evision broadcast stations:
3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15
repeater stations) (2002)

Televisions:
6.9 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.ng

Internet hosts:
1,142 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
11 (2000)

Internet users:
750,000 (2003)

Transportation Nigeria

Railways:
total: 3,557 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge
standard gauge: 52 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 194,394 km
paved: 60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways)
unpaved: 134,326 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks)
(2004)

Pipelines:
condensate 105 km; gas 1,896 km; oil 3,638 km; refined products
3,626 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Calabar, Lagos, Onne, Port Harcourt, Sapele, Warri

Merchant marine:
total: 45 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 327,808 GRT/608,076 DWT
by type: cargo 7, chemical tanker 5, petroleum tanker 30,
refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1
registered in other countries: 26 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Norway 2, Pakistan 1, Togo 1, United States 1

Airports:
70 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 36
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 34
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 18 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)

Military Nigeria

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 32,665,407 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 18,763,229 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 1,452,231 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$469.8 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.9% (2003)

Transnational Issues Nigeria

Disputes - international:
ICJ ruled in 2002 on the entire Cameroon-Nigeria land and maritime
boundary but the parties formed a Joint Border Commission to resolve
differences bilaterally and have commenced with demarcation in
less-contested sections of the boundary, starting in Lake Chad in
the north; Nigeria initially rejected cession of the Bakasi
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