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Nigeria is an exciting blend of cultural diversity – a land of incredible beauty and warm, friendly people. It is a place where “You’re welcome!” is a common greeting, and you will be pleased to be welcomed to Nigeria. Nigeria offers the tourist river and ocean beaches, unique wildlife and vast expanses of unspoiled nature. You can explore mangrove and rainforests, rich savannah plains, mountain ranges and valleys, and hundreds of lakes, rivers and waterfalls, as well as the rapidly growing cities where old blends with new.
Interesting Facts on Nigeria:7th largest oil exporter worldwide and 10th largest oil reserve worldwide. Second largest economy in Africa (after South Africa), and the largest in the West Africa Region Fastest growing telecommunications markets in the world, has overtaken South Africa to become the continent's largest mobile market with close to 100 million subscribers A growing and developing financial services sector, with a mix of local and international banks, asset management companies, brokerage houses, insurance companies, private equity funds and investment banks. Nigeria’s wide array of underexploited mineral resources (i.e: natural gas, coal, bauxite, tantalite, gold, tin, iron ore, limestone, niobium, lead and zinc), despite huge deposits of these natural resources, the mining industry in Nigeria is still in its infancy but has a promising future. Nigerian Cities home to many world class Protea Hotels as follows:
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