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Section sizes Section size for Nigeria (57 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 19,180 19,180 Etymology 1,709 1,709 History 72 52,291 Prehistory 4,224 4,224 Early history 4,069 4,069 Pre-colonial era 6,345 6,345 British colonization 6,677 6,677 Independence and federal republic 2,556 2,556 Fall of the First Republic and Civil War 9,168 9,168 Second Republic and military dictatorship 3,081 3,081 12 June and the crisis of the Third Republic 3,406 3,406 Return to democracy (1999–present) 12,693 12,693 Geography 5,886 22,318 Hydrology 2,803 2,803 Vegetation 1,614 1,614 Environmental issues 12,015 12,015 Politics 74 24,312 Government 3,361 3,361 Administrative divisions 3,177 3,177 Law 3,305 3,305 Foreign relations 6,039 6,039 Military 2,262 2,262 Communal conflicts 6,094 6,094 Economy 4,291 41,362 Agriculture 9,138 9,138 Oil and natural gas 8,395 8,395 Energy 2,218 3,348 Electricity 1,130 1,130 Manufacturing and technology 9,515 9,515 Internet and telecommunications 3,539 3,539 Tourism 3,136 3,136 Infrastructure 2,193 9,948 Roads 4,036 4,036 Rail transport 320 320 Air transport 3,399 3,399 Demographics 8,193 57,266 Languages 5,143 5,143 Religion 8,773 8,773 Health 7,953 7,953 Education 3,294 3,294 Crime 5,496 5,496 Poverty 3,996 3,996 Human rights 14,418 14,418 Culture 43 25,358 Literature 1,106 1,106 Music 5,382 5,382 Cinema 8,065 8,065 Festival 1,249 1,249 Cuisine 890 890 Fashion 1,220 1,220 Sports 7,403 7,403 See also 100 100 Notes 26 26 References 44 670 Bibliography 626 626 Further reading 2,028 2,028 External links 2,215 2,215 Total 258,783 258,783

Why is this section's accuracy being disputed? Jarble (talk) 18:49, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was added herebyWatercheetah99 with the edit summary "This section is a bit of a mess, seemingly selective data points are used for some things while other stuff is just fabricated — it claimed the NW was 99% Muslim without sourcing and that the middle belt has "a small proportion of Muslims", both things that no one could credibly claim considering significant non-Muslim areas in the NW and the large Muslim minority in most of the Middle Belt. Needs clean-up." CMD (talk) 01:43, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nigeria changed its National anthem on 29 May 2024 which is being reported. The audio file of the anthem have to be uploaded to Wikimedia commons first for inclusion on Wikipedia.

What do you think? wɔːr (talk) 05:44, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Link wɔːr (talk) 05:48, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I reasoned this article page should have a separate section explaining in details towards the change of National anthem.

It was formerly "Nigeria We Hail Thee" and then "Arise, O Compatriot" and then back to "Nigeria We Hail Thee"

IMO, this needs clarity in a section on the article page, Nigeria wɔːr (talk) 05:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@War Term I already uploaded Nigeria we hail thee on wikimedia Aiaikz (talk) 12:29, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help me with the link? wɔːr (talk) 14:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@War Term I'm sorry for being late, but here's the link https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Nigeria+we+hail+thee+&title=Special:MediaSearch&type=audio Aiaikz (talk) 11:28, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Format the title to be accurate. Who is the author? It can't be unknown author. ENGAGE (talk) 14:57, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@War Term Well, In the original website the author was written as "guest" and I don't know who is the author so I put it as "unknown author" Aiaikz (talk) 23:55, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Try putting the name of the website. Chat Term talk 06:24, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

the economy section of this article states that the economy of Nigeria is the largest in Africa while the overview section and the link provided show that it is the fourth largest 2601:681:4D00:5150:D9A4:D6E6:D8DA:920A (talk) 09:47, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]