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.
I don’t think Nigerian can be blessing for Africa because any African countries depends on their economy and none of them depend on Nigeria as we speak. The Nigerian economy is not in a stable condition to be depend on due to corruption and poor leadership if not the natural resources we have in Nigeria is enough for African countries to depend on Nigeria if they are properly managed. Nevertheless, Nigerian is till the giant of Africa by population alone because even the military powers are no more.