Nigeria

total:

13.11 cu km/yr (31%/15%/54%)

per capita:

89.21 cu m/yr (2005)

• soil degradation;
• rapid deforestation;
• urban air and water pollution;
• desertification;
• oil pollution - water, air, and soil;
• has suffered serious damage from oil spills;
• loss of arable land;
• rapid urbanization

party to:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

noun:

Nigerian(s)

adjective:

Nigerian

• Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups;
• the following are the most populous and politically influential:
  • Hausa and Fulani 29%,
  • Yoruba 21%,
  • Igbo (Ibo) 18%,
  • Ijaw 10%,
  • Kanuri 4%,
  • Ibibio 3.5%,
  • Tiv 2.5%

at birth:

1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years:

1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years:

1.05 male(s)/female

25-54 years:

0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years:

0.85 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.85 male(s)/female

total population:

1.01 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

total number:

11,396,823

percentage:

29 % (2007 est.)

conventional long form:

Federal Republic of Nigeria

conventional short form:

Nigeria

name:

Abuja

geographic coordinates:

9 05 N, 7 32 E

time difference:

UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

• several previous;
• latest adopted 5 May 1999, effective 29 May 1999;
• amended 2010 (2010)

chief of state:

• President Goodluck JONATHAN (since 5 May 2010, acting since 9 February 2010);
• Vice President Mohammed Namadi SAMBO (since 19 May 2010);
• note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government;
• JONATHAN assumed the presidency on 5 May 2010 following the death of President YAR'ADUA;
• JONATHAN was declared Acting President on 9 February 2010 by the National Assembly during the extended illness of the former president

head of government:

President Goodluck JONATHAN (since 5 May 2010, acting since 9 February 2010); Vice President Mohammed Namadi SAMBO (since 19 May 2010)

cabinet:

Federal Executive Council; (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website)

elections:

president elected by popular vote for a four-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 16 April 2011 (next to be held in April 2015)

election results:

Goodluck JONATHAN elected president; percent of vote - Goodluck JONATHAN 58.9%, Muhammadu BUHARI 32.0%, Nuhu RIBADU 5.4%, Ibrahim SHEKARAU 2.4%, other 1.3%

highest court(s):

Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 15 justices)

judge selection and term of office:

• judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, a 23-member independent body of federal and state judicial officials;
• judge appointments confirmed by the Senate;
• judges serve until age 65

subordinate courts:

• Court of Appeal;
• Federal High Court;
• High Court of the Federal Capital Territory;
• Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory;
• Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory;
• state court system similar in structure to federal system

• Accord Party or ACC [Mohammad Lawal MALADO]
• Action Congress of Nigeria or ACN [Adebisi Bamidele AKANDE]
• All Nigeria Peoples Party or ANPP [Ogbonnaya C. ONU]
• All Progressives Grand Alliance or APGA [Victor C. UMEH]
• Congress for Progressive Change or CPC [Tony MOMOH]
• Democratic Peoples Party or DPP [Jeremiah USENI]
• Labor Party [Umar MUSTAPHA]
• Peoples Democratic Party or PDP [Bamanga TUKUR]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Adebowale Ibidapo ADEFUYE (since 26 March 2010)

chancery:

3519 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

[1] (202) 986-8400

FAX:

[1] (202) 362-6541

consulate(s) general:

Atlanta, New York

chief of mission:

Ambassador James F. ENTWISTLE (since 28 October 2013)

embassy:

Plot 1075 Diplomatic Drive, Central District Area, Abuja

mailing address:

P. O. Box 5760, Garki, Abuja

telephone:

[234] (9) 461-4000

FAX:

[234] (9) 461-4171

• three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green;
• the color green represents the forests and abundant natural wealth of the country, white stands for peace and unity

• cocoa, peanuts, cotton, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber;
• cattle, sheep, goats, pigs;
• timber;
• fish

• crude oil, coal, tin, columbite;
• rubber products, wood;
• hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel

agriculture:

70%

industry:

10%

services:

20% (1999 est.)

lowest 10%:

1.8%

highest 10%:

38.2% (2010 est.)

general assessment:

further expansion and modernization of the fixed-line telephone network is needed; network quality remains a problem

domestic:

• the addition of a second fixed-line provider in 2002 resulted in faster growth but subscribership remains only about 1 per 100 persons;
• mobile-cellular services growing rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network;
• multiple cellular providers operate nationally with subscribership base approaching 60 per 100 persons

international:

• country code - 234;
• landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia;
• satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2010)

• nearly 70 federal government-controlled national and regional TV stations;
• all 36 states operate TV stations;
• several private TV stations operational;
• cable and satellite TV subscription services are available;
• network of federal government-controlled national, regional, and state radio stations;
• roughly 40 state government-owned radio stations typically carry their own programs except for news broadcasts;
• about 20 private radio stations;
• transmissions of international broadcasters are available (2007)

• condensate 124 km;
• gas 4,045 km;
• liquid petroleum gas 164 km;
• oil 4,441 km;
• refined products 3,940 km (2013)

total:

3,505 km

country comparison to the world: 50

narrow gauge:

3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)

total:

193,200 km

country comparison to the world: 27

paved:

28,980 km

unpaved:

164,220 km (2004)

• the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea as high risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships;
• in 2012, 27 commercial vessels were boarded or attacked compared with 10 attacks in 2011;
• crews were robbed and stores or cargoes stolen;
• Nigerian pirates have extended the range of their attacks to as far away as Cote d'Ivoire

males age 16-49:

37,087,711

females age 16-49:

35,232,127 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49:

20,839,976

females age 16-49:

19,867,683 (2010 est.)

male:

1,767,428

female:

1,687,719 (2010 est.)

• Joint Border Commission with Cameroon reviewed 2002 ICJ ruling on the entire boundary and bilaterally resolved differences, including June 2006 Greentree Agreement that immediately cedes sovereignty of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon with a phase-out of Nigerian control within two years while resolving patriation issues;
• the ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, but imprecisely defined coordinates in the ICJ decision and a sovereignty dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River all contribute to the delay in implementation;
• only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries;
• location of Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint is unresolved

refugees (country of origin):

5,299 (Liberia) (2011)

IDPs:

undetermined (communal violence between Christians and Muslims, political violence; flooding; forced evictions; competition for resources; displacement is mostly short-term) (2012)

• a transit point for heroin and cocaine intended for European, East Asian, and North American markets;
• consumer of amphetamines;
• safe haven for Nigerian narcotraffickers operating worldwide;
• major money-laundering center;
• massive corruption and criminal activity;
• Nigeria has improved some anti-money-laundering controls, resulting in its removal from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) Noncooperative Countries and Territories List in June 2006;
• Nigeria's anti-money-laundering regime continues to be monitored by FATF