Editing Foreign relations of Nigeria (section)

==Africa==
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|{{flag|Algeria}}||2 September 1968||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 September 1968<ref name="ReferenceE"/><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>
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Abuja]].
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Algiers]].
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|{{flag|Angola}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Angola–Nigeria relations]]

Angolan-Nigerian relations are primarily based on their roles as oil exporting nations. Both are members of the [[Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries]], the African Union and other multilateral organizations.
 
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, sent a message to his Angolan counterpart, José Eduardo dos Santos, in which he manifested his interest in keeping and strengthening the excellent relations that exist between both countries, aiming at generating better benefits for the two peoples.
* Angola has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Luanda]].
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|{{flag|Benin}}||12 September 1961||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 September 1961 when has been appointed Chargé d'Affaires of Dahomey to Nigeria Mr. Obed Pessou.<ref name="sgg.gouv.bj"/>
* Benin has an embassy in Abuja and a consulate-general in Lagos.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Cotonou]].
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|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}||19 February 1970||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 February 1970 when Ambassador of Upper Volta to Nigeria (resident in Accra) Mr. Victor Kabore, presented his credentials.<ref name="Ediafric"/>
* Burkina Faso has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Ouagadougou]].
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|{{flag|Cameroon}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Cameroon-Nigeria relations]]

A long-standing border dispute with Cameroon over the potentially oil-rich [[Bakassi Peninsula]] was resolved by a 2002 decision by the [[International Court of Justice]] which granted Cameroon ownership of the region and the 2006 signing of the [[Greentree Agreement]] which led to the withdrawal of Nigerian troops from Bakassi in 2008 and complete administrative control being taken over by Cameroon in August 2013.<ref>Library of Congress, Cameroon; Nigeria: Bakassi Peninsula Transition Completed, Aug 13 2013, https://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403677_text</ref> Nigeria released about 150 Cameroonian prisoners of war in late 1998.
* Cameroon has a high commission in Abuja and a consulate-general in Calabar.
* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Yaoundé]], a consulate-general in [[Douala]] and a consulate in [[Buea]].
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|{{flag|Chad}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Chad–Nigeria relations]]

Nigeria's 1983 economic austerity campaign produced strains with neighbouring states, including Chad. Nigeria expelled several hundred thousand foreign workers, mostly from its oil industry, which faced drastic cuts as a result of declining world oil prices. At least 30,000 of those expelled were Chadians. Despite these strains, however, Nigerians had assisted in the halting process of achieving stability in Chad, and both nations reaffirmed their intention to maintain close ties.
* Chad has an embassy in Abuja and a consulate in Maiduguri.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[N'Djamena]].
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|{{flag|Central African Republic}}||6 October 1970||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 October 1970.<ref name="ReferenceF"/>
* Central African Republic has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Bangui]].
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|{{flag|Egypt}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Egypt has an embassy in Abuja and a consulate-general in Lagos.
* Nigeria has an [[Embassy of Nigeria, Cairo|embassy in Cairo]].
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|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}||25 January 1969||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 January 1969<ref name="African-American Institute"/>
* Equatorial Guinea has an embassy in Abuja and consulates in Calabar and Lagos.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Malabo]] and a consulate in [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]].
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|{{flag|Ethiopia}}||<!--Date started-->||{{Main|Ethiopia–Nigeria relations}}
* Ethiopia has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].
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|{{flag|Gabon}}||18 January 1973||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 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>
* Gabon has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Libreville]].
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|{{flag|Gambia}}||28 May 1965<ref name="Diplomatic List"/>||

* Gambia has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Banjul]].
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|{{flag|Ghana}}||1 October 1960||See [[Ghana–Nigeria relations]]
Ghana set up a commission in 1959 when Nigeria was still a dependent territory. This was elevated to High Commission status on the attainment of Nigeria's independence on 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>

Ghana Nigerian relations have been both bitter and sweet. In 1969 numerous Nigerians were deported from Ghana. Relations in the 1970s were good. Ghana-Nigeria relations began on a sour note in the early period of PNDC rule.  Tension rose immediately after the PNDC deposed [[Hilla Limann|Limann]] in 1981.  In protest, Nigeria refused to continue much-needed oil supplies to Ghana.  At the time, Ghana owed Nigeria about US$150 million for crude oil supplies and depended on Nigeria for about 90 percent of its petroleum needs.  Nigeria's expulsion of more than 1 million Ghanaian immigrants in early 1983, when Ghana was facing severe drought and economic problems, and of another 300,000 in early 1985 on short notice, further strained relations between the two countries.<ref name="cs">Owusu, Maxwell. "Nigeria".  ''A Country Study: Ghana'' (La Verle Berry, editor). [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (November 1994). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.html]''</ref>

In April 1988, a joint commission for cooperation was established between Ghana and Nigeria. A bloodless coup in August 1985 had brought Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] to power in Nigeria, and Rawlings took advantage of the change of administration to pay an official visit. The two leaders discussed a wide range of issues focusing on peace and prosperity within West Africa, bilateral trade, and the transition to democracy in both countries. In early January 1989, Babangida reciprocated with an official visit to Ghana, which the PNDC hailed as a watershed in Ghana-Nigeria relations.<ref name=cs/>

Subsequent setbacks that Babangida initiated in the democratic transition process in Nigeria clearly disappointed Accra. Nonetheless, the political crisis that followed Babangida's annulment of the results of the June 1993 Nigerian presidential election and Babangida's resignation from the army and presidency two months later did not significantly alter the existing close relations between Ghana and Nigeria, two of the most important members of ECOWAS and the Commonwealth of Nations. After the takeover in November 1993 by General Sani Abacha as the new Nigerian head of state, Ghana and Nigeria continued to consult on economic, political, and security issues affecting the two countries and West Africa as a whole.  Between early August 1994 when Rawlings became ECOWAS chairman and the end of the following October, the Ghanaian president visited Nigeria three times to discuss the peace process in Liberia and measures to restore democracy in that country.<ref name=cs/>

Nigeria and Ghana today have a close relationship, and they collaborate on various issues. Ghana and Nigeria are both [[republics in the Commonwealth of Nations]].
* Ghana has a high commission in Abuja and a consulate-general in Lagos.
* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Accra]].
* Both countries are full members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
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|{{flag|Guinea}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Guinea has an embassy in Abuja and a consulate in Lagos.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Conakry]].
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|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}||26 July 1961||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 July 1961.<ref name="kessiya.com"/>
* The Ivory Coast has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Abidjan]].
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|{{flag|Kenya}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Kenya–Nigeria relations]]

* Kenya has a high commission in Abuja.
* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Nairobi]].
* Both countries are full members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
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|{{flag|Liberia}}||1 October 1960||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1960 when the Nigerian Government has agreed to Liberia's raising the status its consulate general in Lagos to that of an Embassy on the  same date.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
* Liberia has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Monrovia]].
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|{{flag|Libya}}||<!--Date started-->||

Nigeria recalled its ambassador, Isa Aliyu Mohammed, to Libya on 18 March 2010.<ref name="Xinhua">{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-03/19/c_13216651.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323042024/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-03/19/c_13216651.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 23, 2010|title= Nigeria reacts over Ghaddafi's outbursts, recalls Ambassador to Libya|date=19 March 2010|publisher=Xinhua|access-date=19 March 2010}}</ref>  The recall was in responses to a suggestion by Libyan leader, Colonel [[Muammar Gaddafi]], that Nigeria should separate into a Muslim northern state and a Christian southern state.
<ref name="BBCnews">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8575383.stm|title= Nigeria recalls Libya ambassador in Gaddafi row|date=18 March 2010|work=BBC News|access-date=19 March 2010}}</ref> Gaddafi had made the suggestion in light of [[2010 Jos riots|recent violence]] between the rival religions in Nigeria which had resulted in hundreds of deaths.<ref name="BBCnews"/> In addition Gaddafi had praised the [[Partition of India]], which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, as the kind of model that Nigeria should follow.<ref name="BBCnews"/>

The Nigerian foreign ministry stated that it was recalling Mohammed for "urgent negotiations" due to the "irresponsible utterances of Colonel Gaddafi".<ref name="BBCnews"/>  The [[Nigerian National Assembly]] has requested that the government ask the [[United Nations]] to prohibit Gaddafi from calling for the division of Nigeria.<ref name="Xinhua"/>  The National Assembly also passed a motion urging the government to order an [[African Union]] investigation into whether Libya was attempting to destabilise the country through "infiltrators".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62I16J20100319|title=Gaddafi comment sparks diplomatic row with Nigeria|date=19 March 2010|work=Reuters|access-date=19 March 2010}}</ref>
* Libya has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].
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|{{flag|Madagascar}}||24 June 1971||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 June 1971<ref name="ReferenceG"/>
* Madagascar is accredited to Nigeria from its embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
* Nigeria is accredited to Madagascar from its high commission in Maputo, Mozambique.
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|{{flag|Malawi}}||29 November 1969||See [[Malawi–Nigeria relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 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>

