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Nigeria
Geography
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"The giant of Africa" > most populous country in Africa 188,462,640 20 % of the African population, 7th largest coutnry in the world in pop
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Delta region
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Oil extraction carried out by foreign firms (Chevron, Exxon-Mobil, Total and Agrip) neither are represented in the national assembly on a large scale.
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History
Independence 1960
Obafemi Awolowo : "a mere geographical expression, not a nation"
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Since 1999: Sharia Law in12 Northern States. Amina Lawal > condemned to death by stoning for adultery, Sharia court of Appeal overturned the judgment
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Violence in Nigeria
2016 Agatu massacre (Fulani Herdsmen). 500 ppl killed, school, health centers, workship centers destroyed
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1995 execution of ken Saro-Wiwa (right and environmental activist) and 8 other Ogoni men. Nigeria suspended for Commnwealth...
Economy
Since 2015 nigeria has been the world's 28th largest economy and in 2014 it overtook south africa as the largest economy in Africa
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