Nigeria
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| Capital | Abuja |
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| Dialing code | +234 |
| Population | 190. 9 million (2017) |
| Currency | Nigerian naira |
| Official_languages | Hausa |
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| Yoruba | |
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| ID | 568321 |
About Nigeria
Nigeria, an African country on the Gulf of Guinea, has many natural landmarks and wildlife reserves. Protected areas such as Cross River National Park and Yankari National Park have waterfalls, dense rainforest, savanna and rare primate habitats. One of the most recognizable sites is Zuma Rock, a 725m-tall monolith outside the capital of Abuja that's pictured on the national currency.
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Nigeria Owo church attack: Gunmen kill Catholic worshippers in Ondo
Gunmen have killed church worshippers in Ondo state, south-west Nigeria .
President Muhammadu Buhari said " only fiends from the nether region" could have done this " dastardly act".
The Armed men entered St Francis Catholic Church in The Town of Owo during a Sunday service. They fired into The Congregation And Then kidnapped a priest as well as some other church-goers, witnesses said.
Nigeria has experienced an upsurge in violence in recent months.
Kidnappings and attacks have been reported across the vast country.
No figures for the numbers killed or abducted in Sunday's violence have been confirmed.
But a doctor at a local hospital, quoted by the Reuters news agency, said that " several worshippers were brought in Dead ". After visiting The Church and hospital, state lawmaker Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole told the Associated Press news agency that children were among The Dead .
. He appealed for calm urging people not to take The Law into their own hands.
" The assailants will be hunted down and they will pay for their crimes, " he added in a message sent after being briefed at The Scene .
" No matter what, This Country shall never give in to evil and wicked people, " President Buhari said in a statement. He is in The Final year of his two-term presidency and has been criticised for failing to get to grips with the country's security problems.
No-one has said that they were behind this attack, but Nigeria is facing worsening violence by armed groups, The Bbc 's Chris Ewokor in the capital, Abuja, says. But Ondo state has, Until Now , been relatively untouched.
Exactly a week ago The Head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria was abducted along with two other clerics in the south-east of the country.
The Methodist prelate said he paid $240,000 (£190,000) to be freed with his companions.
Two Weeks ago, two Catholic priests were kidnapped in Katsina, President Muhammadu Buhari 's home state in the north of the country. They have not been released.
In March, gunmen targeted the vital Rail Link between Abuja and the northern city of Kaduna killing at least nine people and kidnapping dozens of others, many of whom are still being held.
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Source of news: bbc.com
