Nigeria

Country Code: NG
Area: 574,003 sq mi (923,768km²)
Gross Domestic Product: 189 Billion Dollar
Population: 133,530,000

Agencies operating in Nigeria

Organization	From	To
Sourires d'Enfants

Organizations based in Nigeria:

Foundation

Organization	State/Province	City
Ebunoluwa Foundation, Nigeria		Laos

Orphanage

Organization	State/Province	City
Arrows of God Orphanage		Lagos
Little Saints Orphanage		Lagos

Cases:

Child trafficking cases

Report	Date
Nigeria - Maternity home trafficking case	2008-01-01
Nigeria - Good Shepherd Orphanage	2005-01-14

Adoption statistics:

Adoption exports

Country from	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
United States of America	4	33	8	47	70	65	62	33	149	110	189	148
Netherlands		3	3	9	17	24	28	22	22	19	13	19
France	5	5	9	3	2	1	2	7		9	23	13
Sweden			1	1		1			10	12	10	13
Italy				2		2	3	7	11	4	5
Denmark								2	6	15
Spain									2	5	8
United Kingdom				1	2	1	4	6
Canada						6	7
Belgium									5	2
Switzerland			1	1	4
Total	9	41	22	64	95	100	106	77	205	176	248	193

This information is compiled from the figures as reported by the receiving countries.

Reports:

Reports

Document	Date
Notice: Adoption Notice for Nigeria	2013-01-29
Italian, Dutch police bust Nigerian drug, prostitution ring	2008-01-15
Nigerian traffickers arrested	2008-01-15
Lagos secures custody of seven orphanage children	2006-12-28
Orphanage scandal: Proprietress’ lawyers indict govt	2005-03-11
Horror orphanage: 5 directors quizzed	2005-03-11
Police, Ministry in showdown over horror orphanage	2005-03-09
Nigerian government and police officials implicated in Lagos orphanage child trafficking	2005-03-08
Orphanage of horror	2005-03-06
Nigerians held for trafficking	2005-03-04
Adoption or Theft?	2005-02-20
I was tricked to sell my baby	2005-02-01
Adopting Africa's Aids orphans	2000-01-30

Parent topics: Western Africa

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