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Section sizes

Section size for Nigeria (57 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	19,839	19,839
Etymology	1,708	1,708
History	72	52,623
Prehistory	4,216	4,216
Early history	4,084	4,084
Pre-colonial era	6,345	6,345
British colonization	6,693	6,693
Independence and the Federal Republic	2,566	2,566
Fall of the First Republic and Civil War	9,152	9,152
Military dictatorship and Second Republic	3,088	6,496
12 June and the crisis of the Third Republic	3,408	3,408
Return to democracy (1999–present)	12,999	12,999
Geography	5,885	22,438
Hydrology	2,847	2,847
Vegetation	1,622	1,622
Environmental issues	12,084	12,084
Politics	74	24,390
Government	3,372	3,372
Administrative divisions	3,184	3,184
Law	3,312	3,312
Foreign relations	6,042	6,042
Military	2,262	2,262
Communal conflicts	6,144	6,144
Economy	4,611	51,888
Agriculture	9,193	9,193
Oil and natural gas	8,440	8,440
Energy	2,216	3,349
Electricity	1,133	1,133
Manufacturing and technology	9,568	9,568
Internet and telecommunications	3,556	3,556
Tourism	3,126	3,126
Transport	2,202	10,045
Roads	4,096	4,096
Rail transport	336	336
Air transport	3,411	3,411
Demographics	8,205	57,280
Languages	3,910	3,910
Religion	9,706	9,706
Health	7,969	7,969
Education	2,865	2,865
Crime	5,929	5,929
Poverty	4,258	4,258
Human rights	14,438	14,438
Culture	43	24,281
Literature	1,106	1,106
Music	5,424	5,424
Cinema	6,111	6,111
Festival	1,249	1,249
Cuisine	1,615	1,615
Fashion	1,328	1,328
Sports	7,405	7,405
See also	100	100
Notes	26	26
References	44	670
Bibliography	626	626
Further reading	2,028	2,028
External links	1,883	1,883
Total	259,154	259,154

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I'd first heard on a nigerian forum itself that the name was derived from the epithet "n----- area" referring to the basin with an obviously similar etymology (from some late 19th century british lord's wife's recommendation or something). Wikipedia isn't supposed to be censored.

long before the scramble that created the current 'african' countries'[1]

obviously had to blank it because there's no telling what an IP address may get 'smacked' for (compared to admins) <and the prime reason I don't use/recommend wikipedia as an encyclopedia> Not a rant. 103.137.93.103 (talk) 00:30, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Religious Breakdown

The infoboxes of other Wikipedia articles covering nations usually include the religious breakdown of the country’s population. Why not this one? The body contains the information under the “Demographics” section, so why not have it immediately visible in the infobox? Is it controversial? Someone please add the religion statistics to the infobox. I would add it myself, but most of my edits are undone for unknown reasons or because I did not properly cite my sources, which seems a challenge for anyone less than tech-savvy like myself. Thank you. 66.91.36.8 (talk) 02:40, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]