“As in many places in Africa, Nigeria's growing cities are initially divided by ethnicity. Benin City, for example, has a municipal government that operates under the national government, but which also includes sections of the city, each of which dominates a single group and is led by the leader of that group. As cities grow, these societal isolations tend to disappear; now cities are mixing old African societies and replacing them with national identities. (Moss 383) The objective of this report is to convey an understanding of the culture of Nigeria, the diversity of its people and the overwhelming struggles that exist. It also discusses population movements, how kingdoms arose and developed, and the expansion of their industries, oil and rural contributions, and the demographics of Nigeria's population, including population density, ethnic origin, economic status, religion. affiliations and additional aspects of the population, and how Nigeria incorporates a fuller range of climatic parameters, and the environmental dangers the land faces, with corrosion, and local and national campaigns fighting to protect the land for industrial development. The country's territory is very varied, with lowlands in the south, hills and plateaus in the central region and plains in the north, with coastal swamps and tropical forests invading the southern lands, while the north is mainly made up of savannah and semi-desert. The governmental structure and involvement of (British) Europe in the changing economic and social orientation of the region, and how political parties began to move towards full independence, and how the physiographic variety paralleled the diversity of its population and population. religions, languages... middle of paper ......t, is twice as large and has an estimated population of 18 million. The relief of the country varies considerably, with plains in the south, hills and plateaus in the center. In the region and northern plains, coastal swamps and rainforests dominate the south, while the north is mostly savannah and semi-desert. The Hausa and Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo make up the three main ethnic groups in Nigeria. The Hausa and Fulani come from the Muslim north. The Yoruba, originally from southwestern Nigeria, are mostly farmers and practice both Islam and Christianity. The Igbo of the southeast are also Christian, but there is a notable overlap between organized religion and traditional indigenous beliefs: it is common for Muslims and Christians to be equally Christian. observe some degree of indigenous practices, similar to those of smaller groups including the Ibibio, Edo, Tiv and Nupe.