Nigeria, together with Congo Democratic Republic, boasts of the highest number of priests in Africa.

In some ways they represent a stronger opposition because they have the backing of many member provinces of the Anglican Communion and, in some cases, are or have been missionary jurisdictions of such provinces of the Communion as the Churches of Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, and the Southern Cone of America.

The Elgin Marbles, Benin Bronzes and the Rosetta Stone are among the most disputed objects in its collections, and organisations have been formed demanding the return of these artefacts to their native countries of Greece, Nigeria and Egypt respectively.

Nigeria and Cameroon have disputed the possession of Bakassi for some years, leading to considerable tension between the two countries.

The Aro Confederacy of Nigeria may have had presence in western ( later called British ) Cameroon due to migration in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Although prepared for an armed conflict with Nigeria in recent years, the Cameroon Army does not have operational experience against other forces, therefore, it is not possible to assess its ability to respond to changing threats and opposing tactics.

Population censuses have been taken in Nigeria during colonial time in 1866, 1871, 1896, 1901, 1911, 1921 and 1952.

Mexico, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Bangladesh, China, Sri Lanka, Laos, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Guinea, Ghana and the Côte d ' Ivoire, have lost large areas of their rainforest.

They may also have disappeared from Angola, Mali, and Nigeria, but have been introduced to Rwanda and Swaziland.

Outbreaks of the disease have been observed in Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Central African Republic, but it is believed that human infections also exist in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, and Senegal.

According to Eichenwald, preceding the investigation Whitacre was scammed by a group in Nigeria in an advance fee fraud, and suggests that Whitacre's losses in the scam may have been the initial reason behind his embezzlement activity at ADM.

There have been several decades of unresolved discussions regarding the delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake Chad between Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon.

In the middle of the dry season around December, a dusty wind from the Sahara Desert called the harmattan enters Nigeria from the northeastern part of the country blocking sun rays partially from shining and also creating haze in the atmosphere, this activities of the wind lowers temperatures considerably saving inhabitants for sometime, from the scorching heat that would have occurred as a result of clearer skies during the dry season.

Previously hindered by years of mismanagement, economic reforms of the past decade have put Nigeria back on track towards achieving its full economic potential.

The Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA ) is responsible for managing Nigeria ’ s ports, some of which have fallen behind international standards in terms of the quality of facilities and operational efficiency.

The Nigeria Police Force and troops have served in places like UNIPOM ( UN India-Pakistan Observer mission ) 1965, UNIFIL in Lebanon 1978, the UN observer mission, UNIIMOG supervising the Iran-Iraq ceasefire in 1988, former Yugoslavia 1998, East Timor 1999, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUC ) 2004.

Although officially denied by the Nigerian government, Nigeria is known to have also provided secret military training at the Kaduna first mechanized army division and provided other material support to Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe's guerrilla forces during the Rhodesian Bush War ( Renamed Zimbabwe in 1979 ) of independence against white minority rule of Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith which was armed and financed by the regime in South Africa.

Although her economy and technology could not have supported it, Nigeria announced to a bewildered international community that she was launching a nuclear program of " unlimited scope " of her own.

However, Nigeria and Ghana have a close relationship, and they collaborate on various issues.

The bilateral relations between the Republic of India and the Federal Republic of Nigeria have considerably expanded in recent years with both nations building strategic and commercial ties.

* Currently the Barbadian Government does not have foreign accreditation for Nigeria, however the Nigerian Government has said that it was highly desirous of Barbados establishing an embassy directly to Nigeria.

Brazil and Nigeria for centuries, have enjoyed a warmly friendly, and strong relationship on the bases of culture ( seeing as many Afro-Brazilians trace their ancestry to Nigeria ,) and commercial trade.

Nigeria has played a central role in the ECOWAS efforts to end the civil war in Liberia and contributed the bulk of the ECOWAS peacekeeping forces sent there in 1990.

Between 1885 and 1914, Britain brought nearly 30 % of Africa's population under its control, to 15 % for France, 9 % for Germany, 7 % for Belgium and 1 % for Italy: Nigeria alone contributed 15 million subjects to Britain, more than in the whole of French West Africa, or the entire German colonial empire.

Countries that contributed troops to UNAMIR throughout its existence were: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, India, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

It has contributed immensely in legal education in Nigeria.

Though the African slaves had various ethnic origins, the Bantu and Guinean-Sudanese groups contributed by far to most of the borrowings, above all the Kimbundu ( from Angola ), Kikongo ( from Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ), Yoruba / Nagô ( from Nigeria ), and Jeje / Ewe language ( from Benin ).

Then, New Rice for Africa ( NERCA ) which is high-yielding and well adapting to the African conditions was developed and contributed to the food security in sub-Saharan regions including Congo Brazzaville, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Togo and Uganda.

