Editing Foreign relations of Nigeria (section)

==Diplomatic relations==
List of countries which Nigeria maintains diplomatic relations with:
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!Date
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|1
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{cite journal |date=March 1961 |title=The Federation of Nigeria - Relations with Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1255423684 |journal=Current Notes on International Affairs |publisher=Department of External Affairs |volume=32 |issue=3 |page=15 |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nigeria in Australia |url=https://api.research-repository.uwa.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/345514780/Fulltext_Nigeria_in_Australia.pdf |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=The University of Western Australia |page=3}}</ref>
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|2
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood |first=DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
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|3
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 January 2025 |title=Nigeria, Egypt strengthen diplomatic ties, cooperation |url=https://punchng.com/nigeria-egypt-strengthen-diplomatic-ties-cooperation/ |access-date=19 January 2025}}</ref>
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|4
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2006 |title=Ethiopia: Ethio-Nigeria Joint Ministerial Commission Meet to Be Held Here |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200604260552.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501052108/https://allafrica.com/stories/200604260552.html |archive-date=1 May 2006 |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=allAfrica.com}}</ref>
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|5
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Liste Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |journal=Diplomatie.gouv.fr |language=fr |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref>
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|6
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref name="auswaertiges-amt.de">{{Cite web |title=Dschibuti: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/nigeria-node/nigeria-205786 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}</ref>
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|7
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dei-Anang |first=Michael |title=The Administration of Ghana's Foreign Relations, 1957-1965 A Personal Memoir. |publisher=University of London, The Athlone Press published for the Institute of Commonwealth Studies |year=1975 |pages=76}}</ref>
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|8
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=India Annual Reports 1960-61 |url=https://mealib.nic.in/?pdf2487?000 |access-date=3 December 2024 |page=36}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Indian High Commissioners in Nigeria |url=https://hciabuja.gov.in/pages/MTA, |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=High Commission of India in Abuja, Nigeria}}</ref>
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|9
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref name="Government Printer">{{Cite book |title=Israel Government Year-book Volume 5722 |publisher=Government Printer |year=1961 |pages=170}}</ref>
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|10
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries & Regions |url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/index.html |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite book |title=Daily Report Foreign Radio Broadcasts · Issues 181-185 |publisher=United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1960 |pages=6}}</ref>
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|12
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref name="Parliamentary Debates">{{Cite book |title=Parliamentary Debates |publisher=Nigeria. House of Representatives |year=1961 |pages=433}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations Switzerland–Nigeria |url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/fdfa/representations-and-travel-advice/nigeria/switzerland-nigeria.html |website=eda.admin.ch |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref>
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|15
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref name="britain">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jOqLi_6ER8IC&dq=Anthony+Henry+Head+high+commissioner+for+Nigeria+1+October+1960&pg=PA507 |title=The Commonwealth Relations Office Year Book Volume 13 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|author=[[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations|Great Britain. Office of Commonwealth Relations]]|year=1964 |pages=507}}</ref>
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|16
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{dts|1 October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Countries |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/all |access-date=12 November 2021 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
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|17
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|October 1960}}<ref>{{cite news |date=19 December 2017 |title=Nigeria and Denmark have many shared values |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/nigeria-denmark-many-shared-values/ |work=Vanguard News}}</ref>
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|18
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|October 1960}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken |year=1960 |pages=103 |language=nl}}</ref>
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|19
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|14 November 1960}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: 1957-1961 |publisher=[[Royal Irish Academy]] |year=1998 |pages=436}}</ref>
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|20
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|25 November 1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2022 |title=Strengthening bilateral relations between Nigeria and Russia |url=https://authorityngr.com/2022/08/23/strengthening-bilateral-relations-between-nigeria-and-russia/ |website=[[The Authority (newspaper)|The Authority]] |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref>
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|21
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|November 1960}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hilary V. Lukong |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDVHeK2cNTkC&dq=Nigeria+and+Cameroon+established+diplomatic+relations+...+1960&pg=PA1 |title=The Cameroon-Nigeria Border Dispute Management and Resolution, 1981-2011 |publisher=Langaa Research & Pub. CIG |year=2011 |pages=1 |isbn=9789956717590}}</ref>
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|22
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2023 |title=The development of Moroccan-Nigerian relations affects the Polisario Front |url=https://www.atalayar.com/en/articulo/politics/the-development-of-moroccan-nigerian-relations-affects-the-polisario-front/20230602125111185942.html |website=Atalayar |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
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|23
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{dts|1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN SENEGAL AND NIGERIA, 1960-1980: COOPERATION AND CONFLICTS |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/b19c0034d4f1e6cefccb45cf87d364ef/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1817701 |website=ProQuest |access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref>
