https://prole.wiki/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=102.91.78.86ProleWiki - User contributions [en]2026-10-24T16:59:36ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.11https://prole.wiki/w/index.php?title=Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria&diff=89400Federal Republic of Nigeria2026-02-03T23:42:53Z<p>102.91.78.86: Corrected the statement that Yorubas live in the South and Igbos live in the West. That's not correct. The West and South West are Yoruba dominated while the South is dominated by the Igbos.</p>
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<div>{{Infobox country|name=Federal Republic of Nigeria|native_name=Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya<br>Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà<br>Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà|image_flag=Flag of Nigeria.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg|capital=Abuja|largest_city=Lagos|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Federal presidential republic|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Bola Tinubu]]|image_map=Nigeria map.png|map_width=290|official_languages=English|national_languages=Hausa<br>Igbo<br>Yoruba|demonym=Nigerian|area_km2=923,769|population_estimate=230,842,743|population_estimate_year=2023}}<br />
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'''Nigeria''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Nigeria''', is a country in [[West Africa]] situated south of the [[Sahel]] with a southern coast on the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Nigeria borders [[Republic of Cameroon|Cameroon]] to the east, [[Republic of Chad|Chad]] to the northeast, [[Republic of the Niger|Niger]] to the north and [[Republic of Benin|Benin]] to the west. Since its independence from the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] in 1960, it has been dominated by [[neocolonialism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]|title=Boko Haram and the explosion of neocolonial rule in Nigeria|date=2014-07-01|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108192227/http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram|archive-date=2020-11-08|retrieved=2022-08-14}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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=== Early history ===<br />
Human societies have been present throughout the region now known as Nigeria for several thousand years. The earliest known human remains in the region, found in the Iwo Eleru rock shelter in what is now southwestern Nigeria, have been dated to around 9000 BCE in the Late Stone Age. Pottery was developed by about 3000 BCE in most areas of the region. Agriculture developed between 4000 and 1000 BCE, depending on the area. Evidence of iron-working and iron tools dates from approximately the seventh century BCE.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|author=Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton|year=2008|title=A History of Nigeria|title-url=https://archive.org/details/historyofnigeria0000falo|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=}}</ref> The [[Nok culture]] flourished from the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Mark Cartwright|newspaper=World History Encyclopedia|title=Nok Culture|date=2019-03-27|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Nok_Culture/}}</ref><br />
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The foundation of centralized states such as Kanem, Borno, Benin, Ife, Oyo, and the Hausa city states occurred from approximately 1000 to 1500 CE. [[Islam]] was introduced into savanna and Sahel states of northern Nigeria circa 1100 to 1400 CE. The region was engaged in the trans-Saharan trade of various goods across the Sahara desert, this trade reaching a notable "golden age" from 1300-1600. Though this trade continued through the nineteenth century, it became diminished after the rise of coastal trade with Europeans in the 1400s.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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=== Civil War ===<br />
After independence in 1960,<ref name=":1" /> the north supported the [[Nigeria People's Congress]], the south supported the [[Action Group (Nigeria)|Action Group]], and the west supported the [[Council for Nigeria and the Cameroons]]. A group of Igbo colonels led a coup in 1966 before being overthrown by Hausa officers. The southeastern region of [[Biafra]] declared independence in 1966, leading to a civil war that killed a million people. Nigeria quickly reconquered Biafra with [[French Republic|French]] support.<ref name=":1222">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=Notes|page=327|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref><br />
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== Economy ==<br />
Nigeria's economy relies on oil, which is owned by foreign companies. It sells over two million barrels of oil every day, but is forced to import much of its oil from the imperial core. 80% of the Nigerian population lives on less than $2 per day.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
[[File:Nigeria linguistic map.png|thumb|Linguistic groups of Nigeria]]<br />
Northern Nigeria is dominated by the Hausa, whereas the Yoruba live in the West and the Igbo in the South.<ref name=":1222" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
[[Category:Countries]]<br />
[[Category:African countries]]<br />
[[Category:Global south]]<br />
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