Nigeria
Previous medals in OlympicsTill date, Nigeria has won 2 Gold, 8 Silver and 9 Bronze medal medals in the Summer Olympic Games. History & Etymologythe early inhabitant of this country is the tribal Nok people along with the Kanem-Borno race. These places were mainly used for trade routes for a long time and the colonial races started dominating these regions 18th century onwards. Fulani religions captured this place during the late 18th century and even today one can find the existence of various ancient tribal races in this country. Portuguese came here and after that the British ruled this place. Thus this place over the years has witnessed lots of historic events. If we go through the history amazingly we will find that during their reign the British had not done much for the overall benefit of Nigeria. FreedomNigeria got independence from the hand of the United Kingdom in the year 1960. Government & politicsthe government and the parliamentary system of Nigeria is actually modeled after the US parliamentary system. This Federal Republic system follows the Westminster System model and the present president of this country is Umaru Musa Y’Adua from 2007. Here the president is the head of both the State & Government. Nigerian Senate consists of 109 seats and the house is made of 360 seats. One of the deciding factors of Nigerian politics is various tribal races and ethnic groups; infact three crucial tribal groups who play a huge role in Nigerian politics are: Yoruba, Igbo and the Hausa. But like many other African countries, prebendalism and extreme corruption are some of the big problems of this country. Geographical setting and the neighbouring countrieslocated towards the west part of Africa, Nigeria is probably one of the most important countries in whole African nation having great political importance. This country is gifted with some of the best natural landscapes of this entire continent; forests, African safari, coastline of almost 860 km altogether have made this country looks fabulous. The tallest point in Nigeria is the Chappal Waddi at 7,940 feet. Obudu Hills, Lagos estuary, savannah, the river Niger etc have made this country one of the finest tourist destinations of this part of the world. Niger Delta is the largest river deltas of this world. Currencythe official currency unit of Nigeria is Nigerian Naira. Economyfor a prolonged time this nation has perpetually suffered from military rule, mismanagement, corruption at every level along with unfortunate social curses like poverty, drought and HIV Aids. Nigeria is rich with the mineral resources like Petroleum oil, uranium and gold. A particular class of the society here has become rich by exploiting the poor labours of these mines. Infact the economy of this country is almost entirely dependable upon these mining resources. But corruption is big problem that the government needs to fight in these mining areas. Tin, coal and some other natural resources are yet to be discovered in this country and the govt here can benefit from that. Nigeria also has a Development Agency and a National Space Research. CultureNigerian culture gives an ideal reflection of a mixed ethnic culture. Though its quite amazing to hear but Nigeria is a combination of almost 260 different culture and languages. Apart from that you will also get the Benin tribes and Efik/Ibibio people in this country. Another characteristic of this country is undoubted the fact that here both the Muslims and the Christians live happily with each other without any cultural and social conflict. The impact of colonial French rule can also be seen here to a great extent. Capital citythe capital city of Abuja is one of the famous cities of the entire African nation. Populationlast census report says that Nigeria has a population of almost 149,000,000 Famous personsBashorun M.K.O.Abiola - Presidential Candidate |
