A report on Nigeria

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Ceremonial Igbo pot from 9th-century Igbo-Ukwu
Yoruba copper mask of Obalufon from the city of Ife c. 1300
Royal Benin ivory mask, one of Nigeria's most recognized artifacts. Benin Empire, 16th century.
Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard who as Governor-General of Nigeria led the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914.
Emir of Kano with cavalry, 1911
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1953 postage stamp with portrait of Queen ElizabethII
Nnamdi Azikiwe, first president of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966
The Republic of Biafra in June 1967, when it declared its independence from the rest of Nigeria
Shehu Shagari was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983.
Olusegun Obasanjo was civilian President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.
Muhammadu Buhari is currently serving as President of Nigeria, since 2015.
Nigerian National Assembly, Abuja
Nigerian Army self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
Nigerian Air Force Mil Mi-35P
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (centre) with United States President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in August 2014
Map of Nigeria with administrative divisions
Climate map of Nigeria
Palm plantation in Delta State
Rainforest range of Obudu Mountains
Clouds kissing the mountains of Obudu
A proportional representation of Nigeria exports, 2019
Farm ploughing in Kwara State
Oil facility at Bonny Island, Rivers State
PTDF – Petroleum Technology Development Fund
Countries by natural gas proven reserves (2014). Nigeria has the largest reserves in Africa.
Innoson vehicles
Steel factory in Ajaokuta
Meridien Akwa Ibom golf course park
Lekki Beach in Lagos
Substation in Abuja
Railway system in Nigeria, 2022
Second Niger bridge at Onitsha, artistic impression
SpaceX launch of CRS-11 with Nigeria EduSat-1 on board in 2017
Population density (persons per square kilometer) in Nigeria
Map of Nigeria's linguistic groups
The Abuja National Mosque
National Church of Nigeria, Abuja
Nigerian states that implement some form of sharia law (in green)
A hospital in Abuja
The University of Lagos
A Nigerian police officer at the Eyo festival in Lagos
End SARS is a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria.
Nigerian women in tech
Lisa Folawiyo, Fashion Designer From Nigeria
An Eyo Iga Olowe Salaye masquerade jumping
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Africa's most popular and best selling literary piece ever, has been translated into more than forty languages.
Wizkid is a popular musician in Nigeria, Africa and worldwide.
Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Nigerian football supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
Imota Rice Mill, close to Lagos
Oil and gas fields in the Niger delta
Oil and gas fields in the Niger delta
The world's biggest distilling column at the Dangote refinery in comparison
The world's biggest distilling column at the Dangote refinery in comparison
Pharmacy in Epe
Ituen Basi, Lagos based Nigerian fashion designer

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Sani Abacha

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Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian general who ruled as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998.

Map of Nigeria numerically showing states typically considered part of the Niger Delta region: 1. Abia, 2. Akwa Ibom, 3. Bayelsa, 4. Cross River, 5. Delta, 6. Edo, 7.Imo, 8. Ondo, 9. Rivers

Niger Delta

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Map of Nigeria numerically showing states typically considered part of the Niger Delta region: 1. Abia, 2. Akwa Ibom, 3. Bayelsa, 4. Cross River, 5. Delta, 6. Edo, 7.Imo, 8. Ondo, 9. Rivers
View of the Niger Delta from space (north/land at top).
A statue of the Ijaw people

The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria.

Abuja

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National Assembly Building with Mace, Abuja, Nigeria
Hilton, Abuja
Sheraton, Abuja
National Christian Centre
Abuja National Mosque
Spectators at a football match held at the Abuja National Stadium
Jabi lake
National Children's Park and Zoo
Jabi lake mall
Millennium Park in Maitama District
Millennium Park water fountain at night
Abuja, Nigeria
Green hills in Abuja
View of Abuja from Katampe hill
Cars on Sani Abacha way, Abuja
Abuja-Kubwa expressway part of the A234 highway in Nigeria
Train at Idu Station Platform
Abuja Rail Mass Transit map
Abuja city gate
Zuma rock
Terminal at the Abuja International Airport
Nigeria's National Assembly Building with the Mace
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Shehu Musa Yar'adua Center
Glass Dome of Shehu Musa Yar'adua Centre in Abuja
Side view of Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja
Usman Dam, Bwari Abuja
Nigeria Senate Building (Red Chamber)
Millennium Park
Abuja Millennium Park

Abuja is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria.

