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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States of Nigeria

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Nigeria is a federation of 36 states and 1 federal capital territory.

Fourth Nigerian Republic

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The Fourth Republic is the current republican government of Nigeria.

Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Region, as of 14 March 2015

Boko Haram insurgency

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Armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria.

Armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria.

Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Region, as of 14 March 2015
Victims of a Boko Haram bombing in November 2014
Map of Boko Haram's territorial control on 10 April, over 2 months after the start of the 2015 West African offensive
Niger Army soldiers during counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram in March
Civilian Joint Task Force fighters of Michika in 2016
IDPs of the conflict in Maiduguri
Nigerian Army soldiers during counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram in November 2017
Presence and influence of ISWAP and Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, Cameroon, and Niger in early 2019, after the rebels' victories during the early Chad Basin campaign
Areas with presence of Boko haram and ISWAP in 2022
Status of sharia in Nigerian states (in 2013): Sharia applies in full, including criminal law Sharia applies only in personal status issues No sharia

The conflict takes place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian communities, and the insurgents' ultimate aim is to establish an Islamic state in the region.

The main slave routes in medieval Africa

Slavery in Africa

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Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa.

Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa.

The main slave routes in medieval Africa
A Zanj slave gang in Zanzibar (1889)
Slaves for sacrifice at the Annual Customs of Dahomey – from The history of Dahomy, an inland Kingdom of Africa, 1793
Malagasy slaves (Andevo) carrying Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar
Nubians waiting to be sold at a slave market in ancient Egypt.
Release of Christian slaves by payment of ransom by Catholic monks in Algiers in 1661.
Burning of a Village in Africa, and Capture of its Inhabitants (p.12, February 1859, XVI)
Christian slavery in Barbary.
Black Zanjs captured in a slave raid being marched to a slave market in the Arab world.
A 'servant-slave' woman in Mogadishu (1882–1883)
Slaves in Ethiopia, 19th century.
A slave market in Khartoum, c. 1876
Elderly female slave, c. 1911/15, owned by Njapundunke, mother of the Bamum king Ibrahim Njoya
Homann Heirs map of the slave trade in West Africa, from Senegal and Cape Blanc to Guinea, the Cacongo and Barbela rivers, and Ghana Lake on the Niger River as far as Regio Auri (1743)
A slave trader of Gorée, c. 1797
Zanzibari slave trader Tippu Tip owned 10,000 slaves.
The Door of No Return in Ouidah. Memorial to the slave trade through the port of Ouidah.
Swahili-Arab slave traders and their captives along the Ruvuma River in Mozambique, 19th century
African slaves working in 17th-century Virginia, by an unknown artist, 1670
Jean-Baptiste Debret's conception of enslaved persons in Brazil (1839)
Slave trade along the Senegal River, kingdom of Cayor
Capture of slave ship Emanuela by.
Slave trade out of Africa, 1500–1900
Photograph of a slave boy in Zanzibar. 'An Arab master's punishment for a slight offence.' c. 1890.
Cowrie shells were used as money in the slave trade
Two slightly differing Okpoho Manillas as used to purchase slaves

Sacrifices were common in the Benin Empire, in what is now Ghana, and in the small independent states in what is now southern Nigeria.

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard

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British soldier, mercenary, explorer of Africa and colonial administrator.

British soldier, mercenary, explorer of Africa and colonial administrator.

Lugard caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1895
Lord and Lady Lugard

He was recalled from Ngami by the British government and sent to West Africa, where he was commissioned to raise a native force to protect British interests in the hinterland of the Lagos Colony and Nigeria against French aggression.

Angola

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Country in Central Africa, sometimes considered part of Southern Africa due to its location.

Country in Central Africa, sometimes considered part of Southern Africa due to its location.

King João I, Manikongo of the Kingdom of Kongo
Coat of arms granted to King Afonso I of Kongo by King Manuel I of Portugal
Queen Ana de Sousa of Ndongo meeting with the Portuguese, 1657
Depiction of Luanda from 1755
History of Angola; written in Luanda in 1680.
Portuguese Armed Forces marching in Luanda during the Portuguese Colonial Wars (1961–74).
Members of the National Liberation Front of Angola training in 1973.
Agostinho Neto, first President of Angola.
Maximum extent of UNITA and South African operations in Angola and Zambia during the Angolan Civil War.
Cuban tank in Luanda during the Cuban intervention in Angola, 1976
Luanda is experiencing widespread urban renewal and redevelopment in the 21st century, backed largely by profits from oil & diamond industries.
Topography of Angola.
Map of Angola with the provinces numbered
Provincial Government of Huambo.
Provincial Government of Namibe.
The National Assembly of Angola.
João Lourenço, President of Angola
Soldiers of the Angolan Armed Forces in full dress uniform.
Angolan National Police officers.
Foreign Minister of Angola Manuel Domingos Augusto.
Diplomatic missions of Angola.
A proportional representation of Angola exports, 2019
GDP per capita 1950 to 2018
The National Bank of Angola.
Luanda Financial City.
Tourism in Angola has grown with the country's economy and stability.
Corporate headquarters in Luanda
An offshore oil drilling platform off the coast of central Angola
Capanda Dam on the Cuanza
TAAG Angola Airlines is the country's state-owned national carrier.
Catumbela Bridge in Benguela.
Lobito hosts a major seaport.
Luanda's construction boom is financed largely by oil and diamonds.
Population Pyramid of Angola in 2020.
Portuguese colonial architecture in the historic center of Benguela.
Roman Catholic Luanda Cathedral.
Catholic church of Uaco Cungo.
Lucrécia Paím Maternity Hospital.
Agostinho Neto University.
A primary school in Province of Cuanza Sul
Mutu-ya Kevela Prep. School
Agostinho Neto National Memorial in Luanda.
Yombe sculpture.
National Museum of Anthropology.
The National Stadium in Benguela.
Angola map of Köppen climate classification.
Historical ethnic divisions of Angola

They were displaced by Bantu peoples arriving from the north in the first millennium BC, most of whom likely originated in what is today northwestern Nigeria and southern Niger.

Nri's area of influence (green) with West Africa's modern borders

Kingdom of Nri

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Nri's area of influence (green) with West Africa's modern borders
Eastern Hemisphere at the end of the 9th century CE showing Nri and other civilizations.
A tender palm frond was a symbol of Nri
Eze Nri Obalike sounding his bell
9th-century bronze vessel in form of a snail shell excavated in Igbo-Ukwu, in Nigerian National Museum (Lagos)
An Igbo man with facial marks of nobility known as Ichi

The Kingdom of Nri (Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì) was a medieval polity located in what is now Nigeria.

Northern People's Congress

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Northern People's Congress (NPC) is a political party in Nigeria.

Daura

Daura

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Daura
The Well of Daura serve as tourism in Hausa land

Daura is a town and Local Government Area in Katsina State, northern Nigeria.

National Assembly (Nigeria)

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Nigeria's National Assembly Building
Nigeria Senate Building (Red Chamber)
Nigeria's National Assembly Building with the Mace
National Assembly Complex

The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature established under section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution.