WARRI

wôˈrē, city (1991 est. pop. 111,000), S Nigeria, a port on the Warri River. It is a transshipment point where oceangoing vessels meet Niger River boats. The main items shipped from Warri are rubber, palm products, cacao, peanuts, and hides and skins. Warri is one of Nigeria's leading steel centers. Oil and natural gas fields are in the area and refined oil is transported via pipeline to N Nigeria. Other industries include rubber processing, handicraft manufacturing, and ship repair. According to legend, Warri was founded in the 15th cent. by a Benin prince. By the 17th cent. it was independent of Benin, and in the 19th cent. it became wealthy in the palm oil trade. Warri came under British protection in 1884.

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books on: Warri  - 149 results

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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
...people, 11 , 34 , 163 , 381 , 387 , 398 ; in Warri constituency, 410 , 411 , 415 , 416 , 419 , 420 ; in Warri town, 411 Urhobo Progress Union, 14 , 381...Onitsha Urban constituency, 399 - 409 ; in Warri constituency, 410 -21; in the Emirates...
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Five Elections in Africa
Book by W. J. M. Mackenzie, Kenneth Robinson; Clarendon Press, 1960
Subjects: Elections--Kenya, Elections--Nigeria, Elections--Senegal, Elections--Sierra Leone
9. The Election in Two Constituencies: b Warri East Antecedents. The constituency of Warri East lies in the Niger Delta. It consists of the township of Warri, at the head of the mouth of the Forcades River, and of two other...
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The Church in Africa: 1450-1950
Book by Adrian Hastings; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Africa--Church History, Christianity And Culture, Christianity--Africa, Church And State--Africa, Missions--Africa--History
...priest or even a bishop, he arrived back in Warri ten years later with a white wife. Meanwhile...Villanova had secured a priest to live in Warri, but when he died the problem of priestlessness...and a half Christianity hobbled along in Warri, never quite disappearing. There were...
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Africa's Discovery of Europe: 1450-1850
Book by David Northrup; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--To 1884, Africa, Sub-Saharan--Relations--Europe, Africans--Europe--History, Europe--Relations--Africa, Sub-Saharan
...James at Compostela, Domingos returned to Warri, with his wife (a Portuguese noblewoman...court. In a letter of 1652, the ruler of Warri, describing himself as a faithful Christian...to explain precisely why the rulers of Warri persisted in their devotion to Christianity...
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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
...principal river ports: Lagos, Sapele, Forcados, Warri, Burutu, Patani, Akassa, Brass, Degema, Port...companies offer passenger service between Lagos and Epe, Warri and Burutu, and Warri and Patani. As a rule, each company operates only...
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Nitrate and Nitrite Levels of Potable Water Supply in Warri, Nigeria: A Public Health Concern
Journal article by John Kanayochukwu Nduka, Orish Ebere Orisakwe, Linus Obi Ezenweke; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 72, 2010
Subjects: Aquatic resources--Chemical properties, Aquatic resources--Nigeria, Drinking water--Chemical properties, Drinking water--Health aspects, Nigeria--Natural resources, Nitrates--Health aspects, Nitrites--Health aspects, Public health--Research, Water resources--Chemical properties, Water resources--Nigeria
...Nitrite Levels of Potable Water Supply in Warri, Nigeria: A Public Health Concern. by...nitrite burden of potable water supply in Warri. This is why we have divided the sampling...together, the samples from the market area of Warri tended to show higher levels of nitrate...
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Health and Safety Education: A Report of a Health Education Programme for Motor Vehicle Repairers in Warri Metropolis, Nigeria
Journal article by Joseph O. Ogbe, Anup J. Karki; International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, Vol. 44, 2006
Subjects: Health education, International Labour Organization, Nigeria--Health aspects, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health, World Health Organization
...a Health Education Programme for Motor Vehicle Repairers in Warri Metropolis, Nigeria. by Joseph O. Ogbe , Anup J. Karki Abstract...knowledge of health and safety among motor vehicle repairers in Warri Metropolis could be improved with education workshops. The...
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Traffic Air Pollution and Other Risk Factors for Respiratory Illness in Schoolchildren in the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria
Journal article by B. Adetoun Mustapha, Marta Blangiardo, David J. Briggs, Anna L. Hansell; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 119, 2011
Subjects: Air pollution--Health aspects, Elementary school students--Health aspects, Nigeria--Environmental aspects, Nigeria--Health aspects, Respiratory tract diseases--Risk factors
...respiratory illnesses among schoolchildren in Warri, Nigeria, and its environs. Methods Description of study area. Warri is a city in Delta state, located in...and production takes place in and around Warri, and it is the location of a major constellation...
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"Those That Are Cooking the Gins": the Business of Ogogoro in Nigeria during the 1930s
Journal article by Simon Heap; Contemporary Drug Problems, Vol. 35, 2008
Subjects: Liquor industry, Police, Tariffs
...after illicit distillation appeared in Warri in April 1932, its sugar imports more...of ogogoro was as medicine; people of Warri mixed it with local herbs and drank the...newspaper reported on court proceedings in Warri: "the culprit was fined five pounds...
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The Role and Responsibility of Oil Multinationals in Nigeria
Journal article by Bronwen Manby; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 53, 1999
Subjects: Environmentalists--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Nigeria--Politics and government, Petroleum industry--Social policy, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd.--Social policy, Social policy--Nigeria
...oil companies. One of the issues in the Warri crisis--violence among the Ijaw, Itsekiri and Urhobo ethnic groups in the Warri area that flared up in 1997 over the location...Ikenyan, two small Ijaw communities in the Warri North local government area of Delta State...
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magazine articles on: Warri  - 34 results

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Delta Blues
Magazine article by John Corry; The American Spectator, Vol. 32, October 1999
Subjects: Africa, Economic policy, Environmental policy, International relations-US, Nigeria, Social conditions & trends, United States
...is only one road-from Port Harcourt to Warri in the western part of the Delta. A rail...month before there had been a battle at Warri, and as many as zoo had died. The Ijaw...The Itsikeri said it was part of the Warri Kingdom, and under the rule of the Olu...
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Seeded Players
Magazine article by Alex de Voogt; Natural History, Vol. 107, February 1998
Subjects: Africa, Games, History
...tradition of championship competition: warri (also known as awel*, awari, oware...solo, bau, and mbau) in East Africa. Warri has two rows of six holes and relatively...a result-unlike chess, checkers, or warri-the game does not diminish much in complexity...
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Yar'Adua Rolls Up His Sleeves: As the Controversy over His Election Victory Continues to Dominate National Life, Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua Is Seeking to Get on with the Job of Running the Country. Neil Ford Discusses His Economic Options
Magazine article by Neil Ford; African Business, July 2007
Subjects: Nigeria--Economic aspects, Nigeria--Political aspects, Presidents (Government)--Elections, Presidents (Government)--Political activity, Presidents--Elections, Presidents--Political activity, Yar'Adua, Umaru--Elections, Yar'Adua, Umaru--Political activity
...hoped that GINL will finally complete the Warri rail extension. Work on the spur line...travel via Ajaokuta river port, but the Warri extension would provide an excellent alternative...sector, much of which is based around Warri. As part of the agreement with the BPE...
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Oil - Flickering Signs of Hope
Magazine article by Jato Thompson; African Business, December 1999
Subjects: Gas industry--Nigeria, Natural gas, Natural gas industry, Nigeria--Natural resources, Petroleum, Petroleum industry--Nigeria, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co.--Statistics
...say that the four people were killed and 25 houses burnt in Warri in ethnic clashes between Urhobos and Ijaws. Youths of the...shallow-water oil-field around 90 kilometres southwest of Warri off the Niger Delta. What makes the development unusual is...
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Mixed Signals from the Niger Delta: Insurgency and Criminal Activity Continue in Parts of the Niger Delta, but the New Generation Leaders in the Region Are Doing Their Best to Encourage Peace and Progress, and Their Efforts Are Likely to Bear Fruit Sooner Than Expected, Reports Lindsay Barrett from Port Harcourt
Magazine article by Lindsay Barrett; New African, April 2008
Subjects: Ethnic violence--Control, Ethnic violence--Social aspects, Insurgency--Control, Insurgency--Nigeria, Insurgency--Social aspects, Niger Delta--Political aspects, Niger Delta--Social aspects, Social problems--Control, Social problems--Prevention
...almost unleashed violence in the states largest metropolis of Warri. That this did not eventually happen was partly because a strong...recent conference held in the once volatile Effurun suburb of Warri, one of Nigerias foremost movie actors, Richard Mofe Damijo...
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MY RENDEZVOUS WITH THE RIVER REBELS; When Katharine Houreld Went to the Oil-Rich Niger Delta to Report on a Wave of Expatriate Kidnappings, She Didn't Expect to Be Confronted by Boatloads of Heavily Armed Masked Men - or Get Caught Up in the Dramatic Release of One of Their Hostages
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 22, 2006
...regions twin oil ports, Port Harcourt and Warri. There, most executives and politicians...distance. In the cities of Port Harcourt and Warri, only the lucky few manage to get jobs...themselves are not labour-intensive. In Warri, polio-crippled beggars on home-made...
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DFA Says Entire Crew of 24 Filipino Sailors Held in Nigeria
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 24, 2007
Subjects: Kidnapping, Sailors
...holding hostage 24 Filipino seafarers in Warri, Niger Delta in Nigeria, contrary to...17 Filipinos were taken to a village in Warri, while the other seven OFWs, including...maintained the vessel, now off the coast of Warri. "Until this time, the shipowners do...
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Oilman Tells of Nigerian Kidnap Terror
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), October 15, 2005
Subjects: Kidnapping
...Niger Delta area. The pair were out for a beer in the town of Warri when they were bundled into a bus at gunpoint. Luckily, their...finding out who they were. They saw the bus running around Warri and they chased the bus. The driver didnt stop so they shot...
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My Kidnap Terror; Scots Oilman Tells of Kidnap Ordeal at the Hands of Nigerian Gunmen
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 4, 2005
...Alford were having an after-work drink near his office in Warri City, in the oil-rich southern Niger Delta, last Wednesday...different. Following their rescue, the shaken men were taken to Warri naval base and later an army barracks. Mr Coe, who was raised...
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Ethnic Violence Hits U.S. Gas Prices
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 22, 2009
Subjects: Ethnic violence
...militant base known as Camp Five near the Delta state capital of Warri. In response to the offensive last week, militants have ambushed...merchant vessel, the Spirit, and an oil service ship near Warri. Twenty-two crew members were taken hostage. Last year...
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encyclopedia articles on: Warri  - 2 results

 
 
1.
Warri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WARRI wo re, city (1991 est. pop. 111,000), S Nigeria, a port on the Warri River. It is a transshipment point where oceangoing...Niger River boats. The main items shipped from Warri are rubber, palm products, cacao, peanuts, and...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Nigerias road and rail systems are constructed basically along north-south lines; the countrys chief seaports are Lagos, Warri , Port Harcourt, and Calabar . Except when oil prices are low, Nigeria generally earns more from exports than it spends on...


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