Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria ranks 54th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lithuania, Latvia, and Chile. Memorable people born in present day Nigeria include Sade, Wole Soyinka, and C. Odumegwu Ojukwu. Memorable people who died in Nigeria include Siad Barre, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, and Murtala Mohammed. Nigeria has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players.

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi). With a population of more than 236 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa. Read more on Wikipedia