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|24
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|4 February 1961}}<ref name="West Africa">{{Cite book |title=West Africa |publisher=West Africa Publishing Company, Limited |year=1961 |pages=131}}</ref>
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|25
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|10 February 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas del Estado Espaniol |url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOB/article/download/33281/85107/ |access-date=23 July 2022 |page=307 |language=es}}</ref>
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|26
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|16 February 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=DIŞİŞLERİ BAKANLIĞI 1967 YILLIĞI |url=http://diad.mfa.gov.tr/diad/yillik/yillik-1967.pdf |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=diad.mfa.gov.tr |page=866 |language=tr}}</ref>
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|27
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|22 March 1961}}<ref name="Africa">{{Cite web |title=Africa |url=https://mofa.gov.pk/africa |access-date=17 January 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan}}</ref>
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|28
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|March 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Naše teme 5 (5-9) |publisher=Centar CK SKH za idejno-teorijski rad "Vladimir Bakarić.", Narodna omladina Hrvatske. Centralni komitet, Savez omladine Hrvatske. Centralni komitet, Socijalistički savez radnog naroda Hrvatske. Republička konferencija. |year=1961 |page=1110 |language=hr}}</ref>
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|29
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|27 April 1961}}<ref name="John Mamman Garba 1998 220">{{Cite book |last=John Mamman Garba |title=The Time Has Come ... Reminiscences and Reflections of a Nigerian Pioneer Diplomat |publisher=Spectrum Books |year=1998 |pages=220}}</ref>
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|30
|{{Flag|Niger}}
|{{dts|8 June 1961}}<ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite book |title=Europe, France outremer - Issues 371-381 |publisher=1960 |pages=42 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|31
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|26 July 1961}}<ref name="kessiya.com">{{Cite web |date=14 August 2023 |title=Relations Côte d'Ivoire-Nigéria- CEDEAO, Coup d'Etat au Niger : Kalilou Traoré (Ambassadeur de CI près la République Fédérale du Nigéria et la CEDEAO) déballe tout |url=https://kessiya.com/relations-ci-nigeria-cedeao-coup-detat-au-niger-kalilou-traore-ambassadeur-de-ci-pres-la-republique-federale-du-nigeria-et-la-cedeao-deballe-tout/ |access-date=16 August 2023 |website=KESSIYA |language=fr}}</ref>
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|32
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|16 August 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=CRIA UMA EMBAIXADA DO BRASIL NA REPUBLICA DA NIGERIA. DECRETO Nº 51.198 DE 16 DE AGOSTO DE 1961 |url=https://legislacao.presidencia.gov.br/atos/?tipo=DEC&numero=51198&ano=1961&ato=c01oXUE1UMVRVT1f7 |access-date=4 June 2023 |website=legislacao.presidencia.gov.br |language=pt}}</ref>
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|33
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|21 August 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yitzhak Oron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&dq=Saudi+Arabia%27s+first+ambassador+to+Nigeria+took+office+...+1961&pg=PA430 |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961 Volume 2 |publisher=Israel Oriental Society, The Reuven Shiloah Research Center |year=1961 |pages=430}}</ref>
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|34
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|August 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Trade and Development Volumes 2-4 |publisher=1960 |pages=15 |quote=August 1961 ... Nigeria and Guinea exchange ambassadors Mr. Camara Oumar Dinn is to be Ambas- sador to Nigeria on the recommendation of the President of Guinea, and Mr. Nathan- iel Adepayin Martins ...}}</ref>
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|35
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{dts|6 September 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yitzhak Oron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&dq=first+ambassador+of+Iraq+to+Nigeria+arrived+and+open+embassy+...+1961&pg=PA294 |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961 Volume 2 |publisher=Israel Oriental Society, The Reuven Shiloah Research Center |year=1961 |pages=294 |access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref>
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|36
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{dts|12 September 1961}}<ref name="sgg.gouv.bj">{{Cite web |title=Republique du Dahomey Decret du President de la Republique № 287 |url=https://sgg.gouv.bj/doc/decret-1961-287/download |access-date=3 September 2023 |website=Secrétariat général du Gouvernement du Bénin |language=fr}}</ref>
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|37
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{dts|30 September 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Mideast Mirror |publisher=1961 |pages=24}}</ref>
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|38
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|3 October 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=1961 – 2021: Sweden marks 60 years of diplomatic relations with Nigeria (Embassy of Sweden Abuja, Nigeria) |url=https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/nigeria-abuja/current/promotion-of-sweden/60-years/ |access-date=14 April 2023 |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414134847/https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/nigeria-abuja/current/promotion-of-sweden/60-years/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|39
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|5 October 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reseña histórica de la presencia chilena en África |url=https://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=repositorio/10221/12006/1/91367_BCNINFORME_GRID_01-08-2011_JJ_AFRICA.doc |access-date=11 May 2023 |page=6 |language=es}}</ref>
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|40
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|25 October 1961}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Petruf |first=Pavol |title=Československá zahraničná politika 1945 – 1992 |pages=99–119 |language=sk}}</ref>
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|41
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{dts|6 December 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2021 |title=Sixtieth Anniversary: Tanzania, Nigeria pray for closer ties, security |url=https://gazettengr.com/sixtieth-anniversary-tanzania-nigeria-pray-for-closer-ties-security/ |website=Peoples Gazette Nigeria |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
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|42
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2016 |title=Nigeria, Our Strategic Partner for Development, Says Italian Ambassador |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/06/06/nigeria-our-strategic-partner-for-development-says-italian-ambassador |website=THISDAYLIVE |access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref>
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|43
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{dts|11 March 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 50-51 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1962 |pages=7}}</ref>
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|44
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|30 May 1962}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nigeria |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/nigeria/relacje-dwustronne-nigeria |access-date=23 July 2023 |language=pl}}</ref>
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|45
|{{Flag|Mali}}
|{{dts|1 August 1962}}<ref name="ReferenceD">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiTsst47HjIC&dq=Nigeria+decided+to+exchange+diplomatic+missions+at+ambassadorial+level&pg=RA1-PA2 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts - Issues 150-151 - Page 2 |year=1962 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency · 1962}}</ref>
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|46
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|1 August 1962}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2020 |title=The Republic of the Philippines and the Federal Republic of Nigeria celebrate 58 years of formal diplomatic relations today, August 1! |url=https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/1289380329136873472 |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
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|47
|{{Flag|Chad}}
|{{dts|18 October 1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Afrique, 8 (10–13) |publisher=Societʹe Internationale de Publications Commerciales, Culturelles et Artistiques |year=1962 |pages=44 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|48
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|1 November 1962}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=สหพันธ์สาธารณรัฐไนจีเรีย (Nigeria) (MFA Thailand in Thai) |url=https://www.mfa.go.th/th/content/5d5bd20e15e39c3060027ace?cate=5f1aba0039164819fc32c0ba}}</ref>
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|49
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|21 December 1962}}<ref name="Österreichisches Staatsarchiv">{{Cite book |title=Mitteilungen des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs Volume 51 |publisher=Österreichisches Staatsarchiv |year=2004 |pages=44 |language=de}}</ref>
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|50
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9vsAAAAMAAJ&dq=Nigeria:+Aref+Ben+Musa+...+1962&pg=PA209 |title=Handbook of Commerce and Industry in Nigeria Volume 5 |publisher=Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Information. |year=1962 |pages=209}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=S. Steinberg |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1962 |date=December 27, 2016 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |pages=1207}}</ref>
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|51
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{dts|1962}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9vsAAAAMAAJ&dq=charge+d%27affaires+Nigeria+to+Togo+...+1962&pg=PA41-IA3 |title=Handbook of Commerce and Industry in Nigeria Volume 5 |publisher=Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Information. |year=1962 |pages=41}}</ref>
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|52
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|18 January 1963}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Finland and Nigeria |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/nga/finland-and-nigeria |website=Finland Abroad |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
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|53
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{dts|19 March 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/busqueda.php |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|54
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|6 September 1963}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-DpDJaPxmKQC&dq=Adepayin+Martins+,++Ambassador++...&pg=PA18 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 175-176 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1963 |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>
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|55
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nigeria embassy in Democratic Republic of Congo |url=https://nigeriaembassydrc.org/ |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
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|56
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|10 March 1964}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878-2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |language=bg}}</ref>
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|57
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|4 April 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.academia.edu/40608325 |title=Diplomaták a változó világban Főkonzulok, követek és nagykövetek 1945-1990 |work=Főkonzulok, követek, nagykövetek |publisher=Lajos Gecsényi |year=2015 |language=hu |last1=Gecsényi |first1=Lajos }}</ref>
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|58
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{dts|28 May 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhzOORv_t68C&dq=Nigerian+high+commissioner+to+Kenya+Mr.+Ade+Martins+...+presenting+his+credentials+...+1964&pg=RA3-PA7 |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts Issues 105-106 |publisher=United States. Central Intelligence Agency |year=1964 |pages=7}}</ref>
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|59
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{dts|20 February 1965}}<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2019 |title=La Política Exterior de Uruguay hacia los países africanos durante los gobiernos del Frente Amplio (2005-2017): ¿construcción de nuevas relaciones Sur-Sur? |url=https://www.colibri.udelar.edu.uy/jspui/bitstream/20.500.12008/21813/1/TMFCS_CastilloGascoGonzalo.pdf |journal=Ciencias Sociales |language=es |page=225}}</ref>
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|60
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|5 March 1965}}<ref name="auto4">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=265}}</ref>
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|61
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|5 March 1965}}<ref name="auto4" />
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|62
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|16 March 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Libro amarillo correspondiente al año ...: presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones ordinarias de ... por el titular despacho |publisher=Venezuela. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=2003 |pages=528–529 |language=es}}</ref>
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|63
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{dts|28 May 1965}}<ref name="Diplomatic List">{{Cite book |title=Diplomatic List. |publisher=Gambia Government Printer. |year=1967 |pages=1}}</ref>
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|64
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{dts|30 September 1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1965 |pages=371}}</ref>
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|65
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|1965}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Douglas G Anglin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qyhHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Zambia+embassy+in+Addis+ababa++established+...&pg=PT88 |title=Zambia's Foreign Policy Studies In Diplomacy And Dependence |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-000-01075-6}}</ref>
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|66
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|12 November 1966}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe |access-date=28 December 2023}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|2 September 1968}}<ref name="ReferenceE">{{Cite book |title=Middle East Economic Digest - Volume 12 - Page 860 |publisher=Middle East Economic Digest, Limited |year=1968}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pr. Borsali Fewzi |title=Culture du dialogue : Algérie –Afrique sub-saharienne 1962-1988 |url=https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/downArticle/180/1/1/36079 |access-date=20 July 2023 |page=34 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|68
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{dts|25 January 1969}}<ref name="African-American Institute">{{Cite book |title=Africa Report - Volume 14 - Page 31 |publisher=African-American Institute |year=1969}}</ref>
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|69
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{dts|29 November 1969}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Elna Schoeman, Jacqueline Kalley, L. E. Andor |title=Southern African Political History A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=1999 |pages=171}}</ref>
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|70
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|15 January 1970}}<ref name="Research and Publishing House">{{Cite book |title=Record of the Arab World: Yearbook of Arab and Israeli Politics |publisher=Research and Publishing House. |year=1970 |pages=543}}</ref>
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|71
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|20 January 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}</ref>
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|72
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|{{dts|24 January 1970}}<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Diplomatic relations |url=http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=13 May 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712174127/http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|73
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|31 January 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=ARR Arab Report and Record |publisher=Economic Features, Limited |year=1970 |pages=63}}</ref>
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|74
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|January 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |language=}}</ref>
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|75
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|19 February 1970}}<ref name="Ediafric">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire - Issues 581-605 |publisher=Ediafric |year=1970 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|76
|{{Flag|Somalia}}
|{{dts|27 February 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1970 |pages=1666 |quote=Nigeria and Somalia have agreed to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level. The Nigerian Ambassador to the Sudan , Mr. Nuhu Mohammed , has been appointed non - resident Ambassador to Mogadishu . ( NMP 27/2 )}}</ref>
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|77
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|24 April 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH BARBADOS HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BY REGIONS |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Barbados) |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|78
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|29 April 1970}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |access-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |date=16 April 2021}}</ref>
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|79
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{dts|18 September 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1970 |pages=1883}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{dts|6 October 1970}}<ref name="ReferenceF">{{Cite book |title=Nigeria, Bulletin on Foreign Affairs Volume 1 |publisher=Nigerian Institute of International Affairs |year=1971 |pages=5}}</ref>
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|81
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{dts|6 October 1970}}<ref name="U.S. Government Printing Office">{{Cite book |title=Trinidad and Tobago Gazette Volume 12, Issues 1-172 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1973 |pages=175}}</ref>
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|82
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|3 November 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations|url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/|access-date=1 August 2021|website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
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|83
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|6 November 1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jeune Afrique - Issues 504-521 |publisher=Société africaine de presse |year=1970 |pages=9 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|84
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|1970}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xwtImvcu-soC |title=Cyprus Bulletin: Review of Cyprus Developments, 7 |publisher=Press and Information Office, Republic of Cyprus |year=1970}}</ref>
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|85
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|1970}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2021 |title=HOPE FOR ENHANCED NIGERIA, GREECE MARITIME TRADE TIES |url=https://www.bashirjamoh.com/hope-for-enhanced-nigeria-greece-maritime-trade-ties/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120082623/https://www.bashirjamoh.com/hope-for-enhanced-nigeria-greece-maritime-trade-ties/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |website=Harnessing Nigeria's Maritime Assets |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref>
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|86
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{dts|10 February 1971}}<ref name="ng.china-embassy.gov.cn">{{Cite web |title=Five Decades of Shared Journey--On the 50th anniversary of China-Nigeria diplomatic relations (Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Federal Republic of Nigeria) |url=http://ng.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zngx/202101/t20210106_7032262.htm |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>
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|87
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{dts|24 June 1971}}<ref name="ReferenceG">{{Cite book |title=Africa |publisher=Agence France Presse |year=1971 |pages=12}}</ref>
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|88
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|5 July 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acuerdo sobre establecimiento de relaciones diplomaticas entre la Republica del Peru y la Republica General de Nigeria |url=https://apps.rree.gob.pe/portal/webtratados.nsf/Tratados_Bilateral.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=73B6 |access-date=27 June 2023 |website=Archivo Nacional de Tratados |language=es}}</ref>
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|89
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{dts|21 September 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2020 |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221024739/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |archive-date=21 February 2022 |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia |pages=4–8}}</ref>
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|90
|{{Flag|Lesotho}}
|{{dts|November 1971}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999 |pages=122}}</ref>
