Nigeria

Overview

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and marginalization in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean.

Colonial-era borders meet 21st century indigenous displacement in West Africa’s Bakassi Peninsula

‘Landslide Victory’ for Ogoni Farmers as Court Rules Against Shell

Stolen land: Nigerian villagers want their land back from Wilmar

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