Mental health 2
Mentally disadvantaged persons 2
Military courts 17
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 7
Minorities 8
Minority rights 1
Muslim 33
Non-state agents of persecution 3
Opposition 5
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Persecution of family members 3
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
Police 15
Political groups 19
Political parties 30
Political situation 17
Prison or detention conditions 14
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 2
Public health 8
Racial / Ethnic persecution 21
Refugees 1
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Religious discrimination 10
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 5
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Right to a nationality 8
Right to education 3
Right to justice 1
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Right to self-determination 1
Rights of non-citizens 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 4
SGBV 15
Security forces 6
Security situation 6
Seventh Day Adventist 1
Sharia law 3
Single heads of household 1
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State protection 15
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Terrorism 12
Tiv 1
Travel documents 5
Unlawful departure 1
Visas 15
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Women's rights 4
Women-at-risk 6
Yoruba 28

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Nigeria: Whether Nigeria issues international driver's licenses; if so, information on the issuing authority and the procedure for obtaining one (2008-2011) 24 February 2011 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: The birth registration rate; whether a birth certificate is required to enrol in an elementary or secondary school; other identity documents that can be used to enrol in school or to obtain travel documents; the appearance of an affidavit that accompanies the Certificate of Origin and the information in it 18 February 2011 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: The number of National Identity Cards (NIC) issued to date and their usage (2005-January 2011) 11 February 2011 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Are there any reports of the kidnapping in the Kirika area of River State, in August/September 2010? Any reports of the kidnapping of people from this area, for use in rituals? 18 January 2011 \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Availability of health care for minor children in Africa 23 December 2010 \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Information regarding the death of infant males after circumcision in Nigeria, in particular young males who are circumcised a few years after birth rather than soon after birth 15 November 2010 \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: 1. Please provide a brief description of the Sokoto Caliphate, including whether the head of the Caliphate is the Imam or Mufti of all Muslims in Nigeria. 2. Is there any information available that indicates that the Caliphate or its agents target particular (Christian) individuals wherever they are in Nigeria because their names have been given to the Caliphate by local Muslims through an established or an informal communications network that operates throughout Nigeria? Is there any information available that indicates that they, or police and/or military officers acting on their behalf, locate Christians hiding in southern Nigeria who fled violence in Jos? 3. Who are the Aljimiris? Are references to the Caliphate Sokoto and the Aljimiris used interchangeably? 4. Is there any information available that indicates that the Aljimiris or their agents target particular (Christian) individuals wherever they are in Nigeria because their names have been given to them by local Muslims through an established or an informal communications network that operates throughout Nigeria? Is there any information available that indicates that the Aljimiris, or police acting on their behalf, locate Christians hiding in southern Nigeria who fled violence in Jos? 5. Is there any information available about any other national, Muslim (terrorist) organisation or network that collects the names of individuals and targets them for persecution? 6. Deleted. 7. Is there any information that indicates that the kind of violence that erupted in Jos occurs in all states of Southern Nigeria during periods of political upheaval or uncertainty? 9 November 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Whether the Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa verifies identity documents against a database or contacts the issuing authority when issuing an emergency Certificate for Identification; information on how affidavits are verified for authenticity 1 November 2010 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: 1. The similarities (if any) between Urhobo (alternatively "Sobo") and Itsekiri (alt. "Isekiri"; "Ishekiri"; etc.) language; 2. The similarities (if any) between Urhobo and Itsekiri ethnicities/cultures/customs; 3. The distribution of Urhobo and Itsekiri populations; including whether these groups live in the same towns/regions of Nigeria; 4. Whether there is any information on whether Itsekiri speakers can or do speak Urhobo, and vice versa. 5. Whether there is conflict/co-operation between Urhobo and Itsekiri people (groups or individuals), and to what extent 22 October 2010 \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Information on the demographic profile of Port Harcourt, including the percentage of Igbo residents; whether Igbo who relocate to Port Harcourt experience social, economic or linguistic difficulties 20 October 2010 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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