419 Reasons To Like Nigeria

176. Nigeria is, and will still be the giant of Africa.

177. Nigeria is the trigger of Africa, considering our position on the Map of Africa. If Africa was a gun, Nigeria would be the trigger!

178. We love to travel. We can be found everywhere and anywhere on earth. Go to any country it is almost guaranteed that 1 in 5 black people you meet is a Nigerian.

179. Nigerians are making a mark around the world, In the US we are the most educated ethnicity.

180. Nigerians are a well dispersed group of people. There is the popular notion that no matter where in the world you are, you will definitely come across a Nigerian. Nigerians are relatively hospitable and tolerating people, this comes from our indigenous roots whereby any one in need is attended to, as far as given a room in one’s house for the stranger to lay his head.

181.The strong cultural and rich traditional values of Nigeria still show up in places like Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, In Cuba and in Haiti.

182. We are very much like black version of dispersed Jews, there is probably no country in the world where there is no Nigerian – we are wayfaring, adventurous and quite exploring when in search of personal progress in life.

183. We’re here, we’re there, and we’re everywhere. In every country, every walk of life, every genre, you’ll find Nigerians pulling their weight, doing their share (there are many, many examples of this).

184. A Nigerian will stand out anywhere you find him/her, from Libya to London, Tokyo to Timbuktu. Well known examples include Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets, USA), Olumide Oyedeji (Seattle Sonics), Tunde Baiyewu (Lighthouse Family), Sunday Adelaja (Ukraine), Chris Aire (US), etc.

185. Nigerians love to travel and can be found in most places on every continent of the world

186. Nigerians are located in every country, state and island across the world. Even in the remote islands of the Caribbean.

187. The ‘Nigeria spirit’- unbreakable, adventurous and enterprising – is the reason we are found in every country in the world.

188. NIGERIA is that country whose citizens are found In all thriving economies of the world.

189. It seems you’ll find a Nigerian in almost every corner of the world, whether educated or not, hustling and making a living.

190. Nigeria has the largest population of any country in Africa. Approximately 1 out of every 2 West Africans, 1 out of every 4 Africans, and 1 out of every 5 persons of African origin is a Nigerian.

Nigeria – Industrious, Innovative and Enterprising, with Achievements

191. We take technology and expand it in ways those who created it could not have imagined. For instance, take the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) which allows you to send broadcast messages to all addresses on your contacts list; Nigerians recently found a unique way of advertising the different businesses they do. Someone started a message highlighting the fact that many people in Nigeria are entrepreneurs or provide a service and included his BB PIN in the message and sent to all his contacts with the charge that they state the service they provide, include their PIN and send on to all their contacts too. This seemingly small campaign has gone “viral” with whole lists of entrepreneurs and their BB PINs being passed from phone to phone. This is a clear sign of the ingenuity of Nigerians!

192. The average Nigerian is inherently intelligent. History is replete with stories of Nigerians all over the world, achieving academic feats, one of which is Saheela Ibraheem, who at the age of 15, has actualised the goal of gaining admission to the prestigious Harvard University, with aspirations of becoming a research scientist, studying the human brain.

193. Nigeria boasts mega business moguls, enterpreneurs and billionaires such as Aliko Dangote, who has been dubbed as Africa’s richest man. Aliko Dangote heads the Dangote group with business involvements in transportation, flour mills, agro sacks, cement, sugar, salt etc

194. Nigeria is the first country in Africa to successfully design, build and launch a satellite (under supervision of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd) into orbit (NigeriaSat-X, Aug 17, 2011)

195. The average Nigerian typically does not wait for the government to come and solve his problems. He is a master of improvisation and will sort his issues out. This is why incidents like food riots are rare in Nigeria.

196. Nigerians are great manufacturers, innovators and creative producers. Nigerians are productive and become forces and icons everywhere they are found.

197. Literary Culture: There’s something about the water we drink in Nigeria that instigates an appreciation for good literature. Nigeria is a highly relevant force in the literary world. Wole Soyinka is a Nobel Laureate, Chinua Achebe has written classics, Chimamanda Adichie and Sefi Atta are doing well and very soon, Chibundu Onuzo would achieve greatness.

198. Budding Fashion designers: Yes. It’s a line every Bunmi, Amaka and Amina has decided to tow but to disregard the effort and originality of our Fashion Designers would be disrespectful. Tiffany Amber, Lanre Da Silva and Deola Sagoe are building world renowned brands, not to mention the legacy developed by the likes of Abba Folawiyo, Maureen Onigbanjo, Remi Lagos and Zizzi Cardow.

199. Nigeria is one African country with a commendable drive for formal education. According to The Journal of Pan African Studies, Nigeria has over 30 Federal and State universities, 20 polytechnics, and consequently, an annual graduating class of over 70,000 in a multiplicity of disciplines.

200. Nigeria produced the first black African Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, being the first African country to achieve this feat.

201. Andrew Ejemai, a 10 year old Nigerian living in the UK, passed the A level exams at such a young age, and obtained admission into Eton College, England.

202. Nigerian as a country has made significant contributions to the developed economies of this world in terms of human capital and intellectual contribution.

203. Nigerians are intelligent, brilliant minds who have proven their mettle in various fields – Wole Soyinka was the first African to win the much coveted Nobel prize for literature in 1986. Chinua Achebe’s classic novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ was ranked as number 14 in a list of top 100 books in the world by Newsdesk in 2009. Others include Cyprian Ekwensi, Mabel Segun, Chimamanda Adichie and Helon Habiila whose literary works have won both international and local awards at various times.

204. Nigerians have excelled in the fields of economics and finance, managing well established global bodies. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the current Minister of Finance, was until recently a Managing Director at The World Bank. Obiageli Ezekwisili is currently the Vice President for Africa at The World Bank. Mr Adebayo Ogunlesi is a first class graduate of Oxford, and Managing Partner of Global infrastructure Partner (GIP), a concessionaire of London’s Gatwick International Airport.

205. In the field of engineering, Jelani Aliyu received multiple awards for his breakthrough in car interior design. He is currently the lead exterior designer for General Motors in the United States. His design-Chevy Volt has been described as an American Revolution as well as hottest concept in the design line.

206. One of the most popular books written in the field of process control engineering was Co-authored by a Nigerian Professor, Babatunde Ogunnaike, currently lecturing at the University of Delaware. The book, Process Dynamics, Model and Control, has enjoyed amazing reviews on Amazon and has been sold as one of the top 100 books in control engineering world.

207. Nigerians are enterprising with a rare ability to invent things from the ordinary.

208. We are innovative and can develop something out of nothing…Give Nigerians space and they would clear your doubt.

209. Nigerians are creative-We don’t have access to many technologies that can make our work easier, but we improvise and become creative with what we have

210. Nigerians are very industrious and the country has got a vast amount of opportunities.