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Business in Nigeria: Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Kaduna, Benin City

Nigeria is the largest West African country by population: 1,000 million Nigerian in 2100

1. Hausa: Jamhuriyar Taraiyar Nijeriya
2. Yoruba: Àpapọ̀ Olómìnira ilẹ̀ Nàìjíríà
3. Igbo: Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà
4. Capital of Nigeria: Abuja (from 1991)
5. The economic capital and largest city of Nigeria is Lagos (21 million inhabitants)
6. Largest Nigerian cities: Kano (3.6 million inhabitants), Ibadan (3,5), Abuja (7), Kaduna (1,5) and Benin City (4)
7. In 2100, Maiduguri, Ogbomosho, Zaria, Ilorin and Port Harcourt will have a similar population
8. Nigeria is the largest African Economy
9. Important oil production
10. Nigeria share borders with Benin (773 kilometres), Cameroon (1,690 kilometres), Niger (1,497 kilometres) and Chad (84 kilometres)
11. 2009: Jihadist terrorist group of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. 20,000 dead

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Nigerian Students from Nigeria

1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport in Africa, Foreign Trade, International Business
2. Doctorates: African Business, World Trade, Global Logistics

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Alhaji Aliko Dangote

1. Official language of Nigeria: English
   1. Main African languages of Nigeria: are Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo
   2. More than 522 living languages are spoken in Nigeria
2. Total Nigerian area: 923,768 km²
3. Total Nigerian population: 190 million inhabitants (the seventh country in the world and the first in Africa)
   1. Population of Nigeria in 2100: 1,000 million Nigerian.
4. Calling code of Nigeria: 234
5. Country code top-level domain: .ng
6. Currency of Nigeria: Naira

Hajia Bola Shagaya (businesswoman)

States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

36 states and one territory, Abuja, with a particular status, compose the Federal Republic of Nigeria:

1. Abia
2. Adamawa
3. Akwa Ibom
4. Anambra
5. Bauchi
6. Bayelsa
7. Benue
8. Borno
9. Cross River
10. Delta
11. Ebonyi
12. Edo
13. Ekiti
14. Enugu
15. Gombe
16. Imo
17. Jigawa
18. Kaduna
19. Kano
20. Katsina
21. Kebbi
22. Kogi
23. Kwara
24. Lagos
25. Nassarawa
26. Niger
27. Ogun
28. Ondo
29. Osun
30. Oyo
31. Plateau
32. Rivers
33. Sokoto
34. Taraba
35. Yobe
36. Zamfara

Trade Organisations (Nigeria)

1. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
2. West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)
3. Niger Basin Authority
4. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
5. Global System of Trade Preferences

1. African Development Bank
2. African Union
3. AUDA-NEPAD
4. Economic Commission for Africa

Logistics and transport in Nigeria

Port of Lagos

Onne Port: the largest Oil Free Zone of the world

Dakar-Lagos Corridor

Railway loop: Nigeria-Niger-Burkina Faso-Ivory Coast

Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)-Cotonou-Lagos (Nigeria) Route

Religion in Nigeria:

1. Sunni Islam (50% of the Nigerian population)
2. Christianity (50% of the Nigerian population)
3. African Traditional Religions
4. In Nigeria there are strong tensions between Christians and Muslims

Adewale Tinubu (Nigerian Businessman)

Nigerian Ethnicities:

1. Igbo
2. Yoruba
3. Fulani (Fula)
4. Hausa: 22% of the Nigerian population
5. Other minority ethnicities:
   1. Ogonis (Niger Delta)
   2. Ijaws (Niger Delta)

Igbo Mask (Source: Jesús Arjona Muñoz)

Tunde Folawiyo (Nigerian Businessman)

History of Nigeria

1. III - VI Centuries: Nok Civilisation
2. VII - XI Centuries:
   1. Hausa Civilisations in Northern Nigeria
   2. Yoruba civilisations in South-western Nigeria
3. 14th Century: Empire of Kanem
4. 16th Century: Empire of Kanem-Bornou (Lake Chad)
5. XV - XVII Centuries: Kingdoms of Oyo
6. 1486: contacts with the Portuguese
7. 1553: arrival of the English
8. Slave Trade by Europeans
9. 19th Century: Islamic Empire of Usman dan Fodio (Northern Nigeria)
10. 1914: Colony (United Kingdom)
11. 1960: Independence of Nigeria

Nigerian Historians

1. J. F. Ade Ajayi
2. Akin Mabogunje

Abdulsamad Rabiu (Businessman)

Olufemi Otedola (Nigerian Businessman)

1. Folorunsho Alakija (businesswoman, Ikorudu, Lagos)
2. Tara Fela-Durotoye (businesswoman, Ikorudu, Lagos)
3. Adenike Ogunlesi (businesswoman, Lagos)
4. Folake Folarin-Coker (businesswoman, Lagos)
5. Amina Odidi (businesswoman, Kano)
6. Mike Adenuga (Nigerian Businessman, Ibadan)
7. Théophile Yakubu Danjuma (Nigerian Businessman, Taraba State)
8. Orji Uzor Kalu (Nigerian Businessman, Abia State)
9. Jim Ovia (Nigerian Businessman, Delta State)
10. Tony Elumelu (Nigerian Businessman, Jos, Plateau State)
11. Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi (Nigerian Businessman, Borno State)
12. Wole Soyinka (Nobel Prize for Literature) was born in Lagos.

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