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Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi); with a population of over 230 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa.

Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC marking the first internal unification. The modern state originated with British colonialization in the 19th century, taking its present territorial shape with the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and the Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures while practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation on 1 October 1960. It experienced a civil war from 1967 to 1970, followed by a succession of military dictatorships and democratically elected civilian governments until achieving a stable government in the 1999 Nigerian presidential election, with the election of Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party. However, the country frequently experiences electoral fraud, and corruption is rampant in various levels of Nigerian politics. (Full article...)
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Ijaw States, including Nembe

The Nembe Kingdom is a traditional state in Niger Delta. It includes the Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The traditional rulers take the title "Amanyanabo". Today, leadership is split between the Amanyanabos of Ogbolomabiri, Bassambiri, Okpoama, Odioama and Twon Brass.

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  • ... that the artist and designer Yinka Ilori once made a collection of chairs that were inspired by a Nigerian parable about a giraffe?
  • ... that the Nigerian film October 1 could not be released on October 1, the country's Independence Day?
  • ... that "What do you hope to achieve with this?" were the last words of the Nigerian college student Deborah Yakubu while being lynched for alleged blasphemy?
  • ... that after being wiped by the BBC, all four episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Time Meddler were discovered in Nigeria in 1984?
  • ... that the composer Francis Burt, who came from London and settled in Vienna, was inspired by the drumming of the Nigerian Ibo people?
  • ... that Nigeria seeks the return of the Benin Altar Tusks, ivory artefacts taken by the British in 1897 and dispersed in Europe?
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Achebe in Lagos, 1966

Chinua Achebe (/ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ/ ; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe;16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel. Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the "African Trilogy". Later novels include A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987). In the West, Achebe is often referred to as the "father of African literature", although he vigorously rejected the characterization.

Born in Ogidi, Colonial Nigeria, Achebe's childhood was influenced by both Igbo traditional culture and postcolonial Christianity. He excelled in school and attended what is now the University of Ibadan, where he became fiercely critical of how Western literature depicted Africa. Moving to Lagos after graduation, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS) and garnered international attention for his 1958 novel Things Fall Apart. In less than 10 years he would publish four further novels through the publisher Heinemann, with whom he began the Heinemann African Writers Series and galvanized the careers of African writers, such as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Flora Nwapa.

