419 Reasons To Like Nigeria

386. This is a country with endless positive possibilities from numerous natural resources to beautiful unexplored scenery.

387. Nigeria is home to Sungbo Eredo, the world’s largest monolithic structure. This mud structure is over a thousand years old and continues to attract tourists from all over the world. Many Nigerians sadly have never visited the site.

388. Nigeria has two UNESCO world heritage sites, the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove and the Sukur Cultural Landscape in Adamawa. UNESCO world heritage sites are places designated as being of cultural significance.

389. Our beautiful landscape is a tourist delight. From Yankari in the North to Obudu in the south, from Olumo rock in the south-west to Argungu, the beauty of nature beckons.

390. Nigeria has beautiful sceneries: A destination for tourists, from the Jos plateau to Obudu cattle ranch to Erin Ijesha waterfalls.

391. Nigeria is a beautiful country with so many tourist attractions and great weather.

392. NIGERIA is that nation with diverse ethnic peculiarities, much in need of tourist activities.

393. A Nigerian will unite with the oddest people when sport is introduced as a variable in his relationship with others.

394. Our love of soccer is notable. One of my fondest memories of my father comes from our 1996 Olympic win. My father leapt off the couch and swung me around in a breathless circle, my older brother danced around the living room…and our phone rang off the hook because all the Nigerians we knew, everywhere, were calling to join in on the celebration.

395. Nigeria has excelled in athletics over the years, still holding continental records in the 100m men and women, 4x100m men and women, 400m men and women, among others.

396. The first player to score in the money spinning UEFA champions’ League was Daniel Amokachi, a former regular feature on the Nigerian National Football Team, in 1992.

397. Kanu Nwankwo, a Nigerian, is one of Africa’s most decorated footballers, philanthropist, and a role model on and off the pitch.

398. Samuel Peter, The Nigerian Nightmare, is a world acclaimed professional boxer and former NABF and WBC heavyweight champion (2007 and 2008 respectively).

399. Nigeria has produced great footballers like Teslim “Thunder” Balogun (the first Nigerian to play for an English Club – QPR), Segun Odegbami, Muda Lawal, Stephen Keshi, Rashidi Yekini (who scored Nigeria’s first ever goal at the World Cup), Nwankwo Kanu, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, John Mikel Obi, Osaze Odemwingie, to mention but a few.

400. Over 100 skilled Nigerian professional footballers played in First Division leagues in different countries all over Europe in the 2010/2011 season, 9 in England, 8 each in Finland, Norway, 10 in Ukraine and 7 in Sweden.

401. Our togetherness is legendary. With over four hundred tribes, yet we remain united and even merge into one through the beauty called marriage

402. Nigerians, despite our diversity are a united people who always strive to help one another. With 774 local government areas, multi religious and ethnic affiliations, 36 States, population of over 160 million, we still stand undeterred to move forward together.

403. Nigerians don’t give up. We still have a country and still stay together despite our historical and current ethnic clashes.

404. Our greatest strength lies in our diversity.

405. Diversity: In Nigeria it’s not uncommon to see one family with 2 different religions or one State with multiple languages and they all coexist just fine.

406. Nigeria is generally peaceful – despite the civil war, we are still one.

407. The Diversity: Yes, it’s quite cumbersome to maintain but how many other countries can boast of people with such diverse attitudes and values. It prepares us for the world at large as we’re already able to accept that people are different and have their peculiarities.

408. We are one. We are one. We believe in an invincible, indivisible and forever united country. We are Nigeria.

409. Nigerians stick together like peas in a pod. There’s this innate bond in us all that gets drawn out especially when we find ourselves in the Diaspora; and because we’re everywhere, a Nigerian will always feel right at home no matter where he finds himself.

410. Nigeria is one of the most diverse nations in the world (think ethnicity, and languages) and yet somehow, despite all the clashes, we’re still together. Smaller countries have split for less.

411. Our ability to look beyond ethnicity, religion, age, sex, and be kind to fellow men even in our diversity.

412. I love the diversity and acceptability / tolerance amongst different ethnic groups. We stick together in spite of everything.

413. Most Nigerians are peace loving people. Even in the face of several ethno-religious crises in the past, Nigeria still remains undivided.

414. Nigeria in her multiplicity of ethnicity has thrived for 51 years: over 250 ethnic groups and over 400 languages. ONE NIGERIA!

415. Nigeria is a country that has her strength in her diversity, embraces her ethnic groups without ethnicity and her tribes without tribalism.

416. A Nigerian is never alone in the world. This is one of the best reasons to like Nigeria and Nigerians for me. We are all over the place and when we run into each other outside the shores of the country, all those things which divide us as a people are quickly forgotten.

417. Even outside the country, Nigerians remain united. This gives a quiet assurance somewhat that you can get on a plane and go to any country of the world and find a Nigerian there who will not only make you feel welcome but will go out of their way to be of really good help. I have experienced this several times on my travels and each time it amazes me how all I need to be is a Nigerian, not Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa and once I run into another Nigerian, I will immediately feel at home.

418. Nigeria boasts unique cultures, awesome weather, landscape, human resources, natural resources and variety of people, with over 300 different ethnic groups staying together as one.

419. NIGERIA is still a UNIT despite being plagued so much with potentially disruptive ethnic/religious tendencies.