TheNigerianTimes

Lagos, Nigeria
Monday, March 25, 2015
2 pages
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Boko Haram attacks Nigeria

targets, such as The U.N. They have been planting car bombs under

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President GoodLuck Jonathan has been trying to get in contact with the

police cars and in public places such as markets and churches. Nigerias
group but they refuse to make contact with officials of Nigeria.
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Economy and Poverty in Nigeria

Nigeria has a very bad economy. For example, they are a very poor
country and they are one of the most populated places in their area.
Another thing that makes their economy bad is that they have several
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attacks by a group that goes by Boko Haram They go around the

In Nigeria a group of radical Islamists named

Jama'atu Ahlis

northern part of Nigeria and terrorize them by doing a wide variety of

Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad.

They are known as Boko Haram

acts such as burning down buildings or schools, or they shoot guns in

which
stands for
Western Education is Forbidden. They are a group

public places like market places and churches. They also kidnap

of people that are located in the northern part of Nigeria.

children, mostly school girls and they force them into slavery. One thing

They have been terrorizing Nigeria since 2009, which is when their

that I think Nigeria can do to fix this problem is try and negotiate with

worst attacks have started. For example, in 2010, Boko Haram found a

the group Boko Haram even though it has been reported that they have

new leader and broke 105 prisoners out of a jail and started terrorizing

denied any interaction with Nigerias leader, Goodluck Jonathan. I still

Northern Nigeria. In 2011 they started attacking bigger

think if they offer something of high value that Boko Haram might.


accept.
Another problem that they are having is it is one of the most

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populated places in Africa. And their main source of income is their oil
sales. They only sell 2.7 percent of that oil world wide. One thing that
happened that affected the oil income for Nigeria is oil barrels were
lowered down to 60 dollars. According to an article, the average cost
for a barrel of oil in Nigeria is 122 dollars, which is a drastic change of
income.
Now they have to sell twice the amount of oil just to get what they
made originally. I think what Nigeria should do is find country's that
are having troubles with oil, countries that they can easily negotiate a
price that is reasonable for the under developed country to purchase
and also a steady income for Nigeria.
Than once Nigeria gets enough money from the oil sales, they can
cut the deal with Nigeria, and get a stronger military to take down Boko
Haram. They can also offer oil supplies to countries that are willing to

Works Cited
"Who Are Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists?"
BBC News
. N.p., n.d. Web.
09 Mar. 2015.

help take down Boko Haram. Than once Nigeria's problem with Boko

"Boko Haram 'getting Weaker'"

BBC News
. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.

Haram is done, they can rebuild all the schools, churches and market

"Nigerias Economic Outlook."

- African Development Bank
. N.p., n.d.
Web. 17 Mar. 2015.

places that have been destroyed. After Nigeria has recovered from all
the problems that they encountered from the attacks they will be able
to save up money to support their citizens with a home and food
resources like that. I think that is what Nigeria can do to solve most of
their problems.

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"Boko Haram."
Wikipedia
. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Mar.
2015.