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Lagos was the capital of Nigeria until 1991
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Nigeria has coast on the Gulf of Guinea
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Nigeria is a former colony of the French Colonial Empire
It was part of the British Empire
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Nigeria uses the dollar as its currency
It uses the Nigerian Naira
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Nigeria's population is projected to surpass the United States' by the year 2050
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Nigeria left the Commonwealth of Nations in 2010
Nigeria is still part of the Commonwealth
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Benin City is in Nigeria
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Nigeria shares a land border with Chad
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Nollywood, Nigeria's film industry, is one of the biggest in the world
10.
Urdu is a language spoken by over 45 million Nigerians
Urdu is mainly spoken in South Asia, primarily in Pakistan
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There is a large monolith called Zuma Rock just west of Abuja
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Nigerians drive on the left side of the road
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Nigeria's flag is orange, green and white
It has no orange
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Nigeria gets its name from the Niger River that runs through the country
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Kano is Nigeria's third largest city by population
It is second, only behind Lagos