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21 May 2024 – Nigerian bandit conflict
Gunmen kill 40 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria's Plateau State. (Reuters)
24 March 2024 – Nigerian bandit conflict
Kuriga kidnapping
The pupils kidnapped on March 7 from schools in Kuriga, Chikun, Kaduna State, are freed. (BBC News)
22 March 2024 – Nigerian bandit conflict
Fourteen people are rescued from kidnappers by Nigerian forces and local vigilante groups in Katsina State, Nigeria. (Channels TV)
18 March 2024 – Nigerian bandit conflict
Around 80 people are kidnapped by unknown bandits near Kajuru Station, Kaduna State, Nigeria. (BBC News)
7 March 2024 – Nigerian bandit conflict
Gunmen kidnap at least 287 school children in Kaduna State, Nigeria. (CNN)
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Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth (2024-04-29) • Akure–Benin War (2024-04-22) • Dahiru Musdapher (2024-04-19) • Muslim–Muslim ticket (2024-04-15) • Benin Altar Tusk (2024-01-30) • Edo literature (2024-01-10) • Blockade of Biafra (2023-12-16) • Igbo literature (2023-11-11) • Benin Moat (2023-10-29) • C. J. Okoye (2023-09-19) • Haggai Chisom Ndubuisi (2023-09-15) • October 1 (film) (2023-07-20) • Yemi Mobolade (2023-06-14) • Nestor Binabo (2023-04-05) • Tobi Oluwayemi (2023-03-29) • Uche Eke (2023-03-07) • Lynching of Deborah Yakubu (2022-06-01) • Chibuzor Nwakanma (2022-05-08) • Nathaniel Fadipe (2021-12-27) • Mimi Fawaz (2021-12-05) • Ben Enwonwu's Daily Mirror sculptures (2021-10-15) • Tutu (painting) (2021-10-14) • Anyanwu (sculpture) (2021-10-04) • Statue of Elizabeth II, Lagos (2021-09-28) • Rosa Egipcíaca (2021-08-28) • Battle of Sambisa Forest (2021) (2021-07-15) • Ita Ekpenyon (2021-06-14) • Crushed Rock, Mpape (2020-12-16) • Grande Tema incident (2020-11-28) • Tolulope Arotile (2020-08-11) • Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (2020-07-13) • Yinka Jegede-Ekpe (2020-06-08) • The Biafra Story (2020-06-04) • Orlando Julius (2020-05-31) • Potato production in Nigeria (2020-05-24) • Tanitoluwa Adewumi (2020-05-05) • Wande (rapper) (2020-04-04) • Living in Bondage: Breaking Free (2020-01-08) • Agadzagadza (2019-09-01) • Omo Forest Reserve (2019-07-15) • Mark Angel (comedian) (2019-03-29) • Jude Akuwudike (2019-03-24) • Charles Bassey (2018-07-08) • Country music in Nigeria (2018-04-21) • Season of Crimson Blossoms (2018-01-26) • Itunu Hotonu (2017-12-31) • Emeka Ogboh (2017-08-25) • Nigeria Airways (2017-07-30) • Marion Coutts (2017-01-09) • Peppersoup (2016-09-26) • Eastern Region, Nigeria (2016-09-19) • Harcourt Whyte (2016-08-22) • Greater Port Harcourt (2016-08-22) • Humblesmith (2016-07-29) • Remi Sonaiya (2016-07-27) • Priscilla Nzimiro (2016-07-23) • Flag of Nigeria (1914–1960) (2016-07-16) • Felicity Okpete Ovai (2016-06-28) • Josiah Ransome-Kuti (2016-03-27) • Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola (2016-03-15) • Zuriel Oduwole (2015-12-30) • Folake Solanke (2015-12-15) • Omowunmi Sadik (2015-12-02) • Grace Oladunni Taylor (2015-11-18) • Mahmood Yakubu (2015-11-01) • National Association of Seadogs (2015-10-20) • Uchechi Sunday (2015-08-23) • Iwoye-Ketu (2015-08-13) • Ilorin Sallah stampede (2015-07-31) • Igogo festival (2015-07-28) • Yoruba tribal marks (2015-07-06) • Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan (2015-06-29) • Femi Robinson (2015-06-18) • Demi Orimoloye (2015-06-15) • Goat meat pepper soup (2015-06-06) • Oba River (2014-08-30) • Emmanuel Ifeajuna (2014-08-03) • Adeyinka Gladys Falusi (2014-03-23) • Fabian Udekwu (2013-07-02) • August Agbola O'Browne (2013-02-28) • Leo Igwe (2013-02-27) • Amina Mama (2012-12-16) • Dangote Cement (2012-06-28) • Nosa Igiebor (journalist) (2012-03-06) • Ecobank Nigeria (2012-01-02) • Festus Ezeli (2011-09-07) • Fali people (2011-07-29) • National Poverty Eradication Programme (2011-07-07) • Ismaila Gwarzo (2011-07-01) • Celestial City, Imeko (2011-06-23) • Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (2011-06-12) • Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (2011-06-12) • Lagos Colony (2011-06-07) • Daily Times (Nigeria) (2011-05-21) • Prince Amukamara (2011-05-09) • Okomu National Park (2010-11-16) • Gbedu (2010-02-09) • Simbo Olorunfemi (2010-01-26) • Gilbert Thomas Carter (2009-12-20) • Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race (2009-12-08) • Stephanie Okereke Linus (2009-10-11) • Arthur's Day (2009-09-24) • Nigeria women's national basketball team (2009-03-12) • 2001 Jos riots (2008-12-03) • Half of a Yellow Sun (2008-07-30) • Henry Okah (2008-07-24) • Nigerian Coal Corporation (2008-04-18) • Mining industry of Nigeria (2008-04-18) • Juju Music (2008-02-01) • Usman Nagogo (2008-01-06) • Iyabo Obasanjo (2007-12-27) • Kingdom of Nri (2007-11-21) • Alhassan Dantata (2007-10-19) • Arrow of God (2007-09-24) • Death of Eugene Ejike Obiora (2007-09-21) • Evan Enwerem (2007-08-28) • Abdulsalami Abubakar (2007-06-10) • Area boys (2007-03-08) • Iya Abubakar (2007-01-12) • Nigerian Baptist Convention (2006-04-05) • Defaka people (2005-06-01) • Benin Bronzes (2004-10-28)

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