A report on Nigeria

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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.
Emir of Kano with cavalry, 1911
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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 National Assembly, Abuja
Nigerian Army self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
Nigerian Air Force Mil Mi-35P
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja
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
Climate map of Nigeria
Palm plantation in Delta State
Rainforest range of Obudu Mountains
Clouds kissing the mountains of Obudu
A proportional representation of Nigeria exports, 2019
Farm ploughing in Kwara State
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.
Innoson vehicles
Steel factory in Ajaokuta
Meridien Akwa Ibom golf course park
Lekki Beach in Lagos
Substation in Abuja
Railway system in Nigeria, 2022
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
Map of Nigeria's linguistic groups
The Abuja National Mosque
National Church of Nigeria, Abuja
Nigerian states that implement some form of sharia law (in green)
A hospital in Abuja
The University of Lagos
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.
Nigerian women in tech
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.
Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Nigerian football supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
Imota Rice Mill, close to Lagos
Oil and gas fields in the Niger delta
Oil and gas fields in the Niger delta
The world's biggest distilling column at the Dangote refinery in comparison
The world's biggest distilling column at the Dangote refinery in comparison
Pharmacy in Epe
Ituen Basi, Lagos based Nigerian fashion designer

Country in West Africa.

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The Sokoto Sultanate (Sokoto Empire) in the reign of sultan Ahmadu Rufai, established after the Jihad led by Shaikh Usman bin Fodiyo.

Fulani War

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The Sokoto Sultanate (Sokoto Empire) in the reign of sultan Ahmadu Rufai, established after the Jihad led by Shaikh Usman bin Fodiyo.

The Fulani War of 1804–1808, also known as the Fulani Jihad or Jihad of Usman dan Fodio, was a military conflict in present-day Nigeria and Cameroon.

Southern Nigeria Protectorate

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Southern Nigeria (red) British possessions in Africa (pink) 1913
1914 map of Southern and Northern Nigeria by John Bartholomew & Co. of Edinburgh
Southern Nigeria (red) British possessions in Africa (pink) 1913

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.

West Africa in 1625 showing the main states at that time. Modern Nigeria covers the eastern part of this area, including Oyo, the Benin Empire (unrelated to current Republic of Benin), the Igbo states to the east, and the Hausa / Fulani states such as Katsina and Kano to the north.

Nigerian traditional rulers

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West Africa in 1625 showing the main states at that time. Modern Nigeria covers the eastern part of this area, including Oyo, the Benin Empire (unrelated to current Republic of Benin), the Igbo states to the east, and the Hausa / Fulani states such as Katsina and Kano to the north.
Image of a 16th-century ruler (Oba) of the Benin Empire
The Oba of Lagos with a delegation of Naval Officers in June 2006
Sa'adu Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto and Sarkin Musulmi of Nigeria, current Co-Chair of the National Council of Traditional Rulers
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ooni of Ife, current Co-Chair of the National Council of Traditional Rulers
Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku, Eze of Ngwaland
Idia, Queen Mother of Benin
Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi, Shehu of Borno
Oduduwa, Ooni of Ife
Sir Adeniji Adele K.B.E., Oba of Lagos
Alfred Achebe, Obi of Onitsha
Samuel Akisanya, Odemo of Isara
Akenzua II, Oba of Benin
Jaja, Amanyanaboh of Opobo
Nana Olomu, Paramount Chief of the Itsekiri
Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano
Sir Adesoji Aderemi K.C.M.G., Ooni of Ife
Shango, Alaafin of Oyo
Obalike, Eze Nri of Nri (ringing the royal bell)
Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, Shehu of Borno
Orizu III, Igwe of Nnewi (with the elaborate headress)
Olokun, Queen Consort of Ife
Umar, Shehu of Borno
Yahaya Abubakar, Etsu Nupe of Bida
Ajimoko I, Owa of Ijeshaland
Chukwuemeka Eri, Eze Eri of Aguleri
Ezeolisa Allagoa, Amanyanaboh of Nembe
Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi III, Olowo of Owo (in the vest of red coral beads)
Eyamba IX, Obong of Duke Town
Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo (on the right) and Jimoh Olajide Titiloye, Olu of Igboora
Ogbidi Okojie, Onojie of Uromi and part of his extensive harem
Ibrahim Usman Jibril, Emir of Nasarawa
Kofoworola Oladoyinbo Ojomo, Ojomo Oluda of Ijebu, Owo (in red) in the company of some of his fellow chiefs
William Koko, Amanyanaboh of Nembe in his war canoe (seated under the umbrella)
Efunroye Tinubu, Princess Consort to Oba Adele Ajosun of Lagos and Paramount Chieftess of Egbaland
Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo III, Alake of Egbaland
Fusika Adedapo Adeduro, Osemawe of Ondo
Ovonramwen, Oba of Benin and his wives Queen Egbe (on the left) and Queen Aighobahi (on the right)

Nigerian traditional rulers often derive their titles from the rulers of independent states or communities that existed before the formation of modern Nigeria.

