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Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria , is a country in West Africa . It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean . It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi). With a population of more than 230 million , it is the most populous country in Africa , and the world's sixth-most populous country . Nigeria borders Niger in the north , Chad in the northeast , Cameroon in the east , and Benin in the west . Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory , where the capital, Abuja , is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos , one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa .
Nigeria has been home to several
indigenous pre-colonial states and
kingdoms since the second
millennium BC, with the
Nok civilization in the 15th century BC marking the first internal unification. The modern state originated with
British colonialization in the 19th century, taking its present territorial shape with the merging of the
Southern Nigeria Protectorate and the
Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The
British set up administrative and legal structures while practicing
indirect rule through
traditional chiefdoms . Nigeria became a formally
independent federation on 1 October 1960. It experienced a
civil war from 1967 to 1970, followed by a succession of
military dictatorships and democratically elected civilian governments until achieving a stable government in the
1999 Nigerian presidential election , with the election of
Olusegun Obasanjo of the
Peoples Democratic Party . However, the country frequently experiences
electoral fraud , and
corruption is rampant in various levels of Nigerian politics. (
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... that Hibiscus Rising , a 9-metre-tall (30 ft) artwork in Leeds , commemorates David Oluwale , a Nigerian man who drowned in 1969 after police harassment?
... that Nigeria seeks the return of the Benin Altar Tusks , ivory artefacts taken by the British in 1897 and dispersed in Europe?
... that Nigerian footballer Chibuzor Nwakanma was among the first few foreign players to play for all the "big three" Kolkata -based football clubs, Mohun Bagan , East Bengal , and Mohammedan Sporting ?
... that the artist and designer Yinka Ilori once made a collection of chairs that were inspired by a Nigerian parable about a giraffe?
... that in 2021, Uche Eke became the first gymnast to represent Nigeria at the Olympics ?
... that Dahiru Musdapher , the 12th chief justice of Nigeria , was once a BBC World Service contributor for West Africa and Hausa?
17 September 2024 –
At least 25 children are killed in Kaduna State , Nigeria , when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating Mawlid crashes . (Al Arabiya)
15 September 2024 – 2024 Nigeria floods
Borno State flooding
Over 280 prisoners escape from a prison in Maiduguri , Borno State , Nigeria , due to damage to prison walls caused by heavy floods. (Reuters)
14 September 2024 –
At least forty people drown and 24 more are presumed dead after a wooden boat carrying farmers capsizes near Gummi , Zamfara State , Nigeria . (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
11 September 2024 – 2024 Nigeria floods
Due to the Alau Dam collapse by heavy floods more than 80% of the animals in the Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo in Maiduguri , Borno State , Nigeria have been killed. (Reuters)
9 September 2024 – Censorship in Nigeria
The Nigerian State Security department arrests Joe Ajaero , the leader of the Nigeria Labour Congress , at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja , Nigeria, days after Ajaero criticised the Nigerian government for increasing gas prices. (DW)
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