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Nigeria

Africa Sovereign state

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Info

Name
Nigeria
Continent
Africa
Country Codes
NGNGA566
Region
Africa
Subregion
Sub-Saharan Africa
Capital
Abuja
Official Language
English
Currency
  • naira (NGN · ₦)
Area
923,768 km²
Political Status
Sovereign state
Head of State
  • Bola Tinubu - President Of Nigeria - Since
Form of Government
Federal Republic

Treaties & organizations

66 recorded memberships

Organization / agreementMembership type
African Development Bank GroupAFDBmember
African UnionAUmember
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of StatesACPmember
CommonwealthCmember
Community of DemocraciesCDmember
Developing EightD-8member
Economic Community of West African StatesECOWASmember
Extractive Industry Transparency InitiativeEITIcompliant country
Food and Agriculture OrganizationFAOmember
Group of 15G-15member
Group of 24G-24member
Group of 77G-77member
Inter-Parliamentary UnionIPUmember
International Atomic Energy AgencyIAEAmember
International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentIBRDmember
International Chamber of CommerceICCnational committees
International Civil Aviation OrganizationICAOmember
International Criminal CourtICCTmember
International Criminal Police OrganizationINTERPOLmember
International Development AssociationIDAmember
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesIFRCSmember
International Finance CorporationIFCmember
International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentIFADmember
International Hydrographic OrganizationIHOmember
International Labor OrganizationILOmember
International Maritime OrganizationIMOmember
International Mobile Satellite OrganizationIMSOmember
International Monetary FundIMFmember
International Olympic CommitteeIOCmember
International Organization for MigrationIOMmember
International Organization for StandardizationISOmember
International Red Cross and Red Crescent MovementICRMmember
International Telecommunication Satellite OrganizationITSOmember
International Telecommunication UnionITUmember
International Trade Union ConfederationITUCNGOs
Islamic Development BankIDBmember
Multilateral Investment Guarantee AgencyMIGAmember
Nonaligned MovementNAMmember
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical WeaponsOPCWmember
Organization of American StatesOASobserver
Organization of Islamic CooperationOICmember
Organization of Petroleum Exporting CountriesOPECmember
Permanent Court of ArbitrationPCAmember
United NationsUNmember
United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentUNCTADmember
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural OrganizationUNESCOmember
United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCRmember
United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationUNIDOmember
United Nations Institute for Training and ResearchUNITARmember
United Nations Interim Force in LebanonUNIFILmember
United Nations Interim Security Force for AbyeiUNISFAmember
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western SaharaMINURSOmember
United Nations Mission in LiberiaUNMILmember
United Nations Mission in the Republic of South SudanUNMISSmember
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in MaliMINUSMAmember
United Nations Operation in Cote d'IvoireUNOCImember
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the CongoMONUSCOmember
United Nations–African Union Mission in DarfurUNAMIDmember
Universal Postal UnionUPUmember
World Customs OrganizationWCOmember
World Federation of Trade UnionsWFTUNGOs
World Health OrganizationWHOmember
World Intellectual Property OrganizationWIPOmember
World Meteorological OrganizationWMOmember
World Tourism OrganizationUNWTOmember
World Trade OrganizationWTOmember
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