Editing Federal Republic of Nigeria

{{Infobox country|name=Federal Republic of Nigeria|native_name=Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya<br>Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà<br>Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà|capital=Abuja|largest_city=Lagos|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|image_map=Nigeria map.png|map_width=290|official_languages=English|national_languages=Hausa<br>Igbo<br>Yoruba|area_km2=923,769|population_estimate=218,541,212|population_estimate_year=2022}}

'''Nigeria''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Nigeria''', is a country in West Africa. Since its independence from the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] in 1960, it has been dominated by [[neocolonialism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]|title=Boko Haram and the explosion of neocolonial rule in Nigeria|date=2014-07-01|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108192227/http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram|archive-date=2020-11-08|retrieved=2022-08-14}}</ref>

== Economy ==
Nigeria's economy relies on oil, which is owned by foreign companies. It sells over two million barrels of oil every day, but is forced to import much of its oil from the imperial core. 80% of the Nigerian population lives on less than $2 per day.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:Countries]]
[[Category:African countries]]
[[Category:Global south]]
[[Category:Neocolonialism]]