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* Population - 150 million
making it the most populated African Country. Capital city is Abuja, located in North Central Nigeria. There are 36
states , government is split into three branches - Legislative,Judiciary and Executive.
* Has three main Languages -
Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo. These three languages are split into 250 dialects. (Official Language - English) Also has an interesting
version of the english "pigeon english" Religion -
Christain 51% , Muslin - 49% , Indigenous Beliefs - 10%
* Some Famous Nigerians: Chinua Achebe (Author Things
Fall Apart) , Wole Soyinka (Nobel Laureaute - Literature) , Shade(Artist) , Miss World 2001 - Agbani Darego.
| Agbani Darego - Miss World 2001 is a Nigerian |
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| Wole Soyinka and a few Nigerians in the LSU union |
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* The average Nigerian
is a sport fan. The most popular sport being Football a.k.a Soceer - we won the Olympic Gold Medal in Atlanta - 1996.
* Some major Nigeria cities Abuja . Lagos (likened
to NYC), and Port Harcourt
* Has the third largest movie industry in the world
- Nollywood. Nigeria has a variety of artist ranging from Afrobeat to rap and hip hop.
*Although there is western influence in our way
of Life, most Nigerians still strive to maintain traditions - in the way we dress, our language, food e.t.c
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