Nigeria

Ceremonial Igbo pot from 9th-century Igbo-Ukwu

Yoruba copper mask of Obalufon from the city of Ife c. 1300

Royal Benin ivory mask, one of Nigeria's most recognized artifacts. Benin Empire, 16th century.

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard who as Governor-General of Nigeria led the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914.

1953 postage stamp with portrait of Queen ElizabethII

Nnamdi Azikiwe, first president of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966

The Republic of Biafra in June 1967, when it declared its independence from the rest of Nigeria

Shehu Shagari was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983.

Olusegun Obasanjo was civilian President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.

Muhammadu Buhari is currently serving as President of Nigeria, since 2015.

Nigerian Army self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (centre) with United States President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in August 2014

Map of Nigeria with administrative divisions

A proportional representation of Nigeria exports, 2019

Oil facility at Bonny Island, Rivers State

PTDF – Petroleum Technology Development Fund

Countries by natural gas proven reserves (2014). Nigeria has the largest reserves in Africa.

Second Niger bridge at Onitsha, artistic impression

SpaceX launch of CRS-11 with Nigeria EduSat-1 on board in 2017

Population density (persons per square kilometer) in Nigeria

Nigerian states that implement some form of sharia law (in green)

A Nigerian police officer at the Eyo festival in Lagos

End SARS is a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria.

Lisa Folawiyo, Fashion Designer From Nigeria

An Eyo Iga Olowe Salaye masquerade jumping

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Africa's most popular and best selling literary piece ever, has been translated into more than forty languages.

Wizkid is a popular musician in Nigeria, Africa and worldwide.

Nigerian football supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

The world's biggest distilling column at the Dangote refinery in comparison

Country in West Africa.

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Lagos

Map of Lagos' initial city boundaries, showing its contemporary districts. This definition is rarely used in the present day; the expanded metropolitan area is now a more accepted definition of Lagos.

A map showing the 16 LGAs making up Lagos Metropolitan Area

The Lagos Black Heritage Festival Parade, 2012

The Cathedral Church of Christ Marina on Lagos Island

Toll gates and roads at the Lekki-Ẹpẹ Expressway

Lagos, its ports, airports, free trade zone and light rail system

Distilling column of the Dangote refinery in compare to a Saturn rocket

Lagos (Nigerian English: ; Èkó) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.3 million as of 2022 within the city proper.

Africa

World's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases.

Lucy, an Australopithecus afarensis skeleton discovered 24 November 1974 in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression

Diachronic map showing African empires spanning roughly 500 BCE to 1500 CE

The Ezana Stone records King Ezana's conversion to Christianity and his subjugation of various neighboring peoples, including Meroë.

The intricate 9th-century bronzes from Igbo-Ukwu, in Nigeria displayed a level of technical accomplishment that was notably more advanced than European bronze casting of the same period.

Ruins of Great Zimbabwe (flourished eleventh to fifteenth centuries)

Major slave trading regions of Africa, 15th–19th centuries.

Comparison of Africa in the years 1880 and 1913

Today, the African Plate is moving over Earth's surface at a speed of 0.292° ± 0.007° per million years, relative to the "average" Earth (NNR-MORVEL56)

Savanna at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

African countries by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2020

A map showing religious distribution in Africa

A simplistic view of language families spoken in Africa

The rock-hewn Church of Saint George in Lalibela, Ethiopia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Nok figure (5th century BC-5th century AD)

Best results of African men's national football teams at the FIFA World Cup

An animated map shows the order of independence of African nations, 1950–2011

Africa's wars and conflicts, 1980–96 {{legend|#cc4c02|Major Wars/Conflict (100,000 + Casualties)}}{{legend|#fe9929|Minor Wars/Conflict}}{{legend|#fed98e|Other Conflicts}}

Algeria is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population.

Colonial Nigeria

Nigeria (red) British possessions in Africa (pink) 1914

Map of Negroland and Guinea including the Slave Coast, 1736, by London cartographer Hermann Moll

Queen Victoria on a stamp of the Niger Coast Protectorate, 1894

Ensign of the Royal Niger Company (1888–1899)

British stamps used in 1898 at Akassa by the Royal Niger Company

King Koko in His War Canoe, London Daily Graphic, 30 March 1895; depicting King Frederick William Koko—onetime antagonist to the Royal Niger Company

Undated British archival photo of a locomotive in Nigeria

A map displaying Southern and Northern Nigeria, 1914

Yoruba sculpture from colonial period depicting the British technique of indirect rule

Emir of Kano, with cavalry, photographed in 1911

Sculptural representation of Africa at the Colonial Office building on Whitehall street; created by Henry Hugh Armstead

Looms in Lagos, photographed in 1910–1913 by H. Hunting of the Patterson Zuchonis trading company

Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence.

The de facto independent Republic of Biafra in June 1967

The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970; also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War or the Biafran War) was a civil war fought between the government of Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence from Nigeria in 1967.

Oba Sir Adeniji Adele II, the 19th Eleko of Lagos.

Nigerian Chieftaincy

King Jaja I, the 1st Amanyanaboh of Opobo.

Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano.

Prince Jaja Wachuku, the Ugo of Ngwaland.

Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, an Oloye of the Western House of Chiefs.

Chief Antonio Deinde Fernandez, the Apesin Ola of Egbaland, his wife Aduke, daughters Atinuke and Abimbola, and family friend Dr. Nelson Mandela.

The Nigerian Chieftaincy is the chieftaincy system that is native to Nigeria.

Northern Region, Nigeria

Northern Nigeria was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures.

