Nigeira is 54 today! Happy Indepence day to all Nigerians - Here are 10 fantastic things about Nigeria

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1. Nigeria is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Lagos is the commercial capital.
2. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.
3. The area now called Nigeria was originally made up of powerful kingdoms such as the Hausea Empire, Benin Kingdom, the Yoruba Empire, Nok and many more.
4. There are 252 languages spoken in Nigeria including a variation of thousands of dialects.
5. Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa", due to its large population and economy. Nigeria is now the biggest economy in Africa. Her economy (GDP) became the largest in Africa this year, worth more than $500 billion, and overtook South Africa to become the world's 26th largest economy. The population of Nigeria now stands at 188 million and seventh most populous country in the world.
6. The region was run down during the trans-Saharan and trans =Atlantic slave trade which started around 800 AD and lasted until the 19th Century.
7. Shortly afterwards, the British colonised the broken down empires which had underpopulated and weakened by the trade.
8. With the help of able Nigerians such as Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Nnamdi Azikwe, Alhaji Amadu Bello and hundreds of others, Nigeria snatched her independence from Britain in 1960.
9. In 1967, Nigeria, under the stress of a new management fell into civil war. The Igbos declared their own country known as Biafra and the British came in to assist in maintaining a Federal State.
10. Today, we celebrate the extermination of ebola and 54 years of unity!

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