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|91
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|5 May 1972}}<ref name="News Review on West Asia">{{Cite book |title=News Review on West Asia |publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |year=1972 |pages=12}}</ref>
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|92
|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|10 June 1972}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Nigeria : Bulletin on Foreign Affairs, Volume 2 |publisher=Nigerian Institute of International Affairs |year=1972 |pages=5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Nigeria Today |publisher=Office of the High Commissioner for Nigeria in the United Kingdom |year=1972 |pages=11}}</ref>
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|93
|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|{{dts|18 January 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, Issues 1254-1264 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1973 |pages=56}}</ref>
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|94
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|22 May 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report: Eastern Europe |publisher=The Service |year=1973 |pages=10}}</ref>
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|95
|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|{{dts|13 October 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=D.G. Lavroff |title=L'Afrique dans le monde |publisher=Editions A. Pedone |year=1973 |pages=663 |language=fr |quote=13 octobre. — Etablissement de relations diplomatiques entre le Swaziland et le Nigeria.}}</ref>
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|96
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|24 May 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa, Issues 4565-4638 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1974 |pages=5}}</ref>
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|97
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|1 July 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Memoria anual 2015 |url=https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190813/https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2019 |pages=19–25 |language=es}}</ref>
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|98
|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{dts|1974}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 September 2020 |title=Buhari to attend Guinea Bissau's independence anniversary Thursday |url=https://punchng.com/buhari-to-attend-guinea-bissaus-independence-anniversary-thursday/ |work=[[The Punch|Punch Newspapers]] |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
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|99
|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{dts|25 June 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1999 |pages=215}}</ref>
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|100
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|26 June 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2021 |title=En esta fecha se cumplen 46 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Nigeria. |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/posts/4058499540937326/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|101
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|10 July 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Países |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|20 November 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>
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|102
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{dts|20 December 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal}}</ref>
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|103
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{dts|29 December 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bulletin de documentation_1975_12 |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/bulletin/1975/BID_1975_12/BID_1975_12.pdf |access-date=23 May 2023 |website=sip.gouvernement.lu |page=14 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|104
|{{Flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{dts|30 December 1975}}<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite book|title=Nigeria: Bulletin on Foreign Affairs, Volume 5|publisher=Nigerian Institute of International Affairs|year=1975|pages=Page 7}}</ref>
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|105
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|3 January 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Asian Almanac - Volume 14 |publisher=V.T. Sambandan |year=1976 |pages=7841}}</ref>
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|106
|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{dts|15 March 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relações Diplomáticas |url=https://mirex.gov.ao/PortalMIREX/#!/politica-externa/relacoes-diplomaticas |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=mirex.gov.ao |language=pt}}</ref>
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|107
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|14 April 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Informe de labores - Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |publisher=Mexico. Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1976 |pages=26 and 36–37 |language=es}}</ref>
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|108
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|25 May 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=14 July 2022 |publisher=NCNK |pages=8–9}}</ref>
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|109
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|25 May 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2010 |title=Africa |url=https://lamdong.gov.vn/sites/lderd/operationnotes/countriesandregions/SitePages/africa.aspx |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
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|110
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{dts|16 June 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSYFAQAAIAAJ&dq=...+France+and+Angola+established+diplomatic+relations+at+ambassador+level+.&pg=PA46-IA254 |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1671-1683 |year=1976 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service · 1976 |pages=46}}</ref>
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|111
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|June 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1977. Выпуск двадцать первый. Часть II - Зарубежные страны: Люксембург-Япония |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/52693/05_lyuksemburg-yaponiya.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624030432/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/52693/05_lyuksemburg-yaponiya.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=27 February 2024 |page=311 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|112
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{dts|2 August 1976}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216065040/https://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/ |archive-date=16 February 2019 |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>
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|113
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{dts|18 August 1976}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Muzart-Fonseca dos Santos |first1=Idelette |title=Les îles du Cap-Vert: langues, mémoires, histoire |last2=Manuel Da Costa Esteves |first2=José |last3=Rolland |first3=Denis |publisher=[[L'Harmattan]] |year=2007 |pages=239–240 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|114
