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Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. [21] The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw , who later married Baron Frederick Lugard , a British colonial administrator ...
Over 500 languages are spoken among its about 230 million people. This is a result of the number of existing ethnic groups. Some of the popular languages spoken in Nigeria are listed as follows: Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Ibibio, Kanuri, Ijaw, Edo, Fulfude, Tiv, and Urhobo to name a few. [2][3][4][5][6] Ethnicity in Nigeria (2018) [7]
The culture of Nigeria is shaped by Nigeria 's multiple ethnic groups. [1][2] The country has 527 languages, [3][4] seven of which are extinct. [5][6][7] Nigeria also has over 1,150 dialects and ethnic groups. The three largest ethnic groups are the Hausas that are predominantly in the north, the Yorubas who predominate in the southwest, and ...
Over 1.2 million people living in Nigeria (0.5% of its total population, or 1 in every 200 people living in Nigeria) are from a continent other than Africa. There are 100,000 people from the United States, [ 14 ] 75,000 are from Lebanon , [ 15 ] 60,000 are from China [ 16 ] and 16,000 are from the United Kingdom.
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.
Sam Amuka-Pemu founder of the Vanguard newspaper, co-founder of The Punch. Nicole Asinugo screenwriter and presenter. Nenny B media personality. Lekan Fatodu publisher of Checkout Magazine. Dul Johnson (born 1953) filmmaker and author. Babatunde Jose (1925–2008) journalist and newspaper editor; considered the "grandfather of Nigerian journalism".
Languages of Nigeria. There are over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1][2][3] The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, [4][5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. Nigerian Pidgin – an English-based creole – is spoken by over 60 million people. [5][6]
This category has the following 29 subcategories, out of 29 total. Nigerian people by ethnic or national origin (14 C, 1 P) Nigerian people by location (4 C) Nigerian people by occupation (54 C) Nigerian people by period (4 C) Nigerian people by political orientation (13 C) Nigerian people by religion (6 C) Nigerian ...