Nigeria (), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The constitution defines Nigeria as a democratic secular state.
Nigeria is viewed as a
multinational state as it is inhabited by 250 ethnic groups,
[14] of which the three largest are the
Hausa,
Igbo and
Yoruba; these ethnic groups speak over 500 distinct languages and are identified with a wide variety of cultures.
[14][15][16][17] The
official language of Nigeria is
English, chosen to facilitate linguistic unity at the national level. Nigeria is divided roughly in half between
Christians, who live mostly in the southern part of the country, and
Muslims, who live mostly in the north. A minority of the population practice
religions indigenous to Nigeria, such as those native to the
Igbo and
Yoruba ethnicities.
Nigeria is considered to be an
emerging market by the
World Bank;
[18] it has been identified as a
regional power on the African continent,
[19][20][21] a
middle power in international affairs,
[22][23][24][25] and has also been identified as an
emerging global power. It is also listed among the "
Next Eleven" economies set to become among the biggest in the world. Nigeria is a founding member of the
African Union and a member of many other international organizations, including the
United Nations, the
Commonwealth of Nations and
OPEC.
- Capital
- Abuja
- Square
- 923 768.0
- Population
- 195 874 740
- Languages
- English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulah
- Currency
- NGN
- Continent
- Africa
- Minister of Agriculture
- Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Audu Innocent Ogbeh
- Link to the Website of the Ministry
- https://fmard.gov.ng/
- Food Security Index
- 38.00
- Source for Food Security Index
- https://foodsecurityindex.eiu.com