The Federal Republic of Nigeria, located at 6°27′N, 3°24′E, is a country in the southeast of West Africa, the summit of the West Bank of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa, its neighboring countries include Benin in the west, Niger in the north, a small border with Chad across Lake Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the East and Southeast, and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean in the south.
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with a total population of 173 million, accounting for 16% of the total population in Africa, it is also the largest economy in Africa, in 2013, Nigeria's GDP was 509.9 billion US dollars.
Nigeria is a big energy resource country in Africa and the largest oil producing and exporting country in Africa. As of 2014, proven oil reserves ranked second in Africa and tenth in the world; proven natural gas reserves ranked first in Africa and eighth in the world; 34 out of 76 proven minerals had commercial exploitation value.
The political situation in Nigeria has been basically stable, and social development has been stable since the implementation of democratically elected politics. However, with the increasingly fierce ethnic and religious conflicts and the increasing frequency of terrorist activities, Nigeria is facing increasing security risks.