Northern Region, Nigeria

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Area of the Nok culture
Map of Nigeria, 1909

Northern Nigeria was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures.

Port Harcourt

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Capital and largest city in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Capital and largest city in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Population density and low elevation coastal zones in the Port Harcourt region. Port Harcourt is especially vulnerable to sea level rise.
Traffic in the Port Harcourt City Centre
The Port Harcourt Refining Company Ltd, Alesa Eleme.
Port Harcourt International Airport

It is the fifth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Kaduna.

Camels trample the soil in the semiarid Sahel as they move to water holes, such as this one in Chad

Sahel

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Ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south.

Ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south.

Camels trample the soil in the semiarid Sahel as they move to water holes, such as this one in Chad
The lush green of the rainy season Sahelian forest, along the Bamako-Kayes Road in Mali. The trees in the foreground are acacia. Note the large baobab tree.
Herders with livestock and azawakh dogs in the Sahel
Ennedi Plateau is located at the border of the Sahara and the Sahel
Fulani herders in Mali
1905 depiction of ethnic groups in the Sahel

The Sahel part of Africa includes from west to east parts of northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, the extreme south of Algeria, Niger and Egypt, the extreme north of Nigeria, Cameroon and Central African Republic, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, the extreme north of South Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Oyo Empire during the 17th–18th centuries

Oyo Empire

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Oyo Empire during the 17th–18th centuries
Oyo Empire and surrounding states, c. 1625.
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Oyo Empire and surrounding states c. 1700.
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A Survey of Old Oyo Palace Compound
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thumb|The veve of Ogun, war god of the Yoruba and totem of both the emperors and kings that have followed Abiodun

The Oyo Empire was a powerful Yoruba empire of West Africa made up of parts of present-day eastern Benin and western Nigeria (including Southwest zone and the western half of Northcentral zone).

Biafra

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The Republic of Biafra in red, bordered by its puppet state the Republic of Benin to the west
Map of Africa (Abraham Ortelius, 1584)
The Republic of Biafra in red, bordered by its puppet state the Republic of Benin to the west
Map of West Africa (Rigobert Bonne (Royal Cartographer of France) 1770)
The Republic of Biafra in red, bordered by its puppet state the Republic of Benin to the west
Map of West Africa (1839); Biafra is shown in the region of "Lower Guinea"
French map of the Gulf of Guinea from 1849
A satellite image of the former Republic of Biafra
Roundel of the Biafran Air Force.
New Nigerian newspaper page, 7 January 1970. End of the Nigerian civil war with Biafra. "Owerri is now captured. Ojukwu flees his enclave." Photographs of the military Obasanjo, Jallo, Bissalo, Gowon.
A child suffering the effects of severe hunger and malnutrition during the Nigerian blockade

Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970.

Ibadan

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Government house gate
The church and mission in Ibadan, Yoruba country, 1850's
Iwo Road1, Ibadan, Oyo State
Front view of Mapo Hall, Ibadan
Cocoa House, Ibadan
Bower Memorial Tower
University of Ibadan
New railway station in Ibadan, artistic impression
Railway network of Nigeria 2021
Archbishop Ayo Lidigbolu House
Ayefele music house
Bower towers
Bower towers gate
bowers towers, Ibadan
Cocoa Dome, Dupe Ibadan
Crown Trust Plaza
Dugbe roundabout, Ibadan
Havsns Royale hall and event centre
Ibadan brow roofs
Kudi Avenue
Ring road
Mobolaji Johnson house
Kola Daisi University city building
Maharaji village
Molete baptist church
Ibadan ring road
Oba Adessoji Adereni house
Specialist hospital
High court of Justice
Presbyterian church
Stadium
Shooprite
St. Annes Church
Sango Ojurin Market
Symentry, Bodija road
Ventura mall

Ibadan (, ; Ìbàdàn) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria.

Yoruba Copper mask for King Obalufon, Ife, Nigeria c. 1300 C.E.

Ifẹ

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Yoruba Copper mask for King Obalufon, Ife, Nigeria c. 1300 C.E.
Solomon's knot, a quasi-heraldic symbol of Yoruba royalty.
Terracotta head representing Ooni or King of Ife, 12th to 16th century
A sculpture of an Ife king or dignitary in the collection of the Ethnological Museum of Berlin

Ifẹ̀ (Ifẹ̀, also Ilé-Ifẹ̀) is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.