"The Guard" an underground bulletin produced weekly and distributed to the public on the streets of Lagos between 1996 and 1997 [NGA29263.E]

No reports on "The Guard" an underground bulletin produced weekly and distributed to the public on the streets of Lagos could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted


Africa Confidential [London]. January - December 1997. Vol. 38. No. 1-24.

_____. January - December 1997. Vol. 37. No. 1-25.

Africa Research Bulletin [Oxford]. January 1996- December 1997 . Vols. 33-34. Nos. 1-12

Human Rights Watch (HRW)/Africa. October 1997. Vol. 9. No. 6 (A). Nigeria: Transition or Travesty? Nigeria's Endless Process of Return to Civilian Rule. New York: Human Rights Watch.

_____. September 1996. Vol. 8. No. (3A). Nigeria: Permanent Transition: Current Violations of Human Rights in Nigeria. New York: Human Rights Watch.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1996 - 1997. Vols. 42 - 43.

New African [London]. January 1996- December 1997.

Political Handbook of the World. 1997. 1997. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications.

West Africa [London]. January 1996 - December 1997. Nos 4093 - 4131.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD, World News Connection (WNC).

Two oral sources consulted could not provide information on the requested subject.

Additional Sources Consulted


Commitee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Attacks on the Press. Yearly.

Index on Censorship. 1996 - 1997. Vols. 25 - 26.

Lettre de Rapporteurs sans frontières [Paris]. Monthly.

Rapporteurs Sans Frontières. Annual Reports. January 1996 - December 1997. Nos. 76 - 116.