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Nigeria, which elects a new president on Saturday, is one of Africa's richest and most vibrant nations but is dogged by corruption, Islamist violence and a cost-of-living crisis.

[FILES] Vehicles drive in chaotic traffic gridlock past yellow painted mini buses, popularly called Danfo, parked at Ojodu-Berger bus station in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, on October 19, 2022.

By 2100 it is forecast to be the world’s second most populous country, with Lagos the biggest city on the planet. As many as four in 10 Nigerians live below the national poverty line. Many Nigerians — especially in the country’s north –- also lack education and access to basic infrastructure, such as electricity, safe drinking water and sanitation, according to the World Bank.An insurgency by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram has killed at least 40,000 people and displaced more than two million since 2009, according to the United Nations.

Its film industry, “Nollywood”, second only to Bollywood in terms of output, produces some 2,000 films annually.

 

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