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They are composed of a combination of an area code and a local line or subscriber telephone number. Area codes consist of one digit ( Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja) or two digits. Local telephone numbers contain from five to seven digits, and may vary within the area code. Mobile phone numbers start with 070, 080 or 081, 090 or 091 and are followed ...
Over 500 languages are spoken among its about 230 million people. This is a result of the number of existing ethnic groups. Some of the popular languages spoken in Nigeria are listed as follows: Yoruba , Hausa Igbo , Ibibio , Kanuri , Ijaw , Edo , Fulfude , Tiv , and Urhobo to name a few.
World ranking Name Citizenship Net worth Sources of wealth 100: Aliko Dangote Nigeria 10.3 Billion: Sugar, flour, cement 365: Mike Adenuga Nigeria 9.2 Billion: Telecommunication, petroleum
PDP. APGA. LP. NNPP. The current party affiliation of the 36 state governors is: 20 All Progressive Congress (APC) 13 People's Democratic Party (PDP) 1 All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) 1 Labour Party (LP)
The 10th National Assembly was inaugurated 13 June 2023. We have 360 seats for the House of Representatives and two of the 360 seats in the House of Representatives have yet to be finalized.The Electoral Commission(INEC) has announced that there will be a supplementary election to fill in the two seats remaining to complete the members of the Legislative House of Representative.
Over 1.2 million people living in Nigeria (0.5% of its total population, or 1 in every 200 people living in Nigeria) are from a continent other than Africa. There are 100,000 people from the United States, [14] 75,000 are from Lebanon, [15] 60,000 are from China [16] and 16,000 are from the United Kingdom. [17]
Nigeria is Africa's largest ICT market, accounting for 82% of the continent's telecoms subscribers and 29% of internet usage. [ 1] Globally, [ 2][ 3][ 4] Nigeria ranks 11th in the absolute number of internet users and 7th in the absolute number of mobile phones. [ 5][ 6] Economically, the ICT sector has contributed over 10% to Nigeria's gross ...
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. [ 20] The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator ...