OFFICIAL NAME: Federal Republic of Nigeria

LOCATION: Between latitude 40N – 140N and longitude 30E and 150E

AREA: 923, 768km2

POPULATION: 120 million (estimation) 1991 census

CLIMATE: Nigeria has varied climate with the northern part being arid, equatorial in the south and tropical in the centre.

CAPITAL: Abuja (replaced Lagos as capital on December 12, 1993)

LANGUAGE: English

OTHER SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Over 250 local languages (major ones are Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba)

RESOURCES: Coal, limestone, lead, Zinc, Tin, Columbite, Iron Ore, Natural Gas and Petroleum

PRINCIPAL RIVERS: Niger and Benue

BOUNDARIES: It is bordered in the west by republic of Benin with 773km, in the east by Cameroon with 1, 690km, in the north by Niger with 1, 497km and in the north east by Chad with 87km with a total coastline of 853km.

ECONOMY: Oil exports account for 95% of Nigeria’s revenue with cocoa and rubber following suit.

CURRENCY: Naira (NGN) N1 = 100 kobo

INTERNATIONAL DIALING CODE: 234

TIME: GMT + 1hr

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: Metric

ELECTRICITY: 220/250V AC

FORMER COLONIAL RULER: U.K

RELIGION: Christianity, Islam and African traditional religions

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Democratic Government (Presidential System)

POLITICAL PARTIES: 30 Registered Po: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP), Alliance for Democracy (AD).

PRESIDENT: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo