Cika wannan magana: Da wannan matsayin na Afirka, Najeriya da sauri
ya aika da sojoji zuwa Congo a kan umurnin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ba da daɗewa ba bayan samun 'yanci (kuma ya ci gaba da kasancewa memba tun daga wannan lokacin). Najeriya kuma ta goyi bayan dalilai da yawa na Pan-Afirka da masu goyon bayan gwamnati a cikin shekarun 1970, gami da samun goyon baya ga MPLA na Angola, SWAPO a Namibia, da kuma taimakawa adawa da ƙananan gwamnatocin Portugal na Mozambique, da Rhodesia. Najeriya ta ci gaba da kasancewa memba a cikin Movement Non-Aligned Movement. A karshen Nuwamba 2006, ta shirya taron kolin Afirka da Kudancin Amurka a Abuja don inganta abin da wasu mahalarta suka kira " Kudu-Kudancin " alaƙa a bangarori daban-daban. Najeriya kuma memba ce ta Kotun hukunta manyan laifuka ta duniya, da kuma Commonwealth of Nations. An fitar da shi na ɗan lokaci daga ƙarshen a cikin 1995 lokacin da gwamnatin Abacha ke mulki.