location: WEST AFRICA / bordering Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea, and Benin.

capital: Abuja, population 0.8 million, but the real economic capital is Lagos, population 8 million (5% of the total).

population: 155 million

languages: English (official), Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba

religion: Sunni Moslem and Christian

currency: Nigerian Naira (NGN)