![]() ![]() It is also Nigeria’s country’s second-largest employer with more than a million people employed in the industry.ġ9. The Nigerian film industry is known as Nollywood as it produces around 50 movies per week, second only to India’s Bollywood and more than the USA’s Hollywood. Its population is estimated to be at least 21 million.ġ8. In 2012, the population of Lagos surpassed Egypt’s Cairo in size. Nigeria moved its capital to the planned city of Abuja in 1991 as Abuja was more centrally located, more politically and ethnically neutral and less congested.ġ7. Until 1991 Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city in Nigeria, was also its capital. – Source: Independent, CNN Lagos in Nigeria (Shutterstock)ġ6. ![]() An estimated 1-3 million people were killed during the conflict. ![]() At its height, up to 12,000 people a day were dying from starvation. From 1967 to 1970, the Nigerian Civil War (also known as the Biafran War) was fought between the Nigerian government and the secessionist state of Biafra. In 1960, Nigeria gained complete independence, with Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa as its first leader.ġ5. From 1861, Nigeria was part of the British Empire and was known as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria from 1861-1914.ġ4. The majority of those treasures remain locked in the British Museum in London.ġ3. In 1897, the city was destroyed by the British and its treasures stolen. – Source: British Museum Ancestral shrine Royal Palace, Benin City, 1891 (Public Domain)ġ2. Beginning in the 15th century, the kingdom gave rise to the first internationally recognised African art form known as the ‘Benin Bronzes’ (elaborately decorated brass and bronze sculptures). Benin City in Nigeria was the centre of the Benin kingdom. With a net worth of over $17 billion in 2021, Dangote owns Dangote Cement, the continent’s largest cement producer.ġ1. Nigeria is home to Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man. ![]() As well as the five major languages, over 500 additional indigenous languages are spoken in Nigeria.ġ0. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, the transatlantic slave trade saw thousands – possibly millions – of Nigerians forcibly sent to the Americas.ĩ. – Source: Britannica The flag of Nigeria (Shutterstock)Ĩ. The green stands for agriculture and the white for unity and peace. Nigeria has a vertically striped green-white-green flag. From around the 11th century onwards, several city-states, kingdoms and empires were formed in Nigeria including the Hausa kingdoms and Borno dynasty in the north and the Oyo and Benin kingdoms in the south.ħ. – Source: Financial Times, Pew Research CenterĦ. By 2100, it is expected to rise to 733 million. It is set to double again to more than 400 million by 2050 when it will overtake the US as the world’s third most populous country. Nigeria has seen its population surge from 95 million in 1990 to 201 million in 2019. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and the world’s 6th most populous.ĥ. – Source: CIA World Fact Book Nigerian fisherman on the Niger River (Shutterstock)Ĥ. It comes from a regional phrase “Ni Gir” meaning “River Gir” Nigeria takes its name from the Niger River that flows through the west of the country to the Atlantic Ocean. Nigeria has been inhabited since at least 9000 BC with fossil remains uncovered by archaeologists in the region dated to that period.ģ. It is bordered by Chad, Cameroon and Benin.Ģ. Nigeria is located in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. – Source: CIA World Fact Book Interesting facts about Nigeriaġ. Major languages: English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulani Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria Interesting facts about Nigeria include its surging population (Shutterstock) Fast facts ![]()
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