Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa 140,000,000 (2006); 17,000,000 in Lagos.
Nigeria is twice as large as the state of California.
Seventy percent of the people earn less than $1.00/day.
In Nigeria over 300 languages are spoken with 9 of these languages used in network broadcasting.
Nigeria is a democracy since the constitution of 1999 and just celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence from Great Britian.
Here is the view from our hotel window. In the foreground is a popular fishing lagoon, Kumara Waters, bounded by Bar Beach. In the distance is the Atlantic Ocean.