Nigeria
By:Deborah
The Country and Continent
The Capital
The capital of Nigeria is Abuja.
Food!!!!!
Some of the food that Nigerians eats are rice, pounded yam and Beans which the women cook when the man comes back from work.
Language!!!!!!
Nigeria speaks 250 different languages.Can you imagine living in a country where 250 languages are spoken? The three major languages are Hausa , Ibo and Yoruba. And some of the words in Yoruba are Joko which means sit in English, waa means come, pele means sorry, Baba means Dad and Mama means mom.While sunnu means welcome in Hausa.
Schools!!!!!!!
The education in Nigeria is really good and in the morning they do announcements but they are standing up and also the students are not doing the announcements the teachers are doing the announcements for them , they also do the announcements outside in front of the building instead of inside due to very nice weather. And you might not know that they were uniforms. Also, there are Primary schools just like Elementary schools, Junior secondary School just like Middle Schools and Senior Secondary Schools just like High Schools.
Government
Nigeria operates the Presidential system of Government with three distinct but complementary arms namely the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. Nigeria is made up of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The name of the President of Nigeria is President Muhammadu Buhari and if you are not elected but one of the Traditional kings and religious leaders you still have power to influence on what decisions the government makes.
Major Industries
Telecommunication, Mining, construction and Agricultural sectors are other sectors of the economy.
Money #
In Nigeria they call money Naira (#) in place of dollar ($) here in America, also we spend cents (c) but called Kobo (k) in Nigeria.
Religion in my country.
The people living in the northern part of Nigeria are mostly Muslims while those living in the Southern part are predominantly Christians. Although, there are minorities with other traditional religions.
Sports!!!!!!
Nigeria made Olympic football history by becoming the first African and non-European and South American team to win the gold medal for Men soccer here in Atlanta in 1996. There are four different sports that Nigerians play which are soccer which is called Football in Nigeria and also they do boxing , basketball and dancing as sports too.
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Interesting Facts
Nigeria is no longer a major exporter of cocoa, groundnuts (peanuts), rubber, and palm oil. Below is a short clip of Nigeria Atilogwu cultural dancers.