Nigeria

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Capital: Abuja Government: Federal Presidential Republic Current President: Muhammadu Buhari Economy: Oil-rich Nigeria has been hobbled by political instability, corruption, inadequate infrastructure and poor macroeconomic management. Since 2007, economic reforms have begun to positively affect the overall GDP. Population: 203,452,505 (2018) Land Size: 923,768 sq km (356,669 sq miles) Major Ethnic Groups: Hausa and Fulani: 29% Yoruba: 21% Igbo (Ibo): 18% Ijaw: 10% Kanuri: 4% Ibibio: 3.5% Tiv: 2.5%

Religions: Muslim: 50% Christian: 40% Indigenous African Religions: 10% Language(s): English (official) Hausa Yoruba Igbo (Ibo) Fulani Over 500 additional indigenous languages Links: CIA World Fact Book: Nigeria U.S. Department of State: Nigeria BBC News: Nigeria Nigerian Embassy in the U.S. The Guardian The Punch Vanguard

RECENT NEWS

• Thu - Apr 25, 2019: World Malaria Day - WHO, U.S. Call for More Efforts to Tackle Disease - AllAfrica News: Nigeria
  [Premium Times] In commemoration of the 2019 World Malaria Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for renewed political commitment to eliminate the disease.
• Thu - Apr 25, 2019: Assessing Private Sector's Involvement in Boosting Healthcare - AllAfrica News: Nigeria
  [Leadership] PATIENCE IHEJIRIKA takes a cursory look at the private sector's engagement in strengthening Nigeria's health sector in a bid to compliment government's efforts.
• Thu - Apr 25, 2019: NSCDC Boss Orders Psychological Test, Security Profiling of Personnel - AllAfrica News: Nigeria
  [Premium Times] Abdullahi Gana, the Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has directed the agency's Forensic Psychology unit to work out a timetable for security profiling and psychological test of all personnel.
• Thu - Apr 25, 2019: Jordyn Woods Opens Up On Bullying After Tristan/Kardashian Saga - AllAfrica News: Nigeria
  [Leadership] American releality star, Jordyn Woods says she understood "what it's like being a black woman, after going through intense bullying following her Tristan/ Kardashian saga.
• Thu - Apr 25, 2019: Prison Inmate Who Delivered Twins Dies in Calabar Hospital - AllAfrica News: Nigeria
  [Leadership] Calabar -A Calabar prison inmate (name withheld) who delivered twins last week at the Calabar General Hospital is dead even as prisons authorities debunked allegations in some quarters that the inmate put to bed within the walls of the prison.