Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.
Nigeria can be both blessing and a curse to Africa. First and foremost, Nigeria got the largest economies in Africa due to oil, Nigeria also has immense population with 200 million people that became the center for economic growth. To count also the location of Nigeria which make it excel in trade and regional politics. Good music for addition. Also, when it comes to sport, Nigeria has a strong team and became very influential in terms of sports advertisements and such. Always needed to count political side and governance as it always be a major factor if a nation is blessed with such public servant or just a tyrant.
It also can be a curse if all these assets went downside