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{dts|28 January 1977}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 August 2004 |title=Nigeria open to potential cooperation in oil industry |url=https://www.nation.sc/archive/208101/nigeria-open-to-potential-cooperation-in-oil-industry |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>
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|115
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{dts|28 January 1978}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1978 |pages=4766}}</ref>
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|116
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{dts|1 January 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=África, Medio Oriente y Asia Central |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|117
|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|{{dts|12 May 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=MEED Arab Report |publisher=Middle East Economic Digest Limited |year=1979 |pages=33}}</ref>
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|118
|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|June 1979}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1980. Выпуск двадцать четвертый: Зарубежные страны |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/36004/6_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623051408/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/36004/6_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=29 February 2024 |page=238 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|119
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|10 December 1979}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ecuador y Nigeria impulsan relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://www.cancilleria.gob.ec/2014/04/03/ecuador-y-nigeria-impulsan-relaciones-diplomaticas/ |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
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|120
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|22 February 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries & Regions |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/list.do |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
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|121
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|3 June 1980}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lijst van Diplomatieke Betrekkingen en Visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten|url=http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416134520/http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2019|access-date=22 December 2021|website=gov.sr|language=nl}}</ref>
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|122
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|18 January 1981}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joseph A. Kechichian |title=Countries with which Oman has diplomatic relations |url=http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/2007/MR680.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022025822/http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/2007/MR680.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2014 |access-date=24 November 2023 |website=Oman and the World The emergence of an independent foreign policy |pages=319–322}}</ref>
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|123
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{dts|20 January 1982}}<ref name="Le Mois en Afrique Issues 194-202">{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique Issues 194-202 |publisher=1982 |pages=168 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|124
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|January 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Richard |first=Schwartz |title=Coming to terms : Zimbabwe in the international arena |publisher=London; New York : I.B. Tauris |year=2001 |pages=85–89}}</ref>
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|125
|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{dts|16 March 1982}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vanuatu Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mfaicet.gov.vu/images/documents/VANUATU_NATIONAL_FOREIGN_POLICY.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925183844/https://mfaicet.gov.vu/images/documents/VANUATU_NATIONAL_FOREIGN_POLICY.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2024 |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=mfaicet.gov.vu |page=49}}</ref>
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|126
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|16 April 1982}}<ref name="Ministry of Foreign Affairs">{{Cite book |title=New Zealand Foreign Affairs Review Volume 32 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1982 |pages=31}}</ref>
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|127
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|{{dts|19 April 1982}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
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|128
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{Dts|August 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Hiri - Issue 2; Issues 4-8 |publisher=Papua New Guinea Office of Information |year=1982 |pages=3}}</ref>
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|129
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|26 October 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ufiche-test-document_jprs-82319/page/n6/mode/1up?q=ambassador+credentials |title=Latin America Report No. 2610 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |year=1982 |pages=4 |access-date=28 December 2023}}</ref>
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|130
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{dts|5 November 1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa, Issues 7171-7218 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service |year=1982 |pages=Page 8}}</ref>
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|131
|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{dts|2 March 1983}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Latin America Report, 2655 |publisher=[Executive Office of the President], Federal Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service |year=1983 |pages=31}}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}
|{{dts|11 November 1984}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Foreign Affairs Minister congratulates his Nigerian counterpart|url=http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/foreign-affairs-minister-congratulates-his-nigerian-counterpart|newspaper=[[Sahara Press Service]]|date=2015-11-20|access-date=2016-01-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201055908/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/foreign-affairs-minister-congratulates-his-nigerian-counterpart|archive-date=2016-02-01}}</ref>
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|132
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{dts|27 May 1988}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 August 2003 |title=Canciller firma primer acuerdo con Nigeria |url=https://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/politica/canciller-firma-primer-acuerdo-con-nigeria-715470.html |access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref>
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|133
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|1 March 1989}}<ref name="UNDL">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Nigeria and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Nigeria+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=4 February 2024 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
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|134
