Nenzira iyi yeAfrica, Nigeria yakatumira mauto kuCongo
pakurudziro yeUnited Nations nguva pfupi yapera kuzvimiririra (uye yakachengetedza nhengo kubvira panguva iyoyo). Nigeria yakatsigirawo maPan-African uye pro-self-hurumende zvikonzero muma1970, kusanganisira kuunganidza rutsigiro rweAngola MPLA, SWAPO muNamibia, uye kubatsira kupikisa hurumende dzevashoma vePortuguese Mozambique, neRhodesia. Nigeria inochengetedza nhengo muNon-Aligned Movement. Mukupera kwaNovember 2006, yakaronga musangano weAfrica-South America muAbuja kusimudzira izvo vamwe vaipinda vakatumidza kuti "South-South" kubatana pamativi akasiyana-siyana. Nigeria zvakare inhengo yeInternational Criminal Court, uye Commonwealth of Nations. Yakadzingwa kwenguva pfupi kubva kune yekupedzisira muna 1995 apo yaitongwa nehurumende yaAbacha.