Federal Republic of Nigeria
Capital city: Abuja
Area: 923 763 square km
National day: 1st October
Independence: 1st October 1960 from British Rule
Population: 122.2 million as of 2000
Leader: Olusegun Obasanjo as at 29 May 1999. Born in 1937
Language: Igbo, Urhobo, Hausa, Yoruba, Ibibio, Fulfulde, Edo, Pidgin English, Ijaw, Kanuri, and Tiv
Currency: Nigerian naira