Things you don't know about Nigeria

Nigeria my country is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa", owing to its large population and economy. With approximately 186 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Being the most populous country with high fertility rate, Nigeria has the third-largest youth population in the world, after India and China, with more than 90 million children under age 18.

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Now here are some listed facts that you may or may not know about Nigeria my country

• Left is wrong, the left hand does not feature well in inter- personal relationships. Most people consider it a taboo to give, receive, or eat things with the left. And this the same in almost all the ethnic groups.

• The Jos Plateau Indigobird, a small reddish-brown bird, is found nowhere else on the planet but Plateau state, Nigeria.

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• The Yoruba tribe has the highest rate of twin births in the world. Igbo-Ora, a little town in Oyo state, has been nicknamed Twin capital of the World because of its unusually high rate of twins that is put as high as 158 twins per 1000 births.

• Nigeria is the second most expensive country to buy food in, based on people's average daily incomes. Source: UN's World Food Programme and Mastercard.

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• Nollywood is the world's largest producer of English films, 2nd largest producer of films & 3rd largest film industry. It's Nigeria's 2nd largest employer of labour after FG & a major contributor to its GDP. Kenya is its largest foreign market. UK is its largest market in Europe.

This is all for now, and i hope you will like to visit my country soon. Feel free to post your comments.
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