TOP TEN FACT ABOUT NIGERIA

 TOP TEN FACT ABOUT NIGERIA
 1 ONE OF THE OLDEST LOCATION HUMAN EXISTENCE
Evidence from archaeological discoveries has shown that there was a history of human exitance in Nigeria which has been dated to as for as 9000 BC. The Nok civilization (around 500BC-200AD) is the earliest know civilization here.
  2 LARGEST RIVER IN WEST AFRICA : NIGER RIVER
 The longest and largest river in West Africa is river Niger from where Nigeria derives her name. River Niger spans about 4,180km(2,600ml) from the source is in Highlands of Guinea in Southeastren Guinea.It courses in a crescent through Mali, Niger, on the boarder with Benin and then through Nigeria, and the Atlantic Ocean after passing through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta or the Oil River.












 3  THE TWO MAJOR RELIGIONS IS CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM
 The major religions in Nigeria are christianity and Islam. About half of the Yorubas are Christians and half Muslim, through many maintain traditional beliefs. The Igbos in the southeast are mostly Christians; The Hausa/Fulani in northern Nigeria are mostly Islamic and dominated by Hausa-Fulani ethic group. Southern Nigeria is more westernized and urbanized than north, with the Yoruba in the southwest and the Igbo in the southeast.
  4 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN AFRICA
  Nigeria is the most populous country in africa and the 8th most polpulous in the world with the population of more than 160 million people.
The next Africa country to come closer is Ethlopia with the polpulation of 84 million. That is just about half of the Nigerian population.
 5 NIGERIA HAVE MORE THAN 250 ETHIC GROUPS
  Nigeria have more than 250 ethic groups, however, there are three(3) dominant tribes; The Ibo(Igbo), Hausa-Fulani, and The Yoruba which make up to 18%, 29% and 21% respectively.











 6 0GUN STATE HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF UNIVERSITY IN NIGERIA
Ogun State is one of the states in the western part of the country and It has a total of nine registered universites, making the highest number of universities number of universites in Nigeria.
   7 LARGEST PRODUCER OF CRUDE OIL
   I should have put this my number one list because Is the most Important fact about Nigeria, Nigeria is the 12th largest producer of crude oil in the world (averaging 2,525,000 barrels per day) and 8th exporter. Nigeria has the 10th largest proven reserve of petroleum worldwide. Petroleum plays an important role in the country's economy and contributes to more than 85% of the total government revenue.




















   8 HOME OF NOLLYWOOD
  Nollywood is the name given to Nigerian movie industry and it has recently been ranked the second largest producers of movies in the world; just trailing behind Bollywood; the Indian film industry and ahead of America's Hollywood. Nollywood produces up to 200 movies every single week and her movies have won half of the yearly awards for best picture since 2005.




 9 THE LONGEST BRIDGE IN AFRICA
  The Third Mainland Bridge (in Lagos State) connecting Lagos Island to the mainland is the longest bridge in africa It measure about 11.8km. The bridge starting from Oworoshoki which is linked to the Apapa-Oshodi expressway and Lagos-Ibadan expressway and end at the Adeniji Adele Interchange on Lagos Island There is also a link in midway through the bridge that lead to the Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba. The bridge was built by Julius Berger Nigeria PLC and opened by President Ibrahim Babangida in 1990.
  10 LARGEST DIVERSITY OF BUTTERFLY
 Nigeria boasts in being the most suitable habitat for the the worlds largest diversity of the most colourful creatures-the butterfiles, It is widely believed that the areas surrounding Calabar, Cross River State in the southern part of the country harbors the world largest diversity of butterfilies.