Nigeria Trivia

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NIGERIA is a country located on the WESTERN coast of Africa.

It has a diverse geography, with climates ranging from arid to humid equatorial. However, Nigeria's most diverse feature is its people. Hundreds of languages are spoken in the country, including Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, Hausa, Edo, Ibibio, Tiv, and English. The country has abundant natural resources, notably large deposits of petroleum and natural gas.

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Lagos, the former capital, retains its standing as the country's leading commercial and industrial city.

Nigeria is bordered to the north by Niger, to the east by Chad and Cameroon, to the south by the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west by Benin. Nigeria is not only large in area-larger than the U.S. state of Texas-but also Africa's most populous country. Nigeria has the largest black population in Africa.

FALSE

Nigerian Americans consistently rank as one of the most highly educated groups in the U.S., with strikingly high rates of advanced degrees, including PhDs, often surpassing the general U.S. population and even some Asian groups, though Indian Americans sometimes show higher graduate attainment.

Data shows significant percentages of Nigerian immigrants and their children holding Master's, PhD, or professional degrees, indicating a strong focus on higher education.

One of the reasons is because (relatively speaking) education is not that expensive. An interesting factoid is that, in the Universities, the Christian and Muslim students mingle well together.  It is only in Northern Nigeria where violence is rampant.