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Offical name
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Capital
Abuja
Government type
federal republic
Language
English, local dialects
Area
923,768 sq km
Population
131,859,731 ( 2006 est.)
Currency
naira (NGN)
Religion
Muslim, Christian, indigenous beliefs
Time zone
GMT/UTC +1 ()
Country dialing code
234
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Nigeria is a country in West Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Nigeria produces oil as nation’s major export item. More than half of its people are engaged in agriculture and cacao, s the nation’s representative agricultural product accounts for most of its world output. Soccer is the most popular sport in Nigeria. Though the nation’s national soccer team called ‘Super Eagles’ has been ranked 25th in the FIFA ranking as of July 2007, it was 5th in 1994 and earned the gold medal in 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Nigeria is also a native country for many Novel laureates like Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe and Ben Okri. Fela Kuti (1938-1997) is the nations’ representative musician. He created the African modern music-afro-beat, mixing Yoruban traditional music and jazz. Most Nigerians are proud of him.
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