The Nigerian Merchant Navy is not a legally recognized body, but the senior officers are represented by the Merchant Navy Officers ' and Water Transport Senior Staff Association.

The Nigerian Navy ( NN ) is the sea branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

* MEKO 360H1 Aradu ( F89 ) for the Nigerian Navy

These men formed the Supreme Military Council with Brigadier B. A. O Ogundipe, Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon, Chief of Staff Army HQ, Commodore J. E. A. Wey, Head of Nigerian Navy, Lt. Col. George T. Kurubo, Head of Air Force, Col. Sittu Alao.

On May 28, 1998, the company provided helicopter transport to the Nigerian Navy and Mobile Police ( MOPOL ) to their Parabe oil platform which had been occupied by villagers who accused the company of contaminating their land.

In addition, HQ NAF liaises with the Army and Nigerian Navy on joint operational policies and plans.

Waters, Zee, Doc ( Paul Francis ), and Red ( Cole Hauser ) rise from the grass as Navy helicopters land in Cameroon, opposite the Nigerian border fence gate.

Babatunde Odufuwa ( of Oke-Aye in Ijebu North East Local Government, Off Senbora ), Chairman of Lagos City Polytechnic, Ikeja and corporate giants like Afeez Ajibowu, the Nigeria Sales Director of the American Multinational SC Johnson, Ayo Komolafe, the Director, Membership services of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria and Kunle Adebiyi, Sales Director, Visafone Nigeria, Peter Olawale Odetayo, Artist-CEO Artwithinme Media Concept, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti ( Afrobeat Creator, Music Legend, Political activist ) Rtd Rear-Admiral Adebimpe Adewunmi ( Nigerian Navy ) among others

Ships are now often deploying to aid regional African navies, of which the most important in the region is the Nigerian Navy.

Kabbah's government was revived nine months later as the military-rebel junta was removed by troops of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) under the command of the Nigerian led ECOMOG ( ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group ) and loyal civil and military defence forces, notably the Kamajors led by Samuel Hinga Norman.

In March the Nigerian General Sumaila Ilya took over the command of the force.

Its main creator was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who gave it its name, who used it to revolutionise musical structure as well as the political context in his native Nigeria.

He was also the author of several publications on the political structure and future prospects of Nigeria, the most prominent of which are Path to Nigerian Freedom, Thoughts on the Nigerian Constitution, and Strategies and Tactics of the People's Republic of Nigeria.

The Annangs have been overlooked in the current state structure in the Nigerian system through which the country's oil wealth is shared.

Lagos, Nigeria has grown from 300, 000 in 1950 to an estimated 12. 5 million today, and the Nigerian government estimates that the city will have expanded to 25 million residents by 2015.

It has been said without confirmation that both Gowon and Ojukwu had knowledge of the huge oil reserves in the Niger Delta area, which today has grown to be the mainstay of the Nigerian economy.

Hancock maintains that Guinea Coast Creole English ultimately gave rise to the pidgin and creole languages spoken in West Africa today, such as the Aku language in the Gambia, Sierra Leone Krio, Nigerian Pidgin English, Cameroonian Pidgin English, etc.

Nigerian Air Force Headquarters ( HQ NAF ) consist of the office of the Chief of the Air Staff and 6 staff branches namely ; Policy and Plans Branch, Operations Branch, Logistics Branch, Administration Branch, Inspections Branch and Air Secretary Branch.

However, EB ( for short ) also has a few important buildings including The Nigerian Railway Corporation Headquarters, Post Offices, St Paul's Catholic Church, the famous Oyingbo market, a major bus terminal, Foucos Secondary School ( a school built by the former minister for education ), Junior Strides Academy, Ajayi Memorial Hospital, and shops of all types.

* May7ven, Nigerian born UK based musician

The Nigerian legal system is based on the English common law and the constitution guarantees freedom of religion and separation

* Nigerian Breweries, a beverage company based in Nigeria

This has been used to devastating effect most recently to target Nigerian IP addresses due to the perception that all business emanating from the country is fraudulent, thus making it extremely difficult for legitimate businesses based in the country to interact with their counterparts in the rest of the world.