Saintfiet had been in charge for three African Nations Cup qualifiers, including a 2-2 draw with Nigeria that contributed to the Super Eagles missing out on African Nations Cup qualification.

He contributed a chapter " Democratization Process and Good Governance In Nigeria: An Essay in Honor of Professor Olajide Aluko " a chapter in " Nigeria in Global Politics: 20th Century and Beyond.

When the Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria was formed in 1963, the CPN denounced it as " the latest effort in a long series of opportunist and egoistic acts which have contributed much towards disrupting the Socialist movement in Nigeria.

It is note worthy to mention here that the afore mentioned people contributed in part to the development of Ilaro town as either moralist worthy of emulation, educators, devoters of religion, principal of secondary schools in Ilaro, former sole administrators / governor, former speaker of the Ogun state house of assembly, Minister of State for Education, secretary to the Yewa south local government, Philanthropists, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, gubernitorial candidate, member of the house of assembly, as the case may be.

Blacks from Mali, Nigeria and Senegal are mostly Sunnite Muslims, but do not make up more than 1-2 % of the population.

* 2012 – A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.

This plan has been moderately well received, although more powerful would-be participants such as Nigeria and South Africa are skeptical.

There are more than 125 Campus Lions clubs in the world including nearly 2, 500 members on college and university campuses in Australia, Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda, United States, Venezuela, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Ghana-Lions KNUST.

* 2004 – Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by Christians in Nigeria.

* 2002 – An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.

The northern region of the country, consisting of 3 / 4 of the land area and more than half the population of Nigeria.

The sun's rays enters into the atmosphere of Nigeria more intense than it does during the presence of the Tropical continental airmass, which contained dust ( in form of haze ) that reduced the intensity of the sun.

Nigeria is also seeking a rail link with Cameroon, but discussions are more contentious in the aftermath of the International Court of Justice ’ s October 2002 verdict in favor of Cameroon on the issue of control of the Bakasi Peninsula.

In 2004 Nigeria ’ s Federal Roads Maintenance Agency ( FERMA ) began to patch the 32, 000-kilometre federal roads network, and in 2005 FERMA initiated a more substantial rehabilitation.

The Nigerian Navy command structure today consists of the Naval Headquarters based in Abuja, two operational commands with headquarters in Lagos and Calabar, two training commands with headquarters in Lagos but with training facilities spread all over Nigeria, two operational bases, five forward operational bases ( with two more soon to come on stream ), two dockyards located in Lagos and Port Harcourt and two fleets based in Lagos and Calabar.

Though Nigeria never sent an expeditionary force in that struggle, it offered more than rhetoric to the African National Congress ( ANC ) by taking a committed tough line with regard to the racist regime and their incursions in southern Africa.

The Babangida regime joined the Organisation of the Islamic Conference ( OIC, now the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ), though President Obasanjo has indicated he might reconsider Nigeria's membership. comments are being made for Nigeria to establish more bilateral relations

Nigeria has pushed for more investment from Barbadian companies and investors and the in 2008 for the establishment of direct flights between both nations.

* 1997 – In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.

* January 27 – Several explosions at a military dump in Lagos, Nigeria kill more than 1, 000.

* November 22 – In Nigeria, more than 100 are killed at an attack aimed at the Miss World contestants.

The investigation for the case revealed that Daimler improperly paid some $ 56 million in bribes related to more than 200 transactions in at least 22 countries ( including China, Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Greece, Latvia, Serbia and Montenegro, Egypt and Nigeria, among other places ) that, in return, awarded the company $ 1. 9 billion in revenue and at least $ 91. 4 million in illegal profits.

The magnitude of the crisis — made worse by widespread bush fires that devastated crop production in 1983 – 1984 and by the return of more than one million Ghanaians who had been expelled from Nigeria in 1983, which had intensified the unemployment situation — called for monetary assistance from institutions with bigger financial chests.

" Lake Chad is economically important, providing water to more than 30 million people living in the four countries surrounding it ( Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria ) on the edge of the Sahara Desert.

In Nigeria, for example, more than $ 400 billion was stolen from the treasury by Nigeria's leaders between 1960 and 1999.

Oral history of the Oyo-Yoruba recounts the coming of the Oba Oduduwa from the east, sometimes understood by some sources as the " vicinity " of Mecca, but more likely signifying the region of Ekiti and Okun sub-communities in northeastern Yorubaland / central Nigeria.

Migrationists believe Oduduwa was a local emissary from an all too earthly place, said to recount the coming of Oduduwa from the east, sometimes understood by some sources as the " vicinity " of Mecca, but more likely signifying the region of Ekiti and Okun sub-communities in northeastern Yorubaland / central Nigeria.