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Introduction - Nigeria: | Location - Nigeria: | People - Nigeria: | Government - Nigeria: | Economy - Nigeria: | Communications - Nigeria: | Transportation - Nigeria: | Military - Nigeria: | Military branches | Nigerian Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2006) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 26,802,678
females age 18-49: 25,668,446 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 15,052,914
females age 18-49: 13,860,806 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 1,353,180
females age 18-49: 1,329,267 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 6,051 (Liberia)
IDPs: undetermined (communal violence between Christians and Muslims since President OBASANJOs election in 1999; displacement is mostly short-term) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.5% (2006) | | Disputes international | Joint Border Commission with Cameroon reviewed 2002 ICJ ruling on the entire boundary and bilaterally resolved differences, including June 2006 Greentree Agreement that immediately cedes sovereignty of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon with a phase-out of Nigerian control within two years while resolving patriation issues; the ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, but imprecisely defined coordinates in the ICJ decision and a sovereignty dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River all contribute to the delay in implementation; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commissions admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |