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Text or other creative content from this version of Nigeria was copied or moved into Nigerian weather and communications satellites with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

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October 1, 2004, October 1, 2005, October 1, 2006, October 1, 2007, October 1, 2008, October 1, 2009, October 1, 2010, October 1, 2011, October 1, 2012, October 1, 2013, October 1, 2014, October 1, 2015, and October 1, 2016

Section sizes

Section size for Nigeria (56 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	17,655	17,655	482	482
Etymology	1,733	1,733	113	113
History	72	66,081	0	4,600
Prehistory	4,627	4,627	159	159
Early history	5,498	5,498	379	379
Pre-colonial era	10,058	10,058	703	703
British colonisation and independence	10,543	10,543	948	948
Early republic and civil war	13,480	13,480	1,029	1,029
Military dictatorship and coups	6,639	6,639	636	636
1999–present	15,164	15,164	746	746
Geography	5,688	22,462	396	1,309
Hydrology	3,203	3,203	281	281
Vegetation	1,224	1,224	154	154
Environmental issues	12,347	12,347	478	478
Politics	95	29,464	0	1,777
Government	4,252	4,252	309	309
Administrative divisions	3,369	3,369	131	131
Law	3,323	3,323	47	47
Foreign relations	9,004	9,004	561	561
Military	2,819	2,819	204	204
Communal conflicts	6,602	6,602	525	525
Economy	9,239	57,456	382	2,632
Agriculture	9,111	9,111	302	302
Oil and natural gas	9,063	9,063	413	413
Energy	2,216	3,349	242	345
Electricity	1,133	1,133	103	103
Manufacturing and technology	9,307	9,307	275	275
Internet and telecommunications	3,594	3,594	139	139
Tourism	3,137	3,137	229	229
Transport	2,282	10,656	110	547
Roads	3,922	3,922	165	165
Rail transport	622	622	63	63
Air transport	3,830	3,830	209	209
Demographics	8,304	57,198	359	2,819
Languages	4,356	4,356	283	283
Religion	9,012	9,012	408	408
Health	8,530	8,530	474	474
Education	3,060	3,060	225	225
Crime	6,449	6,449	367	367
Poverty	2,937	2,937	163	163
Human rights	14,550	14,550	540	540
Culture	87	27,457	0	1,642
Architecture	2,682	2,682	247	247
Literature	1,409	1,409	121	121
Music	5,581	5,581	290	290
Cinema	6,612	6,612	285	285
Festival	1,151	1,151	80	80
Cuisine	952	952	101	101
Fashion	1,352	1,352	111	111
Sports	7,631	7,631	407	407
See also	88	88	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	44	670	0	0
Bibliography	626	626	0	0
Further reading	2,388	2,388	0	0
External links	1,879	1,879	0	0
Total	284,557	284,557	15,374	15,374

Official languages

Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Per Languages of Nigeria French is also an official language. ~2026-36232-39 (talk) 08:28, 22 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Fixed Moxy🍁 14:06, 22 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 20 September 2026

Latest comment: 19 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Rommywill (talk) 01:52, 20 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

To correct factual information.

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. crtbob@talk:~$ ls contribs 02:14, 20 September 2026 (UTC)Reply