Area Total | 923,768 sq km |
Climate | varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
Natural Resources | natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land |
Imports | China 21.1%, Belgium 8.7%, US 8.4%, South Korea 7.5%, UK 4.4% (2017) – machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer, foodstuffs, clothing |
Exports | India 30.6%, US 12.1%, Spain 6.6%, China 5.6%, France 5.5%, Netherlands 4.4%, Indonesia 4.4% (2017) – petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber (2012 est.) |
Government | federal presidential republic |
Capital | Abuja |
Population | 214,028,302 (July 2020 est.) |
Ethnicity | Hausa 30%, Yoruba 15.5%, Igbo (Ibo) 15.2%, Fulani 6%, Tiv 2.4%, Kanuri/Beriberi 2.4%, Ibibio 1.8%, Ijaw/Izon 1.8%, other 24.7% (2018 est.) note: Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups |
Language | English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani, over 500 additional indigenous languages |
News about Nigeria
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- Transfer: Real Betis weigh up move for Ndidiby Mike Oyebola (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
Spanish club Real Betis are plotting a summer move for Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi. Ndidi is expected to leave Leicester City this summer following the Foxes’ relegation from the Premier League last season. The 28-year-old has a €7m release clause in the three-year contract he signed last summer. Real Betis have made initial enquiries […]
- Tinubu conferred with highest honour in Saint Luciaby Matthew Atungwu (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
The Government of Saint Lucia has conferred one of its highest national honours, the Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia, KCOSL, on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A post on the official X handle of the Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia said the Government of Saint Lucia was pleased to announce Tinubu conferred with highest honour in Saint […]
- Lagos court jails pastor 25 years for having sex with biological teenage daughterby Sunday Dennis (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
A 45-year-old man, Ndukwe Ogbu, who claimed to be a pastor, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos. The conviction stemmed from his sexual abuse of his biological daughter on multiple occasions when she was just 14 years old. Delivering the judgment, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe held Lagos court jails pastor […]
- Flying Eagles begin preparation for WAFU B Nations Cupby Mike Oyebola (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have started preparations for the WAFU B U-20 Nations Cup, DAILY POST reports. Head coach Aliyu Zubairu has selected majority of the players that participated at the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in his squad. The competition will serve as part of the Flying Eagles preparations for the 2025 FIFA U-20 Flying Eagles begin […]
- Tinubu inaccessible, I never met him – Former Adviser, Auduby Matthew Atungwu (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
Former Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, Aliyu Audu, says the president is very inaccessible to his aides. Audu, who recently resigned his position as the president’s aide, said he never met Tinubu even once throughout his time as one of his assistants. He made this statement on Monday, when he Tinubu inaccessible, I […]
- We’ll make PDP strong opposition capable of winning 2027 election – Sarakiby Seun Opejobi (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
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- ‘PDP governors forced to join APC’ — Ologbondiyan allegesby Matthew Atungwu (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, has alleged that governors elected on the platform of the party are being harassed to abandon their PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Ologbondiyan made this allegation in the wake of the recent meeting between President Bola Tinubu, the suspended Governor of Rivers ‘PDP […]
- APC will not be divided by defections – Daloriby Hadiza Musa (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
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- Club World Cup 2025: Three quarter-final fixtures confirmedby Ifreke Inyang (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
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- Outrage in Taraba as Council Chairman allegedly orders exhumation of Benue woman’s body after burialby Winner James (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
Tension is escalating in Tiv communities within Wukari Local Government Area following allegations that the Executive Chairman, Hon. Dauda Agbu Samaila, ordered the exhumation of a recently buried Benue woman, Mrs. Atisaa Injuur Bem. Mrs. Atisaa, 57, was laid to rest at her ancestral home in Tor-Iorshaer village, located at kilometre 15 along the […]
- Former CPC leaders visit Malami over rising insecurity in Kebbiby Mikal Attah (Daily Post Nigeria) on July 1, 2025
A delegation of former executives of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, on Monday paid a solidarity visit to former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, amid the growing security challenges facing Kebbi State. The visit came on the heels of a brazen attack last Thursday by over 300 armed Former CPC […]