Nigeria


 
 
Nigeria

The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country in West Africa. It is the most populous country in Africa. It borders Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the south. Major cities include the capital Abuja, the former capital Lagos, Ibadan, Osogbo, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano, Kaduna, Onitsha, Jos, Ilorin, Maiduguri, Bauchi, Sokoto and Benin City. The country's name is unrelated to its African heritage; it was proposed by a Times article in 1897.

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West Africa: West Africa is the region of western Africa that is generally considered to include the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, C?te d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. In addition, the region is sometimes consider...

Benin: The Republic of Benin is a nation of western Africa, formerly known as Dahomey. It has a small coast line with the Bight of Benin in the south, borders Togo in the west, Nigeria in the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger in the north....

Chad: The Republic of Chad (Arabic: ???? , Ta??d; French: Tchad) is a land-locked nation in central Africa. It borders Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west. Due to its distance from the sea and its lar...


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2010 FIFA World Cup™ Nigeria Men's T-Shirt
2010 FIFA World Cup™ Nigeria Men's T-Shirt
Kano  Nigeria  in 1851  'Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa' by Heinrich Barth
Kano Nigeria in 1851 'Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa' by Heinrich Barth
Early Morning River Scene  Northern Area  Nigeria  Africa
Early Morning River Scene Northern Area Nigeria Africa
View of Kano  Nigeria  from 'Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa' by Heinrich Barth
View of Kano Nigeria from 'Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa' by Heinrich Barth
Children Play Soccer in an Impoverished Street in Lagos  Nigeria
Children Play Soccer in an Impoverished Street in Lagos Nigeria

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