* Malawi is accredited to Nigeria from its embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Lilongwe]].
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|{{flag|Mali}}||1 August 1962||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 August 1962<ref name="ReferenceD"/>
* Mali has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Bamako]].
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|{{flag|Morocco}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Morocco has an embassy in Abuja.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Rabat]].
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|{{flag|Mozambique}}||25 June 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 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>
* Mozambique is accredited to Nigeria from its embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Maputo]].
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|{{flag|Namibia}}||28 March 1990||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 March 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samuel Abraham, Peyavali Mushelenga |date=November 2008 |title=Foreign policy-making in Namibia : the dynamics of the smallness of a state |url=https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/2703/dissertation_mushelenga_%20s.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y |access-date=11 August 2023 |page=255}}</ref>
* Namibia has a high commission in Abuja.
* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Windhoek]].
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|{{flag|Niger}}||8 June 1961||See [[Niger–Nigeria relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 June 1961 when M. Elhad Camatte Hammodon Maiga, ambassador of Niger to Nigeria presented his letters of credentials to the Governor General Azikiwe<ref name="ReferenceC"/>

Nigeria maintains close relations with the Republic of Niger, in part because both nations share a large [[Hausa people|Hausa]] minority on each side of their 1500&nbsp;km border. Hausa language and cultural ties are strong, but there is little interest in a pan-Hausa state.<ref>William F. S. Miles. Development, not division: local versus external perceptions of the Niger-Nigeria boundary. The Journal of Modern African Studies (2005), 43:2:297-320</ref> The two nations formed the Nigeria-Niger Joint Commission for Cooperation (NNJC), established in March, 1971 with its Permanent Secretariat in Niamey, Niger.<ref>[http://thegef.org/Documents/Council_Documents/GEF_C23/MFA_-_Regional_-_Annex_2.pdf INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT IN SHARED CATCHMENTS BETWEEN NIGERIA AND NIGER] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421094607/http://www.thegef.org/Documents/Council_Documents/GEF_C23/MFA_-_Regional_-_Annex_2.pdf |date=2018-04-21 }} EGEF Council Documents, MFA Regional Annex, 2006.</ref>
* Niger has an embassy in Abuja and a consulate-general in Kano.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Niamey]].
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|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}||30 December 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 December 1975<ref>{{Cite book |title=Nigeria, Bulletin on Foreign Affairs - Volume 5 - Page 7 |publisher=Nigerian Institute of International Affairs |year=1975}}</ref>
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[São Tomé]].
* São Tomé and Príncipe has an embassy in Abuja.
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|{{flag|Senegal}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Dakar]].
* Senegal has an embassy in Abuja.
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|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}||27 April 1961||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1961 when was appointed first Nigerian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone Mr A.B. Oyediran<ref name="John Mamman Garba 1998 220"/>
* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Freetown]].
* Sierra Leone has a high commission in Abuja.
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||21 February 1994||See [[Nigeria–South Africa relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 February 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations (country profiles listed alphabetically) |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=dirco.gov.za}}</ref>

* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Pretoria]] and a consulate-general in [[Johannesburg]].
* South Africa has a high commission in Abuja and a consulate-general in Lagos.
* Both countries are full members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
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|{{flag|Sudan}}||1 October 1960||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1960 when Nigeria have established an embassy in Khartoum.<ref name="Parliamentary Debates"/>
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Khartoum]].
* Sudan has an embassy in Abuja.
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|{{flag|Tanzania}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Nigeria has a high commission in [[Dar-es-Salaam]].
* Tanzania has a high commission in Abuja.
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|{{flag|Togo}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Lomé]].
* Togo has an embassy in Abuja.
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|15 January 1970
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 January 1970<ref name="Research and Publishing House"/>
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|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Harare]].
* Zimbabwe has an embassy in Abuja.
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