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{dts|12 July 1989}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Etat des relations |url=http://www.djibdiplomatie.dj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439&Itemid=17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818144121/http://www.djibdiplomatie.dj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439&Itemid=17 |archive-date=18 August 2013 |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et de la Cooperation Internationale Djibouti |language=fr}}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{Dts|1989}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Karolina Zielińska |url=https://www.google.com.ua/books/edition/Israeli_Development_Aid_to_Sub_Saharan_A/XbQgEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=PLO+ambassador+to+Benin&pg=PT187&printsec=frontcover |title=Israeli Development Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa Soft Power and Foreign Policy |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2021}}</ref>
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|135
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{dts|22 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://windhoek.foreignaffairs.gov.ng/about-us/foreign-policy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701205333/https://windhoek.foreignaffairs.gov.ng/about-us/foreign-policy/ |archive-date=1 July 2022 |access-date=10 January 2025 |website=Nigeria High Commission Windhoek}}</ref>
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|136
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{dts|16 December 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Страны, установившие дипломатические отношения с Республикой Казахстан |url=http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220233503/http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|137
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|11 March 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Federal Republic of Nigeria |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/category/africa/nigeria |website=Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
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|138
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|3 August 1992}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 February 2018|title=Belarus, Nigeria discuss legal framework of bilateral relations|work=Belarus.by|url=https://www.belarus.by/en/government/events/belarus-nigeria-discuss-legal-framework-of-bilateral-relations_i_74120.html|access-date=29 July 2021|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729141353/https://www.belarus.by/en/government/events/belarus-nigeria-discuss-legal-framework-of-bilateral-relations_i_74120.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|139
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{dts|7 August 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republica Federală Nigeria |url=https://mfa.gov.md/ro/content/republica-federala-nigeria |access-date=7 October 2024 |language=ro}}</ref>
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|140
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{dts|28 August 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=States with Which the Republic of Uzbekistan Established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://2014-2024.mfa.uz/en/pages/strani-kotoriye-uzbekistan-ustanovil-diplomaticheskiye-otnosheniya |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uzbekistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan]] |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>
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|141
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|10 November 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2018 |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=et}}</ref>
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|142
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{dts|1 December 1992}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Brunei Darussalam Newsletter - Issues 72-132 |publisher=Department of Information, Prime Minister's Office |year=1991}}</ref>
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|143
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|10 December 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partnership |url=https://nigeria.mfa.gov.ua/en/partnership |website=Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Nigeria |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
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|144
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{dts|19 December 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Đogić |first=Mojca Pristavec |date=September 2016 |title=Priznanja samostojne Slovenije |url=https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije_.pdf |access-date=11 July 2023 |language=sl}}</ref>
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|145
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|7 January 1993}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Bilateral relations - Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations|url=https://mvep.gov.hr/foreign-policy/bilateral-relations/date-of-recognition-and-establishment-od-diplomatic-relations/22800|access-date=5 February 2022|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia}}</ref>
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|146
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|4 February 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nigeria - Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/ng|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
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|147
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|1 September 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Štáty a teritóriá |url=https://www.mzv.sk/staty |access-date=26 May 2023 |language=sk}}</ref>
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|148
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{dts|1993}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Seven Years of IBB: Foreign policy |publisher=Daily Times of Nigeria PLC |year=1993 |pages=53}}</ref>
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|149
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{dts|21 February 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations (country profiles listed alphabetically) |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
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|150
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{dts|1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 2002 |title=Nigerian president visiting |url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/35018/eritrea-nigerian-president-visiting}}</ref>
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|151
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{dts|10 June 1999}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations|url=http://www.mofa.gov.la/index.php/lo/2015-04-07-02-45-52/1950|access-date=30 June 2021|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos}}</ref>
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|152
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|June 2000}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://mfa.gov.ge/MainNav/ForeignPolicy/BilateralRelations.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619062211/https://mfa.gov.ge/MainNav/ForeignPolicy/BilateralRelations.aspx |archive-date=19 June 2022 |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
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|153
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{dts|13 September 2000}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Datumi priznanja i uspostave diplomatskih odnosa |url=https://mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/?id=6 |access-date=26 April 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina |language=bs}}</ref>
