NIGERIA

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• Nearly 600 prisoners escaped in a jailbreak in Nigeria's capital city, following an attack on Islamic extremist rebels.
• The rebels attacked the prison with “very high-grade explosives,” killing one guard on duty.
• According to the official source, the name of the rebel group was “Boko Haram”.
• The extremists' violence by rebel groups is the most serious security challenge in Nigeria.

Nigeria

• Nigeria is officially known as the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
• It is a country in West Africa.
• It is geographically situated between the Sahel in the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the south in the Atlantic Ocean.
• It is the most populous country in the African continent and the world’s 7th-most populous country.
• Nigeria shares borders with:
  • Niger in the North.
  • Chad in the North-East.
  • Cameroon in the East.
  • Benin in the West.
• Nigeria is inhabited by more than 250 ethnic groups speaking 500 distinct languages.
• The three largest ethnic groups are;
  • Hausa in the North.
  • Yoruba in the West.
  • Igbo in the east
• The official language is English.
• It is a regional power in Africa and an emerging global power.
• Nigeria's economy is the largest in Africa.
• Nigeria is the 12th largest producer of petroleum in the world, Petroleum accounting for 40% of GDP and 80% of government earnings.
• Nigeria also has a huge reserve of underexploited mineral resources including coal, bauxite, tantalite, gold, tin, iron ore, limestone, niobium, lead and zinc.
  • Despite huge deposits of natural resources, the mining industry is underdeveloped in Nigeria.

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