what part of africa is nigeria in
Zuma Rock, the huge monolith in Niger State north of Nigeria's capital Abuja. Image: Jeff Attaway. A virtual guide to Nigeria, a country on the coast of West Africa, bordered by the Bight of Benin and the Gulf of Guinea in south. Nigeria is bordered by Benin, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger, it shares maritime borders with Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, and Sao SÃ£o tome TomÃ©. and principe prÃ­ncipe