Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$737.6 million (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.8% (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues Nigeria
Disputes - international:
ICJ ruled in 2002 on the entire Cameroon-Nigeria land and maritime
boundary but the parties formed a Joint Border Commission to resolve
differences bilaterally and have commenced with demarcation in
less-contested sections of the boundary, starting in Lake Chad in
the north; following the UN-brokered Greentree Agreement of 12 June
2006, Nigeria, in completion of the 2002 ICJ decision on the
Cameroon-Nigerian land boundary, handed sovereignty of the Bakassi
peninsula to Cameroon on 14 August; all Nigerian military forces
have reportedly withdrawn from the region but Nigeria will continue
to maintain a police and administrative presence in the southeastern
"transition zone" for a period of up to two years; Nigeria pledges
to provide for the resettlement of those Bakassi residents who wish
to remain Nigerian citizens; 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; a joint task force was
established in 2004 that resolved disputes over and redrew the
maritime and the 870-km land boundary with Benin on the Okpara
River; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad
Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which also
includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 200,000 - 250,000 (communal violence between Christians and
Muslims since President OBASANJO's election in 1999) (2005)
Illicit drugs:
a transit point for heroin and cocaine intended for European, East
Asian, and North American markets; safehaven for Nigerian
narcotraffickers operating worldwide; major money-laundering center;
massive corruption and criminal activity; Nigeria has improved some
anti-money-laundering controls, resulting in its removal from the
Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) Noncooperative Countries and
Territories List in June 2006; Nigeria's anti-money-laundering
regime continues to be monitored by FATF
This page was last updated on 19 December, 2006
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