NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu, Aisha Alhassan, Fayemi make Buhari's list of ministers” plus 27 more

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• REVEALED: Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu, Aisha Alhassan, Fayemi make Buhari's list of ministers
• Nobody should fear anything from me, we are not after anybody - Buhari
• 'This is the perfect time to carve out Biafra from Nigeria' - Ralph Uwazuruike tells United Nations
• Happy 55th Independence Day Nigerians!!!
• Nigerians to know ministerial nominees next week
• Independence: IGP places policemen on red alert
• Jealous gay lovers in a bloody fight in Benin
• Full list of nominees for the 2015 Headies
• Fayose to Buhari - 'Stop making selective corruption fight'
• Breaking News: Finally, Saraki receives ministerial list from Buhari
• BREAKING: PDP zones 2019 presidential ticket to North
• FG begs ex-militants over 3 months delayed allowance
• Breaking News: Sylva wins Bayelsa APC governorship primary
• Judge handling Saraki’s case bows out over negative reports
• Ondo Workers begin two days warning strike over outstanding salaries
• We are still waiting for Buhari's ministerial list – Senate
• We will end Boko Haram by December – Army
• APC greets Nigerians as nation turns 55
• Court orders Zamfara to pay Ecobank N3.1b debt
• Buhari to address Nigeria at 7am on Thursday
• IN PICTURES: Buhari returns to Abuja from UN General Assembly
• Never abuse or insult President Buhari - PDP warns Nigerians
• Buhari’s ministerial nominees list fails to reach National Assembly
• Nigeria’s foreign reserves crash by $1billion
• Adeyeye emerges Senate chief whip of the Nigerian senate
• Timi Alaibe withdraws from APC Bayelsa guber primary
• Hajj tragedy: 64 Nigerians dead, 240 still missing —NAHCON
• Nigerians put out hillarious reactions to Buhari's proposed ministerial list

REVEALED: Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu, Aisha Alhassan, Fayemi make Buhari's list of ministers Posted: 30 Sep 2015 04:44 PM PDT Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday received the ministerial nominees list at about 4:56pm from the Presidency but said the content of the presidential communication would be read...

Nobody should fear anything from me, we are not after anybody - Buhari Posted: 30 Sep 2015 04:44 PM PDT President Muhammadu Buhari in his Independence broadcast on Thursday (today) assured Nigerians that his government was not persecuting anybody but said all must be ready to account for their...

'This is the perfect time to carve out Biafra from Nigeria' - Ralph Uwazuruike tells United Nations Posted: 30 Sep 2015 04:03 PM PDT Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday, gave what he termed as genuine reasons the United Nations should allow Biafra to...

Happy 55th Independence Day Nigerians!!! Posted: 30 Sep 2015 04:35 PM PDT Happy Independence Day to all Nigerians home and abroad! Our great country is 55 today. On this particular day and month in 1960, the nation, acclaimed to be the 'giant of Africa,' got her...

Nigerians to know ministerial nominees next week Posted: 30 Sep 2015 03:46 PM PDT Anxious Nigerians may have to wait till next week to know the ministerial nominees. It can be recalled that, President Muhammadu Buhari  surprisingly failed to submit the much-anticipated...

Independence: IGP places policemen on red alert Posted: 30 Sep 2015 03:59 PM PDT The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, says the police have been placed on red alert as the nation celebrates her 55th Independence anniversary on 1 October. Arase, in a statement assured...

Jealous gay lovers in a bloody fight in Benin Posted: 30 Sep 2015 03:56 PM PDT A party organized by gay lovers turned violent in Benin City last Tuesday as one of the organizers caught his man with another of their friends in uncommon mood. This came as two young men were...

Full list of nominees for the 2015 Headies Posted: 30 Sep 2015 03:50 PM PDT Organizers of the Headies have unveiled the nominees of the 10th edition of the awards Awards. This year, Olamide leads the nomination table this year with 8 nods including Best Pop single, Rap...

Fayose to Buhari - 'Stop making selective corruption fight' Posted: 30 Sep 2015 05:33 PM PDT Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe all the past administrations, to prove "he has something to offer." The governor also said the manner the...

Breaking News: Finally, Saraki receives ministerial list from Buhari Posted: 30 Sep 2015 10:14 AM PDT Senate President, Olubukola Saraki has finally received the list of ministers to work in the cabinet of President Muhammadu. The senate president confirmed via a Tweet few minutes ago More...

