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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 more than 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 its 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 practicing
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. (
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... that Nigerian footballer Chibuzor Nwakanma was among the first few foreign players to play for all the "big three" Kolkata -based football clubs, Mohun Bagan , East Bengal , and Mohammedan Sporting ?
... that Hibiscus Rising , a 9-metre-tall (30 ft) artwork in Leeds , commemorates David Oluwale , a Nigerian man who drowned in 1969 after police harassment?
... 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 in 2021, Uche Eke became the first gymnast to represent Nigeria at the Olympics ?
... that Dahiru Musdapher , the 12th chief justice of Nigeria , was once a BBC World Service contributor for West Africa and Hausa?
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor CBE (
CHOO -ə-tel EJ -ee-oh-for; born 10 July 1977) is a British-American actor. He is the recipient of
various accolades , including a
British Academy Film Award and a
Laurence Olivier Award in addition to nominations for an
Academy Award , two
Primetime Emmy Awards , three
Screen Actors Guild Awards and five
Golden Globe Awards . In 2008, he was appointed Officer of the
Order of the British Empire (CBE) by
Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. He was elevated to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the
2015 Birthday Honours .
After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995 and attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , at age 19 and three months into his course, Ejiofor was cast by Steven Spielberg to play a supporting role in the film Amistad (1997) as James Covey . He later won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Othello (2008). He was previously Olivier-nominated for Blue/Orange (2002).
Ejiofor earned the BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013). He is also known for his roles in Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Love Actually (2003), Kinky Boots (2005), Four Brothers (2005), Children of Men (2006), Endgame (2009), 2012 (2009), Salt (2010), and The Martian (2015). He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe playing Karl Mordo in Doctor Strange (2016) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). He voiced Dr. Watson in Sherlock Gnomes (2018) and Scar in The Lion King (2019). He directed, wrote, and starred in the film The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019).
24 October 2024 –
Eight people are killed when a NNPC Limited Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Island , Rivers State , Nigeria . (Daily Maverick) (BBC News Pidgin)
16 October 2024 – 2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion
At least 180 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when a gasoline tanker overturns and explodes in Majiya, Jigawa State , Nigeria . (Al Jazeera)
7 October 2024 –
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports more than 350 deaths from cholera in Nigeria this year, which is more than twice as many than in the same period last year. (DW)
2 October 2024 –
More than 100 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a wooden boat carrying 300 people sinks in the Niger River near Mokwa , Niger State , Nigeria . At least 150 people are rescued and 16 bodies are recovered. (DW) (Al Jazeera)
17 September 2024 –
At least 25 children are killed in Kaduna State , Nigeria , when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating Mawlid crashes . (Al Arabiya)
15 September 2024 – 2024 Nigeria floods
Borno State flooding
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