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Time: UTC+1
Area: 923,768km ²
Population: 154,729,000
Currency: Naira (NGN)
Capital: Abuja
Official language: English
Geography: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
Borders: Benin (773 km), Cameroon (1,690 km), Chad (87 km), Niger (1,497 km)
Government: Presidential Federal republic
President: Goodluck Jonathan (since 2010)
Parliament: bicameral; National Assembly consists of the Senate (109 seats, 3 from each state plus 1 from Abuja; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and House of Representatives (360 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
Military: Service voluntary from 18 years of age
Religion: Muslim (50%), Christian (40%), indigenous beliefs (10%)
Demographics: Nigeria has 36 states
Exports: petroleum and petroleum products (95%), cocoa, rubber
Export partners: US (42%), Brazil (9.5%), India (9%), Spain (7.3%), France (5.1%)
Imports: machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
Import partners: China (16.1%), Netherlands (11.3%), US (9.8%), UK (6.2%), South Korea (6.1%), France (5.1%), Germany (4.4%)
Economy: Nigeria's oil sector provides about 95% of foreign exchange earnings and about 80% of budgetary revenues
Electricity consumption/production/exports/imports: 19.21 billion kWh, 21.92 billion kWh, 0 kWh, 0 kWh
Oil consumption/production/exports/imports: 286,000 b/d, 1.825 million b/d, 2.327 million b/d, 170,000 b/d
Natural gas consumption/production/exports/imports: 12.28 billion m³, 32.82 billion m³, 20.55 billion m³, 0 m³
Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land
Agriculture: cocoa, peanuts, cotton, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, timber, fish
Concerns: illicit drugs, money-laundering, corruption and criminal activity.

* All the above data is selected from statistical review journals, published in the latter part of 2008/9. Therefore, please note that some facts/figures may vary according to source/time of documentation.