Goals from Victor Moses and Victor Obinna sealed a comfortable victory and a 4-1 aggregate win.
Moses converted from the penalty spot after Aynalem Hailu was harshly adjudged to have handled in the area.
Substitute Obinna cemented a place in Brazil when his free-kick deceived Sisay Bancha in the Ethiopia goal.
Nigeria are through to their fifth finals, having previously qualified in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010, and they will travel to Brazil with their eye on reaching the knock-out stages for the first time since France 1998. Stephen Keshi, who captained Nigeria at their first World Cup appearance, will now coach his nation at the World Cup following a triumphant 2013.
Having won the Africa Cup of Nations in February, the former defender - overlooked for Fifa's Coach of the Year award - masterminded an unbeaten World Cup qualifying campaign.
The Super Eagles conceded only four goals in their eight World Cup qualifiers and they were rarely threatened in Calabar where Ethiopia struggled to make any impact on Vincent Enyeama's goal.
After Bancha pushed out an early effort from Emmanuel Emenike, whose second-half goals in Addis Ababa had turned the tide Nigeria's way, the game turned on a refereeing decision.culled from BBC.COM
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