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Section size for Nigeria (57 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	19,240	19,240
Etymology	1,708	1,708
History	72	52,523
Prehistory	4,220	4,220
Early history	4,069	4,069
Pre-colonial era	6,345	6,345
British colonization	6,679	6,679
Independence and federal republic	2,541	2,541
Fall of the First Republic and Civil War	9,150	9,150
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)	12,951	12,951
Geography	5,885	22,412
Hydrology	2,825	2,825
Vegetation	1,622	1,622
Environmental issues	12,080	12,080
Politics	74	24,380
Government	3,372	3,372
Administrative divisions	3,182	3,182
Law	3,310	3,310
Foreign relations	6,042	6,042
Military	2,262	2,262
Communal conflicts	6,138	6,138
Economy	4,316	51,526
Agriculture	9,181	9,181
Oil and natural gas	8,439	8,439
Energy	2,216	3,349
Electricity	1,133	1,133
Manufacturing and technology	9,551	9,551
Internet and telecommunications	3,556	3,556
Tourism	3,126	3,126
Transport	2,200	10,008
Roads	4,077	4,077
Rail transport	322	322
Air transport	3,409	3,409
Demographics	8,205	57,011
Languages	4,797	4,797
Religion	8,809	8,809
Health	7,967	7,967
Education	2,859	2,859
Crime	5,905	5,905
Poverty	4,031	4,031
Human rights	14,438	14,438
Culture	43	25,392
Literature	1,106	1,106
Music	5,417	5,417
Cinema	8,060	8,060
Festival	1,249	1,249
Cuisine	890	890
Fashion	1,224	1,224
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	1,898	1,898
Total	258,914	258,914

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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.

Cities over one million

The Administrative Divisions section says "Nigeria has five cities with a population of over a million (from largest to smallest): Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Benin City and Port Harcourt" and then in the next paragraph says "....including ten cities with a population of one million."

a) I don't think this belongs in this section, and b) there is an implied contradiction about the number of over-one-million cities. Hayttom (talk) 15:12, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]