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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