Nigeria

Why in news?

• A series of anti-government protests has rocked Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos.

About Nigeria:

• Nigeria, is a sovereign country in West Africa.
• It borderd Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west.
• Its southern coast is on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located.
• Lagos is the most populous city in the country and the African continent.
• Nigeria is a multinational state inhabited by more than 250 ethnic groups speaking 500 distinct languages although the official language is English
• Nigeria is a founding member of the African Union and a member of many other international organizations, including the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations and OPEC.

Demographics and Economy:

• Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Muslims, who live mostly in the north, and Christians, who live mostly in the south.
• Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world, with an estimated 206 million inhabitants as of late 2019.
• Nigeria has the third-largest youth population in the world, after India and China, with nearly half its population under the age of eighteen.
• Nigeria's economy is the largest in Africa and the 24th largest in the world.
• Although an emerging global power its Human Development Index ranks 158th in the world, and the country is classified as a lower middle-income economy.

PRELIMS QUESTION

” Lagos” recently in news is located in:
(a)Cameroon
(b)Nigeria
(c)East Timor
(d)Indonesia 

   Answer to prelims question