Baobab for Women's Human Rights, an NGO based in Nigeria, took up her case, which was argued by Nigerian lawyers trained in both secular and Sharia law.

Nigerian Pidgin is a pidgin language spoken in Nigeria, based on English.

Radio Biafra, alternatively the Voice of Biafra ( formerly the Eastern Nigerian Broadcasting Service ), was based in Enugu ; it was from here that the Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, broadcast speeches and propaganda to Biafrans and to the rest of Nigeria.

Kélé is based around three deities, Eshu, Shango and Ogun, and is similar to the Nigerian Ogun festival.

The modern email version of this scam, known variously as the " Nigerian scam ", " Nigerian All-Stars ," etc., because it is typically based in Nigeria, is an advance fee fraud.

The Nigerian Islamic umbrella association Jama ’ atu Nasril Islam is based in the city.

Aero Contractors Company of Nigeria Limited, known as Aero Contractors or simply " Aero ", is a Nigerian airline based at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.

Another Nigerian playwright, Duro Ladipo, had already written a play in the Yoruba language based on this incident, called Oba waja ( The King is Dead ).

These are based on Nigerian melodies that gave a special appeal to the Black members of his congregation in the early years of migration from Africa and the Caribbean.

Enyimba International Football Club, or simply Enyimba, is a Nigerian football ( soccer ) club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Premier League.

Though this dance was believed to be based on the Yoruba dance from Badagry because the Yoruba costume was used, some Yoruba words were used in Agahu songs, and the dance is associated with the Nigerian town Badgry.

Also, there are many Nigerian gospel artists based in other parts of the world whose music has a strong influence on Nigerians, home and abroad.

Training establishments in Nigeria include the initial officer entry Nigerian Defence Academy at Kaduna, the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, and the National War College at Abuja ().

* Nigerian Army Education Corps and School, History of the Nigerian Army 1863 – 1992, Abuja, 1992

Defence attachés from Pakistan and Russia visit the communications tent at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Abuja, Nigeria, on July 21, 2008, during Africa Endeavor 2008.

One of the unique structures of Igbo culture was the Nsude Pyramids, at the Nigerian town of Nsude, in Abuja, northern Igboland.

* Plans to move the Nigerian capital from Lagos to Abuja are approved.

The Nigerian army accorded him the highest military accolade and conducted funeral parade for him in Abuja, Nigeria on 27 February the day his body was flown back to Nigeria from London before his burial on Friday, 2 March 2012.

On 8 June 1998, General Abacha dies at the presidential villa in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

* Alexander Animalu, Emeritus Professor of Physics and former Research Scientist, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ), United States of America ; former President, Nigerian Academy of Science and Director-General, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja

Shonekan was born and raised in Lagos, the former Nigerian capital ( now Abuja ).

Abuja, Nigeria and Dallas: Nigerian Language Development Centre, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, and Summer Institute of Linguistics.

In April 2011 Ethiopian Football Federation has sacked national coach Iffy Onuora just 9 months after he took charge of the Ethiopian national football team following the team ’ s 4-0 defeat at the hands of the Nigerian Green Eagles in Group B of the 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Abuja.

* Nigerian Presidential Complex, Abuja, Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria and Dallas: Nigerian Language Development Centre, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, and Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Abuja, Nigeria and Dallas: Nigerian Language Development Centre, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, and Summer Institute of Linguistics.

The election was declared Nigeria's freest and fairest presidential election by national and international observers, with Abiola even winning in his Northern opponent's home state. Abiola won at the national capital, Abuja, the military polling stations, and over two-thirds of Nigerian states.

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport is an international airport located in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria, and is the main airport serving the Nigerian capital city.

On 29 October 2006 a passenger plane, crashed near the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

The language is also widely spoken in the Nigerian States of Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa as well as the FCT Abuja.

The language is also widely spoken in the Nigerian States of Plateau, Taraba, Nasarawa, cross rivers as well as the FCT Abuja.

* A Nigerian airliner Bellview Airlines Flight 210, a Boeing 737 aircraft, with 117 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Lagos en route to the capital Abuja.