Fourth Nigerian Republic

The Fourth Republic is the current republican government of Nigeria.

Yoruba people

Degree of Presence of The Yoruba and derived' Ede
groups in Nigeria, Benin & Togo at Subnational levels

Palace of the King of Oyo circa 1900s - Colorized

Anna Hinderer church and mission house at Ibadan, 1850s

Yoruba door, wood carvings; used to record events c. 1910

Early 19th century Yoruba architecture showing their unique inner courtyard layout used as a safe space for storing livestock and a space where children could play

Wooden Ere Ibeji figures representing twins. Yorubas have the highest twinning rate in the world.

An older traditional Agbada clothing historically worn by Yoruba men. This exhibit was obtained in the town of Òkukù.

African Languages Spoken in American Households

Commemoration of Black consciousness, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

$Amala is a Yoruba food.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Vocabulary_of_the_Yoruba_Language/oXxBAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=amala|title=A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language|author=Owen Emeric Vidal|publisher=Seeleys|date=1852|isbn=9781976589218}}</ref>$

$Akara is a Yoruba bean fritter.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Vocabulary_of_the_Yoruba_Language/oXxBAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=akara|title=A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language|author=Owen Emeric Vidal|publisher=Seeleys|date=1852|isbn=9781976589218}}</ref>$

$Ofada rice is a Yoruba dish.<ref name="Olusegun Obasanjo 1983">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Management_in_Agriculture_Rural_Developm/JdrSAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22ofada%20rice%22|title=Management in Agriculture & Rural Development: A Practicioner's View|author=Olusegun Obasanjo|date=1983|isbn=9789782399243}}</ref>$

Moin Moin is a Yoruba steamed bean pudding.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Adim%C3%BA/w3r4Xx2059AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22moin+moin%22|title=Adimú: Gbogbó Tén'unjé Lukumí|author=Miguel Willie Ramos|publisher=Eleda.Org Publications|date=July 2012|isbn=9781877845109}}</ref>

A collection of foods eaten by Yorubas in general

$Simple Iro and Buba with Gele<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fundamentals_of_Nigerian_Marketing/JfbTAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22iro+and+buba%22&dq=%22iro+and+buba%22&printsec=frontcover|title=Fundamentals of Nigerian Marketing|author=Esogwa C. Osuala|date=1988|publisher=Pacific Publishers|isbn=9789782347299}}</ref>$

$Agbádá àti Fìlà<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yoruba_Dress/CzAqd4vGphoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=agbada+and+fila&dq=agbada+and+fila&printsec=frontcover|title=Yoruba Dress: A Systematic Case Study of Five Generations of a Lagos Family|author=Betty Marguerite Wass|date=1975|publisher=Michigan State University. Department of Family Ecology|isbn=9789782347299|pages=143–183}}</ref>$

Iro and Bùbá, with Gele and Ipele. Blouse, wrapper and headgear<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988"/>

$Bùbá àti Kèmbè. Agbada top with short baggy pants<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Handbook_of_Nigerian_Culture/n1AuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=kembe|title=A Handbook of Nigerian Culture|author1=Frank Aig-Imoukhuede|author2=Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Information and Culture|date=1992|publisher=Department of Culture, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture|isbn=9789783131613|page=134}}</ref>$

$Iro and Bùbá, with Gele and Ipele made from Òfì<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aso_Oke_Yoruba/bH5djwEACAAJ?hl=en|title=Aso Oke Yoruba: A Tapestry of Love & Color, a Journey of Personal Discovery|author=Tola Adenle|date=February 2, 2016|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=9781523495221}}</ref>$

Agbádá àti Sóró, Agbada and long slim pants<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lekki/o9EuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=They%20wear%20dresses%20like|title=Lekki|author=Bola researcher/writer Sebastian|date=1992|publisher=Public Information Department, Lagos State Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth & Sports|page=3}}</ref>

Ìró and Bùbá with gele<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988"/>

The Yoruba people (Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabits parts of Nigeria, Benin and Togo that constitute Yorubaland.

Igbo people

The Igbo people (, also ; also spelled Ibo and formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo;

Bronze from the ninth century town of Igbo Ukwu, now at the British Museum

An Igbo man with facial scarifications, known as ichi, early 20th century

Three Igbo women in the early 20th century

Flag of the Republic of Biafra (1967–1970), sometimes regarded as the ethnic flag of the Igbo

Anklet beaten from a solid brass bar of the type once fashionable among Igbo women. Now in the collection of Wolverhampton Art Gallery. The leg-tube extends approx 7 cm each side of the 35 cm disc.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is the most popular and renowned novel that deals with the Igbo and their traditional life.

Thatching with palm leaf mats, early 20th century

Traditional Igbo house/room from the Anambra area, 1967

Wooden sculpture of Ikenga, an Alusi, in the Musée du Quai Branly.

The Holy Ghost depicted as a dove on a relief in Onitsha

Men wearing contemporary Isiagu with the ceremonial Igbo men's hat okpu agu

Yam porridge (or yam pottage) is an Igbo dish known as awaị.

Igbo people celebrating the New Yam festival in Dublin, Ireland

natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group in Nigeria.

Southern Nigeria Protectorate

Southern Nigeria (red) British possessions in Africa (pink) 1913

1914 map of Southern and Northern Nigeria by John Bartholomew & Co. of Edinburgh

Southern Nigeria was a British protectorate in the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria formed in 1900 from the union of the Niger Coast Protectorate with territories chartered by the Royal Niger Company below Lokoja on the Niger River.