Federal Republic of Nigeria CAPITAL: Abuja FLAG: The national flag consists of three vertical stripes. The green outer stripes represent Nigerian agriculture. The white center stripe represents unity and peace. ANTHEM: Arise, All Compatriots. MONETARY...

With an area of 356,669 square miles (923,768 square kilometers), Nigeria's size approximately equals the combined areas of New Mexico, Arizona and California. A coastal state on the shores of the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, Nigeria is...

Nigeria POPULATION 129,934,911 MUSLIM 50 percent CHRISTIAN 40 percent TRADITIONAL 10 percent Country Overview Introduction The Federal Republic of Nigeria, located in western Africa, is the most populous country on the continent. It is bordered to the...

The Nigerian state, or province, of Zamfara declared in 1999 that it was repudiating Nigeria's constitution and adopting Islamic law, shari'a. Observers feared that Nigeria would dissolve into civil war. Violence broke out and many...

Nigeria, officially named 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...

When Nigeria's electoral commissioner took to airwaves last weekend, he told voters there would be rare sunny skies for their balloting. Hours later, the rain began to fall.Nigeria, it seems, never fails to disappoint when it comes to democracy.Saturday's presidential vote was a landslide won...

Men carrying AK-47s leap from late-model Mercedes Benz sedans and burst into a Tex-Mex restaurant, training their weapons on tables crowded with foreign workers, greasy fajita pans, Corona beer bottles and ashtrays."On the ground, you white monkeys!" one bearded robber shouted at customers scrambling to...

Nigeria's ruling party on Sunday chose a Muslim from the north as its candidate for presidential elections that will mark the first transfer of power between elected governments since Nigeria's independence in 1960.Umaru Yar'Adua, a former school teacher and governor of Katsina region, pledged in...