By: Whittney Forster

Dalton Chambers

Jennifer Woodyard

GDP per capita - $2400 (2009)

Capital city – Abuja

Location – West central Africa

Came under the power of Great Britain in

1800

Became free on October 1st, 1960

Federal republic modeled after the U.S.

President – Goodluck Jonathan

Nigerian Flag

Roadside waste in Lagos, Nigeria

Clinton talking to Nigerian officials about oil

Dam in Nigeria

Kwara Hotel in Southern Nigeria

Beaches of Lagos, Nigeria

Oil spill in Nigeria

Oil burning

Nigerian School

Violence in Nigeria

Nigerian “Super Eagles” Soccer team

Nigerian Army

Goodluck Jonathan with Obama at Nuclear Summit 2010

National Mosque of Abuja, Nigeria

Nigerian People at Market