NEWS:-INDEPENDENCE DAY: Interesting Facts About Nigeria @56

Nigeria is celebrating her birthday today and formally clocks 56.
TOPUP9JA has gathered brief History and interesting facts about the nation.
The journey to Nigeria independence started in 1884 and 1885 with the Berlin conference in Germany.
By 1900 they are already in Nigeria, in 1914 they amalgamate the southern and Northern protectorate.
The Constitution was introduce in 1919.
The year 1922 marked the beginning of election in Nigeria and NNDP was the first political party in 1923 with Regionalism starting in 1944.
This period is called the colonial period or era, and on the 1st of October 1960 Nigeria gain independence.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE COUNTRY
•Nigeria, with 521 languages has the fourth most in the world. This includes 510 living languages, two second languages without native speakers and 9 extinct languages.
Nigeria's population was just 16 million in 1911 and it has been projected to hit 444 million by 2050, surpassing the US and becoming the 4th largest in the world.
•The 1st republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi hid former South African President, Nelson Mandela, for six months in Nigeria to evade his arrest by the apartheid regime.
•The Adubi war in 1918 was a major uprising by 30,000 "Abeokuta Egba" warriors against the colonial government for colonisation, taxation and slave labour.
One British was killed with rail and telegraph lines destroyed. The British rewarded their soldiers with medals for quelling the uprising while "Awape Adediran" a (Molashin) otherwise known as Kingmaker was imprisoned for his active involvement.
•Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, the mother of legendary Afro beat king Fela Anikulapo, was one of the delegates that negotiated Nigeria's independence in Britain.
As an activist Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti travelled widely, including to the Eastern bloc (Hungary, USSR and China) where she met Mao Zedong.
These interactions angered Nigeria, Britain and America with America tagging her as a communist and refused her a U.S. Visa.
It is worthy of note that Travel Visa was not required to travel to the United Kingdom till 1984.
•Did you know that
A dollar was 90 kobo(90k) at the beginning of Babangida's term in 1985. And this morning as we speak almost 500 naira to 1 US dollar.
Babangida's coup in 1985 was invaluable to the colonialists who were suspected to have been in support as it led to Nigeria accepting SAP restrictions, loans and crippling foreign monetary conditions.
•Did you know that
Nigeria has 5 of the 10 richest pastors in the entire world, with net worth's according to Forbes, from $10-150 million.
They are David Oyedepo, E. A. Adeboye, Chris Oyakhilome, Mathew Ashimolowo and Temitope Joshua.
•Did you know that
Nigeria in 2013 was rated the worst country to be born based on welfare and prosperity projection.
The great Jihadist and Islamic scholar Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817) was trained in classical Islamic science, philosophy and theology and wrote over 100 books on society, culture, religion, governance and politics.
He could only declare Jihad when he was made leader in Gudu {In Islam you can only declare Jihad if you are an official Muslim leader}.
However the Borno Empire rejected Dan Fodio's colonization jihad.
The legendary Al-Hajj Muhammad al-Amîn ibn Muhammad al-Kânemî not only militarily defended his Empire, but also did so by religious, theological, legal and political debates, challenging why a Muslim Empire should colonize another.
•The Igbo ethnic group are the 'Jews' of Nigeria and successful entrepreneurial; during the Biafra secession attempt in the 60's, this industrious people were already constructing an indigenous tanks and other weaponry.
•Did you know that
There is a Nigerian (Yoruba) chief in Accra and his Chief Brimah.
Chief Brimah is the only foreign Chief with a seat in the Ghanaian traditional council.
•Did you know that
Osun: Queen Luwo, the twenty-first Ooni (ruler) of Ile-Ife paved the streets with quartz pebbles—and broken pottery, in 1000AD. The architecture had decorations that originated from Ancient America.
Happy Independence to Nigeria.
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