Capital: Abuja (
Current local time)
Government Type: Federal Republic
Head of State: Umaru Yar'Adua
Population: 135.03 million
Area: 356,700 square miles; about the size of California, Nevada and Arizona
Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
GDP Per Capita: $694
Year of Independence: 1960