BREAKING: PDP zones 2019 presidential ticket to North Posted: 30 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Uche Secondus, on Wednesday in Abuja said the party has zoned its presidential ticket for the 2019 general elections to the...

FG begs ex-militants over 3 months delayed allowance Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:56 AM PDT Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.), has urged ex-militants, enrolled under the scheme, not to be agitated over the delay in the payment of their stipends...

Breaking News: Sylva wins Bayelsa APC governorship primary Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:35 AM PDT Chief Timipre Sylva winner of the All Progressives Congress APC primary yesterday extended a hand of fellowship to Timi Alaibe to work with the party to deliver the governance in Bayelsa...

Judge handling Saraki’s case bows out over negative reports Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:52 AM PDT Justice Ahmed Mohammed, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who heard Senate President Bukola Saraki's ex parte application to stop the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has withdrawn from the...

Ondo Workers begin two days warning strike over outstanding salaries Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:49 AM PDT WORKERS in Ondo State yesterday began a two day warning strike accusing government of insincerity in the payment of their two months salary arrears despite collecting N14b bail out from the federal...

We are still waiting for Buhari's ministerial list – Senate Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:46 AM PDT The Senate is yet to receive the list of ministers from the President even as Nigerians were expecting the list to have been read at plenary on Wednesday. Sen. Dino Melaye, Chairman, Senate Ad hoc...

We will end Boko Haram by December – Army Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:42 AM PDT The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has reiterated the military's determination to end Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria in December, a statement said. The statement was issued by the...

APC greets Nigerians as nation turns 55 Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:33 AM PDT The All Progressives Congress (APC) has felicitated with all Nigerians on the occasion of the country's 55th independence anniversary, to be observed on Thursday, 1 October. In a statement issued in...

Court orders Zamfara to pay Ecobank N3.1b debt Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:30 AM PDT The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the Zamfara State government to pay Ecobank Nigeria Limited N3.1billion. Justice Okon Abang directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the...

Buhari to address Nigeria at 7am on Thursday Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:20 AM PDT President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday make a nationwide broadcast as part of activities to mark Nigeria's 55th Independence Anniversary. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and...

IN PICTURES: Buhari returns to Abuja from UN General Assembly Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:15 AM PDT President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday afternoon returned to Abuja from New York, US, where he had gone to attend the 70th UN General Assembly. Buhari, who addressed the Assembly on Monday,...

Never abuse or insult President Buhari - PDP warns Nigerians Posted: 30 Sep 2015 08:51 AM PDT The Peoples Democratic Party has said it is wrong for anyone to abuse or insult President Muhammadu Buhari. The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in Abuja on...

Buhari’s ministerial nominees list fails to reach National Assembly Posted: 30 Sep 2015 07:32 AM PDT The list of President Muhammadu Buhari's ministerial nominees failed to reach the National Assembly on Wednesday as widely expected. The Senators, who had eagerly awaited the list, adjourned...

Nigeria’s foreign reserves crash by $1billion Posted: 30 Sep 2015 05:25 AM PDT The Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed in its data for the month of September that there has been a fall in Nigeria's foreign reserves. Foreign exchange reserves fell by 3.14 per cent to $30.48...

Adeyeye emerges Senate chief whip of the Nigerian senate Posted: 30 Sep 2015 05:20 AM PDT Senator Olusola Adeyeye (APC-Osun Central) has been made the new chief whip of the Nigerian senate. Adeyeye was nominated for the position by the Senate South West Caucus and was made whip after...

Timi Alaibe withdraws from APC Bayelsa guber primary Posted: 30 Sep 2015 05:14 AM PDT Former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission NDCC, Timi Alaibe has withdrawn from the primary of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State. Alaibe in a statement issued in the...

Hajj tragedy: 64 Nigerians dead, 240 still missing —NAHCON Posted: 30 Sep 2015 01:46 AM PDT The National Hajj Commission, has confirmed that Nigerian casualties at the September 24 Muna stampede has risen to 64. Similarly, as many as 240 Nigerian pilgrims are still missing at the time of...

