Special report on Nigeria's RIVERS STATE From: New African | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: Anonymous | Copyright International Communications Aug/Sep 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Facts and Figures

Present Governor: Dr Sir Peter Odili. First elected in 1999, won re-election in 2003

Date of Creation: 27 May 1967, also known as the "Treasure Base of the Nation".

Location: Geographically and strategically located at the southernmost tip of Nigeria, in the heart of the oil-rich Niger Delta, with an Atlantic seaboard of over 200km.

Size: 96,000 sq km.

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