As of 2022, Nigeria accounted for around a quarter of the total languages spoken in Africa with 520. According to the map, the most popular languages spoken there are Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo.

A supporter of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) demonstrates in Niamey, Niger, on August 6, 2023. A deadline set by the West African bloc Ecowas to return the ...

Covering almost 490,000 square miles, Niger is the largest landlocked country in West Africa and the second largest on the continent behind Chad. Over 80% of its land area lies in the Sahara Desert .