A territorial dispute with Mali was mediated by Ghana and Nigeria, which has led to lessening of tensions between the two nations.

However, the area has aroused considerable interest from oil companies in the light of the discovery of rich reserves of high grade crude oil elsewhere in Nigeria.

UN has said that up to 20, 000 people left the region, taking refuge in nearby Cameroon and Nigeria.

Delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, has been completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.

In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.

In other cases, such as the Nupe of Nigeria, the Beni Amer of East Africa, and the Tira of Sudan, the exclusionary principle has been driven by evolving social factors.

Equatorial Guinea has warmer relations with Nigeria, and the Nigerian President made an official visit to Malabo in 2001.

Hausa is also spoken various parts of Cameroon and Chad, which combined the mixed dialects of Northern Nigeria and Niger Republic, French has made a great influence in the way Hausa is spoken by the native Hausa speakers.

Non-native speakers of Hausa number around 25 million, and in some areas live close to native Hausa. Hausa has replaced many other languages especially in the North Central and North Eastern part of Nigeria, and continue gaining popularity in other parts of Africa as a result of Hausa movies and musics which spread out throughout the region.

* Indonesia has an embassy in Abuja and Nigeria has an embassy in Jakarta.

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

matches the gauge of the regional powerhouse of Nigeria, although Nigeria has ambitious plans to convert to.

A feasibility study on has been carried out by consultants Team ( Nig ) Ltd of Nigeria ; the only obstacle now is the lack of funds.

An agreement has been completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.

Archaeological research, pioneered by Thurstan Shaw and Steve Daniels, has shown that people were already living in southwestern Nigeria ( specifically Iwo-Eleru ) as early as 9000 BC and perhaps earlier at Ugwuelle-Uturu ( Okigwe ) in southeastern Nigeria, where microliths were used.

The Tropical rainforest climate has a very small temperature range. The temperature ranges are almost constant throughout the year, for example, Warri town in the southern part of Nigeria, records a maximum of for its hottest month while its lowest temperature is in its coldest month.

Abuja, Nigeria's capital city found in central Nigeria, has a temperature range of to, and an annual rainfall of about with a single rainfall maxima in September.

Nigeria, like the rest of West Africa and other tropical lands, has only two seasons.

Nigeria has experienced a population explosion for at least the last 50 years due to very high fertility rates, quadrupling its population during this time.

The National Assembly of Nigeria has two chambers.

Although much has been made of its status as a major exporter of oil, Nigeria produces only about 2. 7 % of the world's supply.

The largely subsistence agricultural sector has not kept up with rapid population growth, and Nigeria, once a large net exporter of food, now imports a large quantity of its food products.

Nigeria also has played a leading role in forging an anti-terrorism consensus among states in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Polyrhythms, in which two or more separate beats are played simultaneously, are a part of much of traditional African music ; Nigeria is no exception.

The drum was originally played by the Yoruba people of Nigeria and was carved out of a solid log of wood.

In the cultural history of Nigeria complex rituals also played a large part in the daily life of the people.

Ba-awa is related to games j ' erin and obridjie played in Nigeria.

In the next game, Sweden played Nigeria.

Canada lost to England and Norway and drew with Nigeria at the tournament played in Sweden.

He played for Yugoslavia in 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic games in group D matches against Brazil, Australia and Nigeria.

* Sakara drum, an instrument played by the Yoruba and Hausa peoples of Nigeria.

In 1999, he played at the World Youth Cup in Nigeria, where the Republic reached the last 16 before going out on penalties to the hosts.

The xalam is commonly played in Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Western Sahara ; it is also known in other languages as bappe, diassare, hoddu ( Pulaar ), koliko ( Gurunsi ), kologo ( Frafra ), komsa, kontigi ( Hausa ), koni, konting ( Mandinka ), molo ( Songhay / Zarma ), ndere, ngoni ( Bambara ), and tidinit ( Hassaniyya Arabic ).

The two winners born outside the country — Mutombo in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Olajuwon in Nigeria — both played U. S. college basketball ( Mutombo at Georgetown and Olajuwon at Houston ).

However, as Prime Minister of Nigeria, he played important roles in the continent's formative indigenous rule.

Antal Dunai's team played its first group match against Nigeria and lost to 1-0 in Orlando, in the United States.

This was one of the many instruments imported from the Americas to Africa, which continue to be played to this day, in various forms and styles, particularly in the countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ghana and Nigeria.

After playing other colonies in unofficial games since the 1930s, Nigeria played its first official game in October 1949, while still a British colony.

In the second round Nigeria played Italy and took the lead with a goal from Amunike at 25 min.

The ground's current capacity is 3, 185, of which 389 are seated, but in 1949, Marine played host to Nigeria at Rossett Park, and the crowd on that day was over 4, 000.

The city has played a lasting role in the Christian evangelism of the Southeast of Nigeria since the British brought the Church Missionary Society ( CMS ), an evangelism vehicle of then Church of England used to plant what today has become the Anglican Church of Nigeria.

Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie ( 20 May 1846 – 20 August 1925 ) was a Manx administrator who played a major role in the founding of Nigeria.

Although mostly a backup to Tim Howard, Rimando played for the United States at the 1999 World Youth Championship in Nigeria.

* Abakuá, asecret society with roots in eastern Nigeria, and the style of music played by its members.