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Nigeria should be one of Africa's most influential nations. It is the most populous, a key player in regional diplomacy and is endowed with large oil reserves. But its influence is curtailed by internal weakness; a government wrestling with the long-running problem of communal violence and corruption now sees its revenues hammered by a plummeting oil price. Stephen Sackur asks Ojo Maduekwe, Nigeria's Foreign Minister, if his country is in any position to punch its weight in Africa.