Nigeria
Nigeria is West Africa's powerhouse — Africa's most populous nation (~230M) and largest economy by GDP. It's a loud, vibrant, complex country of 250+ ethnic groups, dominant among them the Hausa-Fulani (north), Yoruba (southwest), and Igbo (southeast).
Cities & regions
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Abeokuta is the capital of Ogun State in southwestern Nigeria, roughly 110 km north of Lagos (1.5-2 hours by road, about 1 hour by train). Its name is Yoruba…
Open guideAbuja is Nigeria's purpose-built federal capital, set in the geographic centre of the country on the savanna plateau of the Federal Capital Territory. It rep…
Open guideBenin City is the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria and the seat of the Benin Kingdom, one of the oldest and most powerful states in African history.…
Open guideIbadan is the capital of Oyo State and the great Yoruba city of southwestern Nigeria, sprawling over a landscape of low hills about 130 km northeast of Lagos…
Open guideKaduna is the capital of Kaduna State and one of the major commercial and administrative cities of northwestern Nigeria, sitting on the Kaduna River about 2.…
Open guideKano is the largest city in northern Nigeria and the historic commercial capital of Hausaland, a walled trans-Saharan trading city that has been doing busine…
Open guideMaiduguri is the capital of Borno State and the largest city of northeastern Nigeria, standing on the Sahel plain within reach of the Lake Chad basin. It is…
Open guidePort Harcourt, universally shortened to PH, is the capital of Rivers State and the centre of Nigeria's oil and gas industry, set on the creeks of the Niger D…
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