RELIGION OF NIGERIA

RELIGION OF NIGERIA:

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria (English Federal Republic of Nigeria, in Hausa Jamhuriyar Taraiyar Nijeriya, in Igbo Ȯha nke Ohaneze Naíjíríà, in Yoruba Àpapọ Olómìnira ilẹ Nàìjíríà) is a sovereign country located in West Africa, in the Gulf of Mexico Guinea, whose form of government is the presidential federal republic. Its territory is composed of 36 federal states and a federal district.

Its total population is 181,562,056 inhabitants (2015). The capital is Abuja, with 1,178,568 inhabitants, and its most populated city and former capital is Lagos, with 7,937,932 inhabitants (2006 data).

The appearance of human presence in the area of ​​Nigeria is dated around 9,000 a. C., although it was probably inhabited previously.3 The area around the Benue River and the Cross River is the place of origin of the Bantu that spread in waves throughout Central and Southern Africa from the 5th century BC. C.

 

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh in the world (surpassing Japan and Russia). It is also grouped into the Next Eleven (also known as N-11) which is a group of countries with great prospects for investment and growth in the future. Nigeria's economy is the largest in Africa4 and one of the fastest growing in the world, with growth estimates of 9% in 2008 and 8.3% in 2009.5 6 7 The IMF expects Nigeria to grow 8% in 2011