Tuareg people

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The Tuareg people (also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn ) are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso.

The Tuareg people (also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn ) are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso.

The traditional distribution of the Tuareg in the Sahara
Artist's representation of Tin Hinan, an ancient queen of the Hoggar
Tuareg chief Moussa Ag Amastan arriving in Paris, 1910
Tuareg in Mali, 1974
Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali, January 2012
Tuaregs in prayer, 1973
A Tuareg from Algeria
Tuareg man from Algeria
Tuareg men near Tahoua, Niger
A Tuareg blacksmith
Tuareg nomads in southern Algeria
Tuareg woman in traditional garb
The Cross of Agadez in 21 modern variations, Niger, 2019
Armed Tuareg men depicted in a French book of 1821. Both men carry spears and the telek dagger attached to the left forearm, the man on the right (a noble) is also armed with the takouba sword.
Tinariwen (Tuareg band) from Mali, taken at the Nice Jazz Festival in France
Tuareg singer Athmane Bali from Djanet, Algeria
Sebiba Tuareg festival in Djanet, Algeria. The celebrants brandish takouba swords.
Tuaregs at the January 2012 Festival au Désert in Timbuktu, just before the MNLA launched the Azawadi rebellion later in the same month
Tuareg selling crafts to tourists in the Hoggar (Algeria)

Traditionally nomadic pastoralists, small groups of Tuareg are also found in northern Nigeria.

A map of the major languages of Nigeria, Cameroon and Benin

Languages of Nigeria

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A map of the major languages of Nigeria, Cameroon and Benin
A map showing Afroasiatic speaking peoples in Nigeria
Systematic graphic of the Niger–Congo languages with numbers of speakers

There are over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria.

Anambra State

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Nigerian state, located in the southeastern region of the country.

Nigerian state, located in the southeastern region of the country.

Agulu Lake
Anambra State LGA map
Innoson Vehicles in Nnewi
Nearly completed second Niger bridge at Onitsha
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Awka-Etiti
Ornamental staff head in the form of a coiled snake, 9th-century bronze, Igbo-Ukwu
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Chinua Achebe
Chimamanda Adichie
Chuba Okadigbo

Nicknamed the "Light of the Nation", Anambra State is the eighth most populous state in the nation, although that has seriously been argued against as Onitsha, the state's biggest and most populous urban area was discovered to be over 5 million in population in 2019 by Africapolis which makes Onitsha the second largest urban area in Nigeria by population and third in Africa.

Igboland

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Indigenous homeland of the Igbo people.

Indigenous homeland of the Igbo people.

Nkanu West, Enugu
Igbo-Ukwu was the site of an early indigenous bronze industry that was rediscovered in the 20th century. Many of the items recovered were ritual objects such as this 9th century bronze vessel.
Enugu, the capital city of the old Eastern Region of Nigeria.
Flag of the Republic of Biafra (1967–1970), sometimes regarded as the ethnic flag of the Igbo.

It is a cultural and common linguistic region in southern Nigeria.

Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)

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The Federal Capital Territory, commonly known as FCT, is a federal territory in central Nigeria.

Atiku Abubakar

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Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo.

Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo.

Atiku Abubakar in 1990s
Seal of the Vice-President.
Official Atiku Abubakar portrait for 2011 Nigeria election.
Abubakar with Muhammadu Buhari.

Following secondary school, Abubakar studied a short while at the Nigeria Police College in Kaduna.

A Yemoja priestess in Ọ̀yọ́, Nigeria

Yoruba religion

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The Yoruba religion (Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), or Isese, comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the Yoruba people.

The Yoruba religion (Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), or Isese, comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the Yoruba people.

A Yemoja priestess in Ọ̀yọ́, Nigeria
Yoruba divination board Opon Ifá
An Egungun masquerade dance garment in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Description of isese symbol

Its homeland is in present-day Southwestern Nigeria, which comprises the majority of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara and Lagos States, as well as parts of Kogi state and the adjoining parts of Benin and Togo, commonly known as Yoruba land.