• Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional...
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    Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the sixth in the world. It is also one of the most densely populated countries in Africa, with approximately...
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    Uchendu Eugene (November 24, 2014). "Repositioning culture for development: women and development in a Nigerian rural community". Community, Work & Family. 18...
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    of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic...
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    Sabrina (musician) (category Use Nigerian English from July 2022)
    Luxembourg. The song reached number eleven on the hit charts on Boomplay in Nigeria, Gambia and Kenya. Wamba Kuegou Sabrina Ruth was born on 6 November 2001...
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    Lagos (redirect from Lagos, Nigeria)
    /ˈlɑːɡoʊs/ LAH-gohss; Yoruba: Èkó) or Lagos City is the most populous city in Nigeria, with an estimated population of 21 million in 2015. Lagos is the most...
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    Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. Britain annexed Lagos...
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    and by the time he was in college, he had been exposed to different Nigerian cultures and spoke three languages. Azikiwe was well travelled. He moved to...
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    Chad (redirect from Culture of Chad)
    the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population...
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    Fula people (category Ethnic groups in Nigeria)
    their culture. The Fula are almost completely Muslims. Many West African leaders are of Fulani descent, including the former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu...
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    Jos (redirect from Jos, Nigeria)
    /ˈdʒoʊs/ is a city in the North-Central region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The city has a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006...
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    Talking drum (category Culture of Nigeria)
    Ethiopiques, numéro 31, révue socialiste de culture négro-Africaine, 3e trimestre 1982 "The Talking Drum in Nigerian Pop Music -- Fuji Music: MUSC&105 1778...
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    Genevieve Nnaji (category 20th-century Nigerian actresses)
    language — English. Nnaji, in response to Ava DuVernay's Tweet, took to Twitter to explain that the country Nigeria as presently constituted, does boast of...
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    migration from the Central Sahara to Nigeria, Nok people settled in the region of Nok in 1500 BCE, and Nok culture continued to persist until 1 BCE. Later...
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    Richard Mofe-Damijo (category Political office-holders in Nigeria)
    as RMD, is a veteran Nigerian actor, writer, producer, lawyer, and former journalist. He was also a former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta...
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    Igbo people (category Ethnic groups in Nigeria)
    Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group in Nigeria. They are primarily found in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States...
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    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (category Use Nigerian English from March 2024)
    University of Nigeria—Buchi Emecheta, Enid Blyton and other authors as inspirations; her style juxtaposes Western influences and the African culture particularly...
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    Sao civilisation (redirect from Sao culture)
    traditions in West Africa: New evidence from the Chad Basin of north-eastern Nigeria". Antiquity. 82 (316): 423–437. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00096915. Magnavita...
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    Niger (redirect from Republique du Niger)
    Guilhem, "L’histoire du Niger, de l’Afrique et du Monde"; Edicef, Les royaumes Haoussa, pp. 104–112 Metz, Helen Chapin, ed. (1991). Nigeria: A Country Study...
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    December 2022). "A question of rite—pearl millet consumption at Nok culture sites, Nigeria (second/first millennium BC)" (PDF). Vegetation History and Archaeobotany...
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    Benin (redirect from Beninese culture)
    (French: République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina...
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    which is one of the most traditional soups in Nigeria. It is native to the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria. In Nigeria, twigs and sticks from this plant are used...
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    Senegal (redirect from Culture of Senegal)
    Niokhobaye, "Chronique du royaume du Sine", Suivie de notes sur les traditions orales et les sources écrites concernant le royaume du Sine par Charles Becker...
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    Wodaabe (category Ethnic groups in Nigeria)
    Sahel, with migrations stretching from southern Niger, through northern Nigeria, northeastern Cameroon, southwestern Chad, western region of the Central...
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    and Culture (the first took place in Dakar, 1966, the second in Algiers in July 1969) was a major international festival held in Lagos, Nigeria, from...
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    Tijaniyyah (category Islam in Nigeria)
    Triaud, 2000 "Nigeria Court in Kano Sentences Cleric to Death for Blasphemy". BBC. 6 January 2016. Diouf, Niokhobaye, "Chronique du royaume du Sine, suivie...
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  • No Longer at Ease (category Novels set in Nigeria)
    education in Britain and then a job in the Nigerian colonial civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking...
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    Nigeria extends beyond the realm of sports and has a deep-rooted history. The divide extends beyond just football and encompasses aspects of culture,...
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    France, and the United Kingdom, but a number of its parishes are located in Nigeria, particularly in Lagos and Ogun State. Oshoffa was a former carpenter born...
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  • Garifuna (redirect from Garifuna culture)
    origins Efik (Nigeria-Cameroon residents), Ibo (Igbo) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea), Fons (residents between Benin - Nigeria), Fante and Ashanti...
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