Nigeria

ONI Blog: Nigerian govt. shuts down Internet and mobile networks during presidential inauguration
Multiple Nigerian newspapers and Twitter users are reporting that Internet and mobile networks were inaccessible for 12 hours in Abuja during President Goodluck Jonathan's inauguration on Sunday, May 29. Sam Nda-Isaiah of the Abuja-based daily newspaper Leadership writes: The state security forces virtually...
ONI Blog: The OpenNet Initiative Presents New Findings in Africa
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has released updated reports on Ethiopia and Zimbabwe and new reports on Uganda and Nigeria, where ONI tested for the first time in 2008 and 2009. All four profiles can be accessed at: http://opennet.net/research/regions/ssafrica. Many governments across sub-Saharan...
Country Profile: Nigeria
Background In April 2007 Nigeria underwent its first democratic transition between two civilian governments. The election took place among rumors of fraud and widespread voting irregularities, and opposition candidates Atiku Abubakar and Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria’s former vice president and former military ruler,...
ONI Blog: Damaged cable causes Internet blackout in four West African countries
Five days ago, the Appfrica tech blog reported an Internet blackout in Benin, a West African country roughly the size of Ohio. The outage, which also affected neighboring Togo, Niger and Nigeria, was caused by damage to the ...
Report: Internet Watch Report: The 2007 Presidential Election in Nigeria
To view this report as a pdf, with full charts and visuals, click here. Executive Summary Despite widespread charges of fraud and disenfranchisement, Nigeria's recent elections were not marked by Internet tampering. While certain sensitive political sites were inaccessible around the time of...
ONI Blog: Internet Watch Report: The 2007 Presidential Elections in Nigeria
ONI is pleased to release our latest Internet Watch Report, "The 2007 Presidential Election in Nigeria" (here in HTML). The report documents the ONI's efforts monitoring the Internet in Nigeria during elections held in April 2007. ...
ONI Blog: Nigerian Internet Remains Free of Tampering During Tumultuous Elections
Lagos, Nigeria: Nigeria’s local and national elections of April 2007 were marked by widespread charges of fraud and disenfranchisement. A team of election monitors from the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) traveled to Nigeria during the elections to test for evidence of Internet tampering....