26 Facts about Nigeria
- Nigeria is a diverse multi-ethnic country with about 520 spoken languages.While English is the official language, Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo are the predominant tribes and languages in the country.
- Nigeria is the third country with the highest number of languages in the world.
- Nigeria has the highest number of butterfly species, with about 1800 known species.
- Igbo-Ora has the highest number of twins, with birth four times higher than anywhere else.
- From 1985 to 2017, Nigeria has won the U17 World Cup 5 times.
- Nigeria has the second-largest film industry in the world.
- Dwarf crocodile is also native to Nigeria
- Ethiope River, where water flows from under the tree
- Ikogosi warm spring where cold and water meet in a conference
- Adamawa warm waterfall
- A Nigerian, Wole Soyinka, was the first African to win a Nobel prize for literature.
- Lagos is the most populated city in Africa
- Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa
- Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa.
- Nigeria is the only African country where males and females speak different languages in the same town.
- Nigeria is home to Africa’s oldest dye pits.
- Nigeria has the most prominent electronic market (Alaba international market)
- The largest cattle market in West Africa and Nigeria is the Potiskumcattle market in Yobe State.
- Nigeria is one of Africa’s few countries still with indigenous tribes.
- There are only two suspended lakes globally, one in Nigeria’s Oyo state. The lake is named “Iyake Suspended Lake,” it can be seen in Ado-Awayetown, approximately 20 20-minute drive from Iseyin in Oyo state, Nigeria.
- Dufana Canoe The earliest African boat found is the Dufuna Canoe. A Fulani herder unearthed it in 1987 at Dufuna, a Yobe State’s Fune Local Government Area community that borders the Komadugu Gana River. It’s the world’s third-oldest canoe.
- Benin moat – In the region around Benin City, the capital of Edo, Nigeria, the Walls of Benin are a series of earthworks called Iya in Edo, composed of banks and ditches. They include 15 km (9.3 mi) of city iya and an estimated 16,000 kilometres (9,900 miles) of country iya surrounding Benin.
- Nigeria has over 100 listed waterfalls across the country.
- Nigeria has 17 national park areas for wildlife conservation and its varieties of endangered animals and plants.
- Nigeria is famous for its beautiful and diverse butterflies. Nigeria has an exceptional biodiversity and boasts an abundance of fauna and flora. With over 1000 documented species of butterflies, more are still being discovered.
- Nigeria has 1,129 forest reserves, 29 game reserves, four game sanctuaries, and seven national parks.