Nigerians put out hillarious reactions to Buhari's proposed ministerial list Posted: 30 Sep 2015 12:57 AM PDT Nigerians put out hillarious reactions to Buhari's proposed ministerial list [View the story "See funny posts by Nigerians on ministerial list" on Storify]

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Nigeria independence 1 Oct, 2015

Nigeria

Not to be confused with the neighbouring country Niger.

Federal Republic of Nigeria Jamhuriyar Taraiyar Nijeriya  (Hausa) Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà  (Igbo) Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Aláàpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà  (Yoruba)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"
Anthem: Arise, O Compatriots Menu 0:00
Location of  Nigeria  (dark blue) – in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)
Capital		Abuja 9°4′N 7°29′E
Largest city		Lagos 6°27′N 3°23′E
Official languages		English
Major languages		Hausa Igbo Yoruba
Other languages[1]		List[show]
Ethnic groups (2014[2])		21% Yoruba 21% Hausa 18% Igbo 11% Fulani 7% Efik-Ibibio 4% Kanuri 3% Edo 2% Tiv 2% Ijaw 2% Nupe 1% Bura 8% others
Demonym		Nigerian
Government		Federal presidential republic
-	President	Muhammadu Buhari
-	Vice President	Yemi Osinbajo
Legislature		National Assembly
-	Upper house	Senate
-	Lower house	House of Representatives
Independence from the United Kingdom
-	Unification of Southern and Northern Nigeria	1914
-	Declared and recognised	1 October 1960
-	Republic declared	1 October 1963
-	Current constitution	29 May 1999
Area
-	Total	923,768 km2 (32nd) 356,667 sq mi
-	Water (%)	1.4
Population
-	2015 estimate	182,202,000[3] (7th)
-	2006 census	140,431,790
-	Density	188.9/km2 (71st) 489.3/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2015 estimate
-	Total	$1.109 trillion[4] (20th)
-	Per capita	$6,204[4] (124th)
GDP (nominal)		2015 estimate
-	Total	$573.652 billion[4] (21st)
-	Per capita	$3,298[4] (122nd)
Gini (2010)		43.0[5] medium
HDI (2013)		0.504[6] low
Currency		Naira (NG₦)
Time zone		WAT (UTC+1)
-	Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC+1)
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+234
ISO 3166 code		NG
Internet TLD		.ng

Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria ⁱ/naɪˈdʒɪəriə/, is a federal constitutional republic in West Africa, bordering 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. It comprises 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country.^[7]

Modern-day Nigeria has been the site of numerous kingdoms and tribal states for millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures whilst practicing indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960, and plunged into a civil war from 1967–1970. It has since alternated between democratically-elected civilian governments and military dictatorships, until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with its 2011 presidential elections being viewed as the first to be conducted reasonably freely and fairly.^[8]

Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa", owing to its large population and economy.^[9] With approximately 174 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Nigeria has one of the largest populations of youth in the world.^[10][11] The country is viewed as a multinational state, as it is inhabited by over 500 ethnic groups, of which the three largest are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba; these ethnic groups speak over 500 different languages, and are identified with wide variety of cultures.^[12][13] Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Christians, who live mostly in the southern and central parts of the country, and Muslims in the northern and southwestern regions. A minority of the population practise religions indigenous to Nigeria, such as those native to Igbo and Yoruba peoples.

As of 2015, Nigeria is the world's 20th largest economy, worth more than $500 billion and $1 trillion in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity respectively. It overtook South Africa to become Africa's largest economy in 2014.^[14][15] Also, the debt-to-GDP ratio is only 11 percent, which is 8 percent below the 2012 ratio.^[16][17] Nigeria is considered to be an emerging market by the World Bank;^[18] It has been identified as a regional power on the African continent,^[17][19][20] a middle power in international affairs,^{[21][22][23][24]} and has also been identified as an emerging global power.^[25][26][27] Nigeria is a member of the MINT group of countries, which are widely seen as the globe's next "BRIC-like" economies. It is also listed among the "Next Eleven" economies set to become among the biggest in the world. Nigeria is a founding member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, OPEC, and the United Nations amongst other international organizations.

