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Nigeria: 1. The similarities (if any) between Urhobo (alternatively "Sobo") and Itsekiri (alt. "Isekiri"; "Ishekiri"; etc.) language; 2. The similarities (if any) between Urhobo and Itsekiri ethnicities/cultures/customs; 3. The distribution of Urhobo and Itsekiri populations; including whether these groups live in the same towns/regions of Nigeria; 4. Whether there is any information on whether Itsekiri speakers can or do speak Urhobo, and vice versa. 5. Whether there is conflict/co-operation between Urhobo and Itsekiri people (groups or individuals), and to what extent

22 October 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: Information on recent ethno-religious rioting in Plateau State in March 2010

8 June 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: Current information on the practice of female genital mutilation; state protection available to those being targeted and ethnic groups in which it is prevalent (June 2001 - October 2003)

27 November 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: September 2000 riots between the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba; current relations between the two ethnic groups in Lagos

17 April 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: "The Democrat" newspaper; whether it was based in Abeokuta, Ogun State, and in circulation between 1994 and 1995; whether it published articles critical of the Nigerian government's treatment of the Yoruba ethnic group (January 1994 to January 1995)

9 April 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: Female genital mutilation (FGM) practices among the Yoruba ethnic group and the consequences of refusal for parents

17 February 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: The Agbara ethnic group; how leaders are named and consequences for refusing to be a leader; whether the Agbara celebrate a festival called Agbasa that includes rituals and initiation ceremonies

9 December 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: Esan ethnic group; whether it is a sub-group of the Yoruba; religions practised; whether members of this ethnic group engage in Ogboni practices

11 October 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: Follow up to NGA32948.E of 20 October 1999 on forced or arranged marriages of girls; whether the parties involved would wait until a girl child was over 25 years old before she moved to the proposed husband's residence prior to the marriage; whether the proposed husband would accept to marry the woman at that mature age and if she was childless; would the circumstances differ depending on the religion or ethnic group of those parties involved and if the woman was 28 years old and if the proposed husband had other wives and children

11 September 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: Correction to NGA35426.E of 3 November 2000 as to whether a Muslim man, of the Itsekiri ethnic group could force his wife to submit to female genital mutilation (FGM)

21 November 2001 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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