nigeria

     

Nigeria, officially name the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, in the south. The capital city is Abuja.

Trivia about nigeria

  • This African nation of 150 million is the only member of OPEC that's also a member of the British Commonwealth
  • This former British colony, which gained independence in 1960, is the most populous country in Africa
  • Add 2 letters to Niger to get the name of this country just south of it
  • Nigeria,Nepal,Norway
  • This country just south of Niger is 25% smaller & 2 letters longer
  • English is the official language of this oil-rich country that borders Chad, NIger & Cameroon
  • Yakubu used to send me e-mails from this country's old capital, Lagos
  • It stretches from the Gulf of Guinea in the southwest to Lake Chad in the northeast
  • Kogi, Oyo & Lagos
  • Hausa, Yoruba & Ibo are the principal African languages spoken in this country
  • Ikorodu is a town near Lagos Lagoon in this country
  • In the late '60s, Biafra tried unsuccessfully to secede from this country
  • Abuja, this country's first planned city, was built in the Chukuku Hills to replace Lagos as the capital
  • The Yoruba language of this country is centered in the southwest, including the city of Lagos
  • NGR
  • It's the native country of Flora Nwapa, who wrote "This is Lagos, and Other Stories"
  • This nation has the dubious distinction as the birthplace of the Internet e-mail scams known as 419 Fraud
  • On May 30, 1967 Colonel Ojukwu declared Biafra's independence from this country, starting a civil war
  • Queen Elizabeth & the Duke of Edinburgh made an official visit to Lagos in this, Britain's largest African colony
  • Lagos, Ibadan & Ogbomosho are the largest cities of this West African nation
  • You're 20 years late--Lagos was replaced in 1991 as the capital of this country
  • It's the only African country in the top 10
  • May 1967:Biafra unilaterally declares its independence from this African country
  • In 1991, after years of construction, the new city of Abuja replaced Lagos as this country's capital
  • Gombe &Lagos
  • This country on the Atlantic coast is Africa's most populous
  • This most populous African country's main ethnic groups are the Hausa, Fulani, Igbo & Yoruba
  • Abuja
  • For Literature, the African entrepreneurs of this country were honored for their attempts to con via e-mail
  • The FBI wants this African country's Odowa Okuomose for bilking victims who were told they had to pay fees to claim big prizes
  • Let me save you time & money! No dead leader's assets need moving from this country's capital of Abuja; ignore the e-mail!
  • This country used its NIGCOMSAT-1 to help provide Internet access to its rural areas
  • Ibadan, Abuja & Ogbomosho are all cities in this African nation of over 125 million
  • Sade
  • Dimlang Peak, this country's highest point, lies near its border with Cameroon
  • Sade, who's a "Smooth Operator"
  • Murtala Mohammed, this country's head of state, was shot dead in a Lagos traffic jam in 1976
  • Most of this nation's imports come through its port of Lagos on the Bight of Benin