Nigeria Nigeria is a country located in Africa below Niger with a current population of about 110,500,000 (Freville 7). Its location, customs, attractions, and government are all things that make Nigeria an interesting country. The real official name for Nigeria is actually the federal republic of Nigeria (Freville 7). Before Nigeria could act on its own it was previously a colony of great Britain and before they gave Nigeria its independence in thwarted the slave trade that was in the area then in 1960, October first Nigeria gained independence from Britain (eLibrary).
Then shortly after in 1967 the Nigerian civil war known also as the biafran war came and left the area the war lasted three years until 1970. But during the time of the biafran war 1,000,000 lives were lost, not through conventional military action but through starvation and disease (eLibrary).
In 1985 through late April and early May, buhari the dictator at the tome expelled almost 800,000 …show more content…
The area of Nigeria is approximately 365,669 square miles or 923,768 square kilometers (Freville 7). The industries in Nigeria include crude oil, coal, textiles, and fertilizers and tin (Freville 7). Lagos, the previous capital, is the chief commercial center and Abuja is the new capital (Onwudiwe). Nigeria has two major rivers that flow into it; the first being the Niger and the second is the Benue river (Freville 7).at the agricultural side of Nigeria some products include peanuts, cotton, palm oil, cocoa, rice, yams, and livestock (Freville 8). Lastly the natural resources that their location gives them are palm oil, rubber, oil, and columbite which are a source of niobium (Freville 8). There are also other fascinating things such as the people themselves and their customs. Many different types of people live in Nigeria, in fact there are over 250 different groups but the four largest in order are the Yoruba, Hausa, the Fulani, and the Igbo, in which the Igbo are the largest (Freville
Then shortly after in 1967 the Nigerian civil war known also as the biafran war came and left the area the war lasted three years until 1970. But during the time of the biafran war 1,000,000 lives were lost, not through conventional military action but through starvation and disease (eLibrary).
In 1985 through late April and early May, buhari the dictator at the tome expelled almost 800,000 …show more content…
The area of Nigeria is approximately 365,669 square miles or 923,768 square kilometers (Freville 7). The industries in Nigeria include crude oil, coal, textiles, and fertilizers and tin (Freville 7). Lagos, the previous capital, is the chief commercial center and Abuja is the new capital (Onwudiwe). Nigeria has two major rivers that flow into it; the first being the Niger and the second is the Benue river (Freville 7).at the agricultural side of Nigeria some products include peanuts, cotton, palm oil, cocoa, rice, yams, and livestock (Freville 8). Lastly the natural resources that their location gives them are palm oil, rubber, oil, and columbite which are a source of niobium (Freville 8). There are also other fascinating things such as the people themselves and their customs. Many different types of people live in Nigeria, in fact there are over 250 different groups but the four largest in order are the Yoruba, Hausa, the Fulani, and the Igbo, in which the Igbo are the largest (Freville