MAIDUGURI

mīdooˈgərē, town (1991 est. pop. 282,000), capital Borno state, of NE Nigeria. The city is an important industrial center engaged in food processing and aluminum, steel, asbestos, and cement production. Leather goods made from the hides of crocodiles caught in Lake Chad are a leading product of the town. Peanuts, cotton, and hides and skins produced in the area are exported. The city is a rail, road, and air transportation center serving NE Nigeria and parts of Niger and Chad. Maiduguri was founded near Yerwa in 1907 as a British military post.

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books on: Maiduguri  - 113 results

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1.
Arabic as a Minority Language
Book by Jonathan Owens; Mouton de Gruyter, 2000
Subjects: Arabic Language--Foreign Countries, Arabic Language--Political Aspects, Arabic Language--Social Aspects, Languages In Contact, Linguistic Minorities, Sociolinguistics
...northeast Nigeria and environs 336 Map 5: Three Maiduguri neighborhoods 337 Map 6: Languages of the Qalamun...Department of Languages and Linguistics University of Maiduguri Maiduguri, Nigeria Charles Kieffer Villa Abt 2 rue de Steinbach...
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The Economic Development of Nigeria: Report of a Mission Organized by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development at the Request of the Governments of Nigeria and the United Kingdom
Book; Johns Hopkins Press, 1955
Subjects: Nigeria--Economic Policy
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On the Economics of Marriage: A Theory of Marriage, Labor, and Divorce
Book by Shoshana Grossbard-Shechtman; Westview Press, 1993
Subjects: Marriage--Economic Aspects--United States, Married Women--Employment--United States
...standard deviations in two sets of data on Maiduguri, 1973 225...of number of wives for two samples, Maiduguri, 1973 228...regressions of "divorce," Cohen data, Maiduguri, 1973 232...
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The Nigerian Federal Election of 1959: Politics and Administration in a Developing Political System
Book by K. W. J. Post; Oxford University Press, 1963
Subjects: Elections--Nigeria, Nigeria--Politics And Government
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The Political Economy of Income Distribution in Nigeria
Book by Henry Bienen, V. P. Diejomaoh; Holmes & Meier, 1981
...University of Ibadan. This survey covers most of Nigeria, with the exception of the states of Sokoto and Gongola, and the Maiduguri area or eastern half of the state of Bornu , and gives us a picture of asset distribution in Nigeria. We have also been...
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journal articles on: Maiduguri  - 24 results

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Estimating Areas of Land under Small-Scale Irrigation Using Satellite Imagery and Ground Data for a Study Area in N.E. Nigeria
Journal article by N.D. Pratt, A.C. Bird, J.C. Taylor, R.C. Carter; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 163, 1997
Subjects: Area measurement--Technique, Irrigation--Analysis, Nigeria--Agriculture, Remote sensing--Usage
...Union funding between the University of Maiduguri (Unimaid, Nigeria) and Cranfield University...Silsoe College and the University of Maiduguri work has been carried out on several...EC-funded linkage between the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria and Silsoe College, Cranfield...
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Teaching Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman to American College Students
Journal article by Tanure Ojaide; College Literature, Vol. 20, 1993
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
...Teaching Death and the Kings Horseman at the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria before teaching it at both Whitman College in...African writers and their primary audience of Africans. In Maiduguri, as I expect in other African universities, the postcolonial...
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The Arabic Literary Tradition of Nigeria
Journal article by John Hunwick; Research in African Literatures, Vol. 28, 1997
Subjects: Africa--History, African Fiction--History And Criticism, African Literature--History And Criticism, African Poetry--History And Criticism, Postcolonialism--Africa
...engage with it. The same is true of Shaykh Ibrahim Salih of Maiduguri. He is one of Nigerias leading scholars and is chairman...the massive Kitab al-istidhkar of Ibrahim Salih of Maiduguri, which constitutes the richest source of Sufi and scholarly...
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The Search for Security in Muslim Northern Nigeria
Journal article by Murray Last; Africa, Vol. 78, 2008
Subjects: Dual citizenship--Demographic aspects, Dual nationality--Demographic aspects, Law and order--Religious aspects, Muslims--Political aspects, Muslims--Social aspects, Vigilantes--Religious aspects
...afford it, but ordinary women in popular venues (such as Aunty Maiduguri in Hotoro) may fall victim to the moral authorities and find...2007. Taliban was the label used for themselves by the ex-Maiduguri university students who in 2003 4 set up their radical community...
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Globalization and Drug and Alcohol Use in Rural Communities in Nigeria: A Case Study
Journal article by Charles Fiki; Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, Vol. 34, 2007
Subjects: Alcoholism--Causes of, Alcoholism--Social aspects, Drug abuse--Causes of, Drug abuse--Social aspects, Globalization--Case studies, Globalization--Social aspects, Rural health--Analysis, Rural health--Case studies
...east), Minna and Kaduna (north central), Kano (north), and Maiduguri (north east). Abuse of amphetamine, hypnosedatives (diazepam...tramil, pentazone, pawpaw leaves and phenerga are also used in Maiduguri area. The studies also note the use of combinations of these...
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magazine articles on: Maiduguri  - 12 results