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|154
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|17 January 2001}}<ref>{{cite web|title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations|url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations|url-status=live|access-date=10 January 2022|website=|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations}}</ref>
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|155
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{dts|12 February 2001}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|156
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|30 March 2001}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2021 |title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/dates-establishment-and-renewal-diplomatic-relations |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=mfa.gov.lv}}</ref>
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|157
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|24 April 2001}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=Memoria del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 2002 |url=https://www.enriquebolanos.org/media/informe/Memoria%20MINREX%202002.pdf |access-date=21 July 2023 |pages=657–667 |language=es}}</ref>
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|158
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{dts|28 May 2001}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=LIST OF MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (193) HAVING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA|url=https://www.mfaic.gov.kh/page/2021-02-10-LIST-OF-MEMBER-STATES-OF-THE-UNITED-NATIONS--193--HAVING-DIPLOMATIC-RELATIONS-WITH-CAMBOIDA|access-date=2 October 2021|website=mfaic.gov.kh}}</ref>
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|159
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|23 July 2001}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS |url=http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004004739/http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |archive-date=4 October 2017 |access-date=26 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|160
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|December 2001}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Relaciones Diplomáticas de Guatemala |url=https://www.minex.gob.gt/DirectorioPaisesRelacion.aspx |access-date=24 July 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
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|161
|{{Flag|Dominica}}
|{{dts|2002}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Dominica's Diplomatic Relations.doc |url=http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/dominica/pid/3482 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722013335/http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/dominica/pid/3482 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |access-date=19 February 2011 |work=Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the United Nations}}</ref>
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|162
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{dts|24 April 2003}}<ref name="UNDL" />
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|163
|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{dts|2004}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC RECEIVES CREDENTIAL LETTERS FROM FOUR NEW AMBASSADORS|website=[[Facebook]]|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=401811556937123&id=289592191492394|url-status=live|access-date=26 December 2021|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327133624/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D401811556937123%26id%3D289592191492394}}</ref>
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|164
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|2010}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 February 2019 |title=Qatar-Nigeria relations are strengthening |url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/11/02/2019/Qatar-Nigeria-relations-are-strengthening |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref>
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|165
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{dts|28 October 2011}}<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |date=29 October 2011 |title=Drei Botschafter wurden akkreditiert |url=https://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/viewer/image/000476564_2011/7004/LOG_0253/ |access-date=11 December 2024 |work=[[Liechtensteiner Volksblatt]] |language=de}}</ref>
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|166
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|6 July 2012}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Rapport Politique Extérieure 2012 DRE|url=https://www.gouv.mc/content/download/117777/1392730/file/Rapport%20Politique%20Ext%C3%A9rieure%202012%20DRE.pdf|website=Government of Monaco|page=8|language=fr|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
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|167
|{{Flag|South Sudan}}
|{{dts|17 October 2012}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mail-archive.com/southsudankob@googlegroups.com/msg07162.html|title=[SouthSudanInfo] GoSS website : latest....|website=www.mail-archive.com}}</ref>
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|168
|{{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{dts|16 April 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 April 2013 |title=President Karzai Receives Credential Letter of Nigeria's Non-Residence Ambassador |url=http://www.bakhtarnews.com.af/eng/politics/item/7091-president-karzai-receives-credential-letter-of-nigeria%E2%80%99s-non-residence-ambassador.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419071726/http://www.bakhtarnews.com.af/eng/politics/item/7091-president-karzai-receives-credential-letter-of-nigeria’s-non-residence-ambassador.html |archive-date=19 April 2013}}</ref>
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|169
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|{{dts|25 September 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gobierno de Honduras firmo tratado en la Onu sobre comercio de armas |url=https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/gobierno-de-honduras-firmo-tratado-en-la-onu-sobre-comercio-de-armas-DWLP390254 |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=La Prensa |language=es}}</ref>
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|170
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{dts|9 February 2025}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 February 2025 |title=Nigeria, Bahrain to strengthen diplomatic ties |url=https://punchng.com/nigeria-bahrain-to-strengthen-diplomatic-ties/ |access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>
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|171
|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|Unknown
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|172
|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|Unknown
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|173
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|Unknown<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bridging Continents: Shared Vision Paves the Way for Promising Tourism Opportunities Between Nigeria and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |url=https://kitigbeonline.org/bridging-continents-shared-vision-paves-the-way-for-promising-tourism-opportunities-between-nigeria-and-saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines/ |website=kitigbeonline.org |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
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