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    Nigeria is a founding member of several international organizations, including the African Union, United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, ECOWAS, and OPEC. It is also considered part of the informal MINT group of emerging economies and the Next Eleven economies expected to become major global economies.

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    Nigeria is a founding member of the 

    African Union and a member of many other international


    organizations, including the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the ECOWAS,
    and OPEC. Nigeria is also a member of the informal MINT group of countries, which are widely seen
    as the globe's next emerging economies, as well as the "Next Eleven" economies, which are set to
    become among the biggest in the world.

    Contents

     1Etymology
     2History
    o 2.1Early history (1500 BC – 1500 AD)
    o 2.2Pre-colonial era (1500–1800)
    o 2.3British Nigeria (1800–1960)
    o 2.4Independence and First Republic (1960–1966)
    o 2.5Military rule and Civil War (1966–1979)
    o 2.6Civilian rule and Second Republic (1979–1983)
    o 2.7Military rule and Third Republic (1983–1999)
    o 2.8Democratization and Fourth Republic (1999–present)
     3Politics
    o 3.1Law
    o 3.2Military
    o 3.3Corruption
    o 3.4Foreign relations
    o 3.5Administrative divisions
     4Geography
    o 4.1Climate
    o 4.2Plant ecology
    o 4.3Environmental issues
     5Economy
    o 5.1Agriculture
    o 5.2Petroleum and mining
    o 5.3Services and tourism
    o 5.4Manufacturing and technology
     6Infrastructure
    o 6.1Energy
    o 6.2Transportation
    o 6.3Government satellites
     7Demographics
    o 7.1Ethnic groups
    o 7.2Languages
    o 7.3Religion
    o 7.4Health
    o 7.5Education
     8Society
    o 8.1Crime
    o 8.2Poverty
    o 8.3Civil unrest and conflict
    o 8.4Women's rights and issues
    o 8.5Human rights
     9Culture
    o 9.1Chieftaincy system
    o 9.2Literature
    o 9.3Music and film
    o 9.4Cuisine
    o 9.5Sport
     10See also
     11Notes
     12References
     13Further reading
     14External links

    Etymology
    The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was
    coined on January 8, 1897, by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Lord Lugard, a British
    colonial administrator. The neighbouring Niger takes its name from the same river. The origin of the
    name Niger, which originally applied to only the middle reaches of the Niger River, is uncertain. The
    word is likely an alteration of the Tuareg name egerew n-igerewen used by inhabitants along the
    middle reaches of the river around Timbuktu prior to 19th-century European colonialism. [35][36]

    History
    Main articles: History of Nigeria and Timeline of Nigerian history

    Ceremonial Igbo pot from 9th-century Igbo-Ukwu

    Early history (1500 BC – 1500 AD)


    Further information: History of Nigeria before 1500
    Nok sculpture, terracotta

    The Nok civilization of Nigeria flourished between 1,500 BC and AD 200. It produced life-
    sized terracotta figures that are some of the earliest known sculptures in Sub-Saharan Africa[37][38][39][40]
    [41]
     and smelted iron by about 550 BC and possibly a few centuries earlier. [42][43][44] Evidence of iron
    smelting has also been excavated at sites in the Nsukka region of southeast Nigeria: dating to 2000
    BC at the site of Lejja (Uzomaka 2009)[45] and to 750 BC and at the site of Opi. The Kingdom of Nri of
    the Igbo people consolidated in the 10th century and continued until it lost its sovereignty to the
    British in 1911.[46][47] Nri was ruled by the Eze Nri, and the city of Nri is considered to be the foundation
    of Igbo culture. Nri and Aguleri, where the Igbo creation myth originates, are in the territory of the
    Umeuri clan. Members of the clan trace their lineages back to the patriarchal king-figure Eri.[48] In
    West Africa, the oldest bronzes made using the lost-wax process were from Igbo-Ukwu, a city under
    Nri influence.[46] The Yoruba kingdoms of Ife and Oyo in southwestern Nigeria became prominent in
    the 12th[49][50] and 14th[51] centuries, respectively. The oldest signs of human settlement at Ife's current
    site date back to the 9th century,[49] and its material culture includes terracotta and bronze figures.

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