Nigeria: A Country StudyHelen Chapin Metz |
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... leaders might lack formal education , although more and more business leaders , especially in the south , were university graduates . Entry- level salaries for elite jobs were fifteen to twenty times those of the bottom salary scale ...
... leaders might lack formal education , although more and more business leaders , especially in the south , were university graduates . Entry- level salaries for elite jobs were fifteen to twenty times those of the bottom salary scale ...
Page 209
... leaders at independence . Nnamdi Azikiwe , an Igbo , who had the greatest potential for be- coming a national leader , was forced by regionalist pressures to become a sectional leader . The other leaders during the post- independence ...
... leaders at independence . Nnamdi Azikiwe , an Igbo , who had the greatest potential for be- coming a national leader , was forced by regionalist pressures to become a sectional leader . The other leaders during the post- independence ...
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... leaders were less favorable toward Britain , especially after Britain took a position of neutrality in the civil war , refused to sell arms to the federation , and ignored the blockade against Biafra . Nigerian leaders also were rankled ...
... leaders were less favorable toward Britain , especially after Britain took a position of neutrality in the civil war , refused to sell arms to the federation , and ignored the blockade against Biafra . Nigerian leaders also were rankled ...
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EARLY HISTORY | 4 |
The Savanna States 15001800 | 10 |
REVOLUTION | 19 |
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Abuja Action Group African agricultural air force armed forces army Awolowo Babangida became Benin Benue Benue rivers border Borno Britain British Buhari Cameroon capital census century Chad chief Christian cities civil colonial Command constitution Council coup Decree Number defense dominated Eastern economic ECOWAS elections emirates established ethnic groups export federal government foreign Fulani Gowon Hausa Ibadan Igbo increased indigenous Islam Kaduna Kano Kanuri Katsina labor Lagos Lake Chad late leaders major ment middle belt military million missions Murtala Muhammad Muslim naval navy NCNC Niger Niger River northern Nigeria Northern Region officers parties percent police political population Port Port Harcourt production regime religious result River Royal Niger Company savanna schools Second Republic sector slave trade social Sokoto Caliphate southern staff tion traditional United urban West Africa Western Region World Yoruba