The Niger Delta basin and the major faults bounding it are the other important tectonic features on the Nigerian coastal margin. It appears that major fractures and transcurrent faults influenced sedimentation rates in different parts of the margin throughout the Tertiary period. A landward prolongation of two main oceanic fracture zones (Chain and Charcot) appears to merge well with some of the inferred faults, especially in the case of the Chain Fracture Zone. It is a well known fact that seismic activities are associated with oceanic fracture zones. The delineation of the extensions of these faults and fractures in the Nigerian continental interior can be regarded as an important basic step towards the assessment of the seismicity of the country's coastal margin. The next logical step would be to determine, through the deployment of a seismograph network, the level of activities associated with these faults.