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NIGERIA REPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country in West Africa and the most populous country on the African continent. Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north, and borders the Gulf of Guinea in the south.

Since 1991, its capital has been the centrally-located city of Abuja; previously, the Nigerian government was headquartered in Lagos. The highest point in Nigeria is Chappal Waddi at 2,419 m.

Nigeria has a varied landscape. From the Obudu Hills in the southeast through the beaches in the south, the rainforest, the Lagos estuary and savanna in the middle and southwest of the country and the Sahel and the encroaching Sahara Desert in the extreme north.

Nigeria's main rivers are the Niger, the Benue which converge and empty out in the Niger Delta, one of the world's largest river deltas. Nigeria is also an important centre for biodiversity. It is widely believed that the areas surrounding Calabar, Cross River State contain the world's largest diversity of butterflies. The drill monkey is only found in the wild in Southeast Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon.

The climate varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north. The country covers an area of 923,768 square kilometers.

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Date of independence 1 October 1960
Capital Ab
Population 131,859,731
Major languages English(official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulani
Major religions Islam 50%,Christian 40%,indegenious beliefs 10%
Life expectancy

Total population: 47.08 years
Male: 46.52 years
Female: 47.66 years (2006 est.)
Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 68%
Male: 75.7%
Female: 60.6% (2003 est.)
Monetary unit 1 Nigerian naira =100 Kobo
Major exports Petroleum and petroleum products 95%,cocoa,rubber
GDP Purchasing Power Parity $174.1 billion (2005 est.)
GDP Per Capita $1,400 (2005 est.)
Goverment type Republican
President Obasanjo Olusegun
Judicial Branch Supreme court, Appeals Court; High Court
T.I Corruption Index Rank 142 Worldwide with a score of 2.2 out of 10

 

PARLIAMENT

Bicameral National Assembly consists of a Senate (109 seats); 3 from each state plus 1 from Abuja. Members elected by popular vote to serve four year terms. House of Representatives (360 seats); members elected by popular vote to serve four year terms.

ELECTIONS

President is elected by popular vote for a four-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 19 April 2003 (next to be held April 2007)

The Senate last held 12 April 2003 (next to be held in 2007); House of Representatives - last held 12 April 2003 (next to be held in 2007)

POLITICAL PARTIES

The ruling party is the Peoples Democratic Party or PDP.

Opposition led by:

  • All Nigeria Peoples' Party or ANPP;

  • Alliance for Democracy or AD;

  • All Progressives Grand Alliance or APGA;

  • National Democratic Party or NDP;

  • Peoples Redemption Party or PRP;

  • Peoples Salvation Party or PSP;

  • United Nigeria Peoples Party or UNPP

 

Source of all data: CIA World Fact and Wikipedia