| INFORMATION ABOUT NIGERIA |
| Geography: |
| Location: WEST AFRICA, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between Benin and Cameroun |
| Federal Capital: ABUJA |  |
| Measurement: METRIC SYSTEM |
| Time: ONE HOUR AHEAD OF GMT. |
| Population: 146 MILLION |
| Currency: NAIRA = 100 KOBO |
| Official Language: ENGLISH |
| Area: 923,770 SQUARE KILOMETERS |
| Land Area: 910,770 SQUARE KILOMETERS |
| Comparative Area: Slightly more than twice the size of CALIFONIA |
| Principal Rivers: NIGER and BENUE |
| Maritime Claims: Continental Shelf 200 mile depth or to the depth of exploration. |
| Exclusive Economic Zone: 20 miles |
| Territorial Sea: 300 Nm. |
INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES: |
| Demarcation of International boundaries in Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, is completed and awaits ratification by Cameroun, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. Dispute with Cameroun over land and maritime boundaries in the vicinity of the Bakasi Peninsula has been referred to the International Court of Justice. |
ENVIRONMENT: |
| Climate: Varies thus EQUATORIAL in the South; TROPICAL in the Center , & ARID in the North. Terrain: Southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in South East; & Plains in the North.Natural Resources: Petroleum, Tin, Coumbite, Iron Ore, Coal, Limestone, Lead, Zinc, Natural gas. |
LAND USE: |
| Arable Land: 31% |
| Permanent Crops: 3% |
| Meadows & Pastures: 23% |
| Forest & Woodland: 15% |
| Others: 28% |
| Irrigated Land: 8,650 Sq km |
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT: |
| Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine, Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban Ozone Layer Protection. |
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS: |
- Right to Life
- Right to Dignity of Human Person
- Right to Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Hearing
- Right to Private and Family Life
- Right to freedom of thought, conscience, and Religion
- Right to Assembly and Association
- Right to freedom from discrimination
- Right to acquire and own immovable property anywhere in Nigeria
- Right to Restriction on and derogation from fundamental Rights
- Special jurisdiction of High Court and Legal Aids |
STATES: |
CAPITAL: |
| Abia | Umuahia |
| Adamawa | Yola |
| Akwa Ibom | Uyo |
| Anambra | Awka |
| Bauchi | Bauchi |
| Bayelsa | Bayelsa |
| Benue | Makurdi |
| Bornu | Maiduguri |
| Cross Rivers | Calabar |
| Delta | Asaba |
| Eboyin | Abakiliki |
| Edo | Benin |
| Ekiti | Ado - Ekiti |
| Enugu | Enugu |
| Gombe | Gombe |
| Imo | Owerri |
| Jigawa | Jigawa |
| Kaduna | Kaduna |
| Kano | Kano |
| Katsina | Katsina |
| Kebbi | Birnin- Kebbi |
| Kogi | Lokoja |
| Kwara | Ilorin |
| Lagos | Ikeja |
| Nassarawa | Lafia |
| Niger | Minna |
| Ogun | Abeokuta |
| Ondo | Akure |
| Osun | Osogbo |
| Oyo | Ibadan |
| Plateau | Jos |
| Rivers | Port -Harcourt |
| Sokoto | Sokoto |
| Taraba | Jalingo |
| Yobe | Damaturu |
| Zamfara | Gusau |
| FCT | Abuja |
EMERGENCY CALLS: |
| Police: 199 |
| Rapid Response Squard: 997 |
| Fire Brigade: 999 |
| NIGERIA DIALING CODE: 234 |
MAJOR TRIBES: |
Igbo
Yoruba
Hausa
Efik
Ibibio
Ijaw
Urhobo
Edo |
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: |
New Year -January 1st
Eid al -Kabir
Easter
Eid- al Maulud
Workers Day (May 1st )
Independence Day (October 1st)
Eid- al Fitiri & Christmas (25th to 26th December) |
SOCIO-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT: |
| There are more than 250 separate ethnic groups in Nigeria; and as many languages. The political entity known as Nigeria, named after the great River Niger, which runs across the present day border in the North-West to the Southern coast, was created in 1914 by the amalgamation of the British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria. At that time, there were only four regions viz: Northern, Eastern and Western provinces, and the colony of Lagos. |
| 1954: Nigeria became a federation of 3 regions : Northern, Eastern and Western regions. |
| 1957: Western and Eastern regions attained self governing status. |
| 1959: Tafawa Balewa became Nigeria's first prime minister. |
| 1960: October 1st Independence was achieved. |
| 1963: Nigeria became a Republic. |
| 1967: Session of Biafra resulting to outbreak of civil war. |
| 1970: End of civil war. |
| 1979: Second civil rule emerged with Alhaji Shehu Shagari as the President under National Party of Nigeria (NPN). |
| 1985: (August)- Military coup bringing General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida to power as military Head of state |
| 1986: An IMF styled- Structural Adjustment Programme was launched. |
| 1993: (June) Presidential election presumably won by Chief Moshood Abiola. |
| 1993: (August) Chief Ernest Shonekan emerged as the Head of Interim National Government (ING) |
| 1993: (General Sani Abacha assumed power as military Head of state. |
| 1995: (November) Minority rights campaigner- Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 others from oil producing Ogoni area were executed following a controversial murder trial by military tribunal. |
| 1998: General Sani Abacha died apparently of heart attack. |
| 1998: General Abdulsalami Abubakar became military Head of state. |
| 1999: (February) General Elections and a formal end to military Rule. |
| 1999: (May) Chief Olusegun Obasanjo became President under PDP. |
| 2003: (April) Re-election of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as President. |
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