Nigeria

Nigeria is located in West Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon.

Nigeia's population is 152,217,341

The Age Structure in Nigeria : 0 - 14 years is 41.5%

                                            15 - 64 years is 55.5%

                                            65 years and over is 3.1%

Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups. Housa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5% and Tiv 2.5%.

Religions: Muslim 50%, Christians 40% and Indigenous beliefs 10%.

Languages: English (Official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo) and Fulani.

Nigeria's Independence Day is October 1st 1960 from the UK.

Our Food

Nigerian food has a great variety as there exists a great number of ethnic groups in Nigeria. However with time, lot The unity among the people in Nigeria influence them to have their meals together.

Food of Nigeria includes meat, vegetables, fruits as well as the carbohydrates. Meats consumed by the Nigerians are beef, chicken, mutton, lamb, turkey, geese, pigeon, fish, guinea fowls, crab, shrimp and other sea food. Fruits include bananas, oranges, tangerines, pineapples, carrots, guavas, watermelons, melons, grapes, limes, mangoes, apples, tomatoes, peas and a lot more.

As Nigeria culture is a combination of the cultural influences of many tribes, there comes the variation in the recipes. However, palm oil is the common factor in almost all the dishes. A few common Nigerian food are isu, which is basically spiced boiled yams, dodo, which is fried plantains, efo, which is green stew, iyan, which is pounded yams and jollof rice, Nigerian stew and Chinchin. Rice is the staple carbohydrate in the Nigerian food.

Other common Nigerian food are lentil, maze beens and cassava. The most important thing to note is that, the production of food items in Nigeria is so high that food items, which include vegetables, fruits and other processed food are exported to other countries.