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Niger Delta conflict

The conflict in the Niger Delta is an armed and political conflict between Nigerian militant groups and the state over oil revenue, poverty, and environmental damage.

Niger Delta Development Commission

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a Nigerian federal government agency, signed into law by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000 to develop the oil-producing Niger Delta region.

Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force

The Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force was an Ijaw militant group in Nigeria, founded by Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, that threatened war on the oil industry in 2004.

Niger Delta Power Holding

Niger Delta Power Holding Company is a Nigerian power company owned by the federal, state, and local governments, incorporated in 2005 to build the National Integrated Power Project.

Niger Delta trade

Niger Delta trade was the long-distance commerce of the Niger Delta and Bight of Biafra, exporting enslaved Africans until 1807 and then palm oil to Britain, above all Liverpool.

Niger River

The Niger River is a major West African river, about 4,180 km long, rising in Guinea and flowing through Mali, Niger, and Nigeria into the Gulf of Guinea.

Sep 24, 2026

Niger river fleet (hi-koi of Songhai)

The Niger river fleet (tondyon-fari) was the war-canoe navy of the Songhai empire, built up under Sunni Ali and ended by the Moroccan conquest of 1591.

Niger Source

Niger Source is a 180,400-hectare Ramsar wetland in Faranah prefecture, Guinea, designated 17 January 2002, protecting the headwaters of the Niger River; also a Classified Forest since 1945.

Niger State

Niger State, Nigeria's largest state by land area (about 76,363 km²), capital Minna, created 1976, hosts Kainji, Jebba, Shiroro, and Zungeru hydroelectric dams and is governed by Mohammed Umaru Bago.

Oct 20, 2026

Niger Vallis, an IAU-named (1991) Martian outflow channel on the eastern Hellas basin rim and tributary of Dao Vallis, about 333 km across, named after Africa's River Niger; multi-stage formation studied with MRO CTX and HiRISE data.

Niger-Mafou

Niger-Mafou, Ramsar site no. 1163 in Guinea, a 1,015,450 ha managed nature reserve designated 17 January 2002 around the Niger and Mafou rivers, home of the endemic fish Arius gigas and on the Montreux Record since 2014 for mining.

Niger-Niandan-Milo

Niger-Niandan-Milo, Ramsar Site 1164 in Guinea's Kankan region, is a 1,399,046 ha wetland of permanent and seasonal rivers, ponds, and marshes on the upper Niger, Niandan, and Milo rivers, designated 17 January 2002, with over 200 fish species.

Niger-Tinkisso

Niger-Tinkisso, Ramsar site no. 1166 in Guinea, a 400,600-hectare managed nature reserve designated 17 January 2002 along the Niger and Tinkisso rivers near Siguiri on the Mali border, known for the rediscovered Derby eland and threats from gold mining.

Niger–Congo languages

Niger-Congo, or Niger–Congo, is the proposed phylum of about 1,500 languages dominating sub-Saharan Africa, codified by Greenberg; core subgroups include Atlantic, Kwa, and Benue-Congo with Bantu, while Mande, Ijoid, Dogon, and Ubangian membership is contested.

Nigeria

Nigeria, West African federal republic of 36 states plus Abuja FCT, Africa's most populous nation (237.5 million, 2025). Oil-dependent economy under President Tinubu (since May 2023), with 2023 subsidy and FX reforms, high poverty, and January 2027 elections.

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 was a Hajj charter flight operated by Nationair that crashed shortly after takeoff from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in July 1991, killing all 261 people on board.

Nigeria bobsled team

Nigeria women's bobsled team: Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, Akuoma Omeoga, first African bobsled team at the Winter Olympics, PyeongChang 2018; founded BSFN in 2016, finished 20th of 20.

Nigeria Data Protection Act

The Nigeria Data Protection Act is a 2023 Nigerian statute governing personal data processing, signed by President Bola Tinubu and enforced by the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.

Nigeria Democratic Congress

Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), distinct from the older NDCP and the ADC, is a Nigerian political party registered by court order in December 2025, led by Seriake Dickson and Sen. Cleopas Moses Zuwoghe, fielding Peter Obi for the 2027 presidential election, with its registration vacated in June 2026 and restored by the Court of Appeal in September 2026.

Nigeria LNG

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) is a Nigerian liquefied natural gas company incorporated in 1989, owned by NNPC, Shell, TotalEnergies, and Eni, whose Bonny Island plant supplies about 7% of world LNG.

Nigeria LNG Terminal

The Nigeria LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas export complex on Bonny Island in Rivers State, Nigeria, operated by Nigeria LNG Limited with six liquefaction trains producing 22 million tonnes annually since 1999.

Nigeria national football team

Nigeria national football team, the Super Eagles, governed by the NFF; three-time AFCON champions (1980, 1994, 2013), 1996 Olympic gold, six World Cup appearances with three round-of-16 finishes, failed to qualify for 2026.

Nigeria Police Force

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is Nigeria's principal, federally controlled law enforcement agency under an Inspector-General, formed by the 1930 merger of regional colonial forces, marked by documented corruption and SARS abuses, and now facing state-police decentralization.