Central-West African state. With 140,431,790 residents at the 2006 census and 178,516,904 pop. according to a 2014 UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs) estimate, Nigeria remains the most populous country in...
During the 2004-05 two-year period, the Nigerian authorities adopted important structural policies aimed at strengthening governance and transparency in state action, countering corruption, reforming the social security system, launching the privatization program for public...
The particular dependence of the national economy on the trend of oil prices, the scarce presence of private operators active on the market and the insufficient endowment of infrastructures, pushed the Nigerian government to...
According to BEAUTYPICALLY.COM, the pre-colonial economy, after the abolition of the slave trade, was directed by the British towards a plantation agriculture differentiated by climatic bands (palm oil, rubber, cocoa in the South of...
Economic conditions. – Nigeria’s external trade rose in 20 years (1906-1924) from the value of 300 million lire to a value that exceeds 2100 million at the current exchange rate of the Italian lira....
Since 1 October 1960, Nigeria has been a fully independent federal state within the British Commonwealth. The state is made up of three regions and a federal territory, as in the table below. The...
The black giant Like so many other African countries, Nigeria is experiencing serious difficulties. The great wealth of its territory does not touch most of the very numerous residents, among the poorest in the...
Before the arrival of the Europeans, who came from the sea, the population spread to West Africa by land and from the north; but little is known about the conditions in which this happened....
Colony and British protectorate of West Africa. The colony is formed by the city of Lagos and the territory that immediately surrounds it (surface: 3535 sq. Km. With 325.020 residents in 1931); the protectorates...
With more than 178 million residents, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, made up of 36 states, is the most populous country in Africa and among the ten largest in the world. Each federated state...