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The Dividends of Democracy
Magazine article; New African, October 2006
Subjects: Borno, Nigeria--History, Borno, Nigeria--Political aspects, Democracy--Nigeria, Democracy--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...the roads leading to Ramat Square in Maiduguri, the state capital, were crowded with...the Ramat Square in the state capital Maiduguri, the venue of the celebration that marked...two million litres of water a day to Maiduguri, but this hardly met the citys demand...
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The Lynch Mob at Work: Maxine Carr Is Already Condemned; in Nigeria, at Least They Wait for the Evidence
Magazine article by Theodore Dalrymple; New Statesman, Vol. 131, September 2, 2002
Subjects: Carr, Maxine--Cases, Executions and executioners--Moral and ethical aspects, Hypocrisy--Analysis, Nigeria--Social aspects, Robbery--Laws, regulations, etc., Sex crimes--Laws, regulations, etc., United Kingdom--Social aspects
...they wait for the evidence by Theodore Dalrymple The day I first arrived in Nigeria, in the northern city of Maiduguri, everyone was away at the public executions. The men to be executed were armed robbers. I didnt feel particularly outraged...
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The Meaning of Beheading: All Too Sad to Explain
Magazine article by Theodore Dalrymple; National Review, Vol. 57, October 24, 2005
Subjects: Capital punishment--History, Capital punishment--Psychological aspects, Execution (Punishment)--Forecasts and trends, Execution (Punishment)--History, Executions and executioners--Forecasts and trends, Executions and executioners--History
...conditions. There is no doubt that a good execution has its attractions. Once when I arrived in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, I found it deserted, a ghost city: Everyone was away at the public executions. The television report later that day said...
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Reaping the Whirlwind: "I Do Not Admit That a Great Wrong Has Been Done to the Red Indians of America or the Black People of Australia by the Fact That a Stronger Race, a Higher Grade Race, Has Come in and Taken Its Place" -Winston Churchill to the Palestine Royal Commission, 1937
Magazine article by Baffour Ankomah; New African, May 2009
Subjects: Attorneys--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Attorneys--Influence, Crane, David--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Crane, David--Influence, Crimes against humanity--Cases, Lawyers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Lawyers--Influence, Presidents (Government)--Cases, Presidents--Cases, Taylor, Charles Ghankay--Cases, Transitional justice--Political aspects, Truth commissions--Political aspects, United States foreign relations--Political aspects
...journey that saw Taylor and his escorts travel over 1,250 km to Maiduguri in the far north of Nigeria, Obasanjos government shamelessly...fugitive! But tell me, who goes to Cameroon from Calabar via Maiduguri? Please check your map. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED I have just finished...
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Nigeria
Magazine article by Yinka Craig, Sonala Olumhense, Remi Oyo, Tanoloju, Pat Utomi; Ebony, Vol. 45, February 1990
Subjects: Babangida, Ibrahim--Interviews, Falae, Olu--Interviews, Momoh, Tony--Interviews, Nigeria--Politics and government, Nobel laureates--Interviews, Soyinka, Wole--Interviews
...international business interests. Among them is Mohammed Indimi, a Maiduguri-based head of diversified conglomerate with interests as far...to Nigeria last year. John E. (Jeb) Bush had traveled to Maiduguri on the norht-eastern tip of Nigeria to commission an M W...
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newspaper articles on: Maiduguri  - 9 results

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World & Nation in 60 Seconds the World the Nation
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 3, 2009
World Nation in 60 Seconds the World the Nation. Nigerian violence claims 700: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Government forces hunted Sunday for surviving members of a radical Islamist sect after heavy fighting left at least 700...
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Thousands Flee Nigerian Conflict; WORLD IN BRIEF
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 30, 2009
...Nigerian Conflict; WORLD IN BRIEF. TROOPS besieged the compound of a radical Islamist sect on the third day of fighting in Maiduguri, Nigeria. About 1,000 people fled their homes, joining 3,000 displaced by the violence. Reporters say the trouble began when...
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Troops Surround Nigerian Rebels; WORLD IN BRIEF
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 29, 2009
Subjects: Soldiers
...behind three days of violence that has left 55 people dead. Police and soldiers exchanged fire with militants in an area of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. Officers said they believed militant leader Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf was holed up in a house in the district...
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Troops Kill 100 Militants after Storming Mosque in Nigeria
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 30, 2009
Subjects: Military maneuvers--Casualties, Military operations--Casualties, Mosques--Casualties, Soldiers--Casualties
...search for Yusuf and his followers today on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state. Militants seeking to impose Sharia...north of the country. After shelling the sects compound in Maiduguri last night, the troops shot their way into the mosque and...
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55 Dead as Nigerian Police Clash with Local 'Taliban'
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 28, 2009
Subjects: News agencies, The Associated Press
...wave of attacks in three more states, hitting the towns of Maiduguri, Damaturu, and Wudil in the predominantly Muslim North. National...he had seen the bodies of about 100 Islamist militants in Maiduguri after gun battles. More than 10,000 Nigerians have died in...
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encyclopedia articles on: Maiduguri  - 2 results

 
 
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Maiduguri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAIDUGURI midoo g re, town (1991 est. pop. 282,000), capital Borno state, of NE Nigeria. The city is an important industrial...are exported. The city is a rail, road, and air transportation center serving NE Nigeria and parts of Niger and Chad. Maiduguri was founded near Yerwa in 1907 as a British military post. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...include Aba , Abeokuta , Ado , Benin , Enugu , Ibadan , Ife , Ilesha , Ilorin , Iwo , Kaduna , Kano , Maiduguri , Mushin , Ogbomosho , Onitsha , Oshogbo , Port Harcourt , and Zaria . Nigeria is easily the most populous nation...


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