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The legal marriage age in Nigeria, according to Nigeria's Marriage Act, Chapter 218 (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990) is twenty one (21).

Anyone under that age, by Nigeria laws is considered a minor and would require parental consent before legally entering into a marriage in Nigeria.

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