In the 2014 ebola outbreak, Nigeria was the first country to effectively contain and eliminate the Ebola threat that was ravaging three other countries in the West African region, as its unique method of contact tracing became an effective method later used by other countries, such as the United States, when Ebola threats were discovered.^[28][29][30]

Since 2002, the North East of the country has seen sectarian violence by Boko Haram, an Islamist movement that seeks to abolish the secular system of government and establish Sharia law.^[31][32] Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in May 2014 claimed that Boko Haram attacks have left at least 12,000 people dead and 8,000 people crippled.^[33] At the same time, neighboring countries, Benin, Chad, Cameroon and Niger joined Nigeria in a united effort to combat Boko Haram in the aftermath of a world media highlighted kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls and the spread of Boko Haram attacks to these countries.^[34]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The slave trade was engaged in by European state and non-state actors such as Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal and private companies, as well as various African states and non-state actors. With rising anti-slavery sentiment at home and changing economic realities, Great Britain outlawed the international slave trade in 1807. Following the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain established the West Africa Squadron in an attempt to halt the international traffic in slaves.^[54] It stopped ships of other nations that were leaving the African coast with slaves; the seized slaves were taken to Freetown, a colony in West Africa originally established for the resettlement of freed slaves from Britain. Britain intervened in the Lagos Kingship power struggle by bombarding Lagos in 1851, deposing the slave trade friendly Oba Kosoko, helping to install an the amenable Oba Akitoye, and signing the Treaty between Great Britain and Lagos on January 1, 1852. Britain annexed Lagos as a Crown Colony in August 1861 with the Lagos Treaty of Cession. British missionaries expanded their operations and traveled further inland. In 1864, Samuel Ajayi Crowther became the first African bishop of the Anglican Church.

In 1885, British claims to a West African sphere of influence received recognition from other European nations at the Berlin Conference. The following year, it chartered the Royal Niger Company under the leadership of Sir George Taubman Goldie. In 1900 the company's territory came under the control of the British government, which moved to consolidate its hold over the area of modern Nigeria. On 1 January 1901, Nigeria became a British protectorate, and part of the British Empire, the foremost world power at the time. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the independent kingdoms of what would become Nigeria fought a number of conflicts against the British Empire's efforts to expand its territory. By war, the British conquered Benin in 1897, and, in the Anglo-Aro War (1901–1902), defeated other opponents. The restraint or conquest of these states opened up the Niger area to British rule.

Postage stamp with portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953

In 1914, the British formally united the Niger area as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Administratively, Nigeria remained divided into the Northern and Southern Protectorates and Lagos Colony. Inhabitants of the southern region sustained more interaction, economic and cultural, with the British and other Europeans owing to the coastal economy.

Christian missions established Western educational institutions in the Protectorates. Under Britain's policy of indirect rule and validation of Islamic tradition, the Crown did not encourage the operation of Christian missions in the northern, Islamic part of the country.^[55] Some children of the southern elite went to Great Britain to pursue higher education. By independence in 1960, regional differences in modern educational access were marked. The legacy, though less pronounced, continues to the present-day. Imbalances between North and South were expressed in Nigeria's political life as well. For instance, northern Nigeria did not outlaw slavery until 1936 whilst in other parts of Nigeria slavery was abolished soon after colonialism.^[56]

Following World War II, in response to the growth of Nigerian nationalism and demands for independence, successive constitutions legislated by the British government moved Nigeria toward self-government on a representative and increasingly federal basis. By the middle of the 20th century, a great wave for independence was sweeping across Africa. Nigeria achieved independence in 1960.

Independent Federation and First Republic (1960–1966)

Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom as a Commonwealth Realm on 1 October 1960. Nigeria's government was a coalition of conservative parties: the Nigerian People's Congress (NPC), a party dominated by Northerners and those of the Islamic faith, and the Igbo and Christian-dominated National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) led by Nnamdi Azikiwe. Azikiwe became Nigeria's maiden Governor-General in 1960. The opposition comprised the comparatively liberal Action Group (AG), which was largely dominated by the Yoruba and led by Obafemi Awolowo.^[57] The cultural and political differences between Nigeria's dominant ethnic groups – the Hausa ('Northerners'), Igbo ('Easterners') and Yoruba ('Westerners') – were sharp.

An imbalance was created in the polity by the result of the 1961 plebiscite. Southern Cameroon opted to join the Republic of Cameroon while Northern Cameroons chose to remain in Nigeria. The northern part of the country was now far larger than the southern part. In 1963, the nation established a Federal Republic, with Azikiwe as its first president. When elections were held in 1965, the Nigerian National Democratic Party came to power in Nigeria's Western Region.

 

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