Nigeria
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Nigeria ( (listen)), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The constitution defines Nigeria as a democratic secular state.Nigeria has been home to a number of ancient and indigenous kingdoms and states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and took its present territorial shape with the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures while practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960. It experienced a civil war from 1967 to 1970. It thereafter alternated between democratically elected civilian governments and military dictatorships until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with the 2011 presidential election considered the first to be reasonably free and fair.Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa", owing to its large population and economy. With 186 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Nigeria has the third-largest youth population in the world, after India and China, with more than 90 million of its population under age 18. The country is viewed as a multinational state as it is inhabited by 250 ethnic groups, of which the three largest are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba; these ethnic groups speak over 500 different native languages and are identified with a wide variety of cultures. The official language of Nigeria is Nigerian English, chosen to facilitate linguistic unity at the national level. Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Christians, who live mostly in the southern part of the country, and Muslims, who live mostly in the north. A minority of the population practice religions indigenous to Nigeria, such as those native to the Igbo and Yoruba ethnicities.
Nigeria is the world's 20th largest economy as of 2015, worth more than $500 billion and $1 trillion in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity, respectively. It overtook South Africa to become Africa's largest economy in 2014. The 2013 debt-to-GDP ratio was 11 percent. Nigeria is considered to be an emerging market by the World Bank; it has been identified as a regional power on the African continent, a middle power in international affairs, and has also been identified as an emerging global power. However, it currently has a "low" Human Development Index, ranking 152nd in the world. Nigeria is a member of the MINT group of countries, which are widely seen as the globe's next "BRIC-like" economies. It is also listed among the "Next Eleven" economies set to become among the biggest in the world. Nigeria is a founding member of the African Union and a member of many other international organizations, including the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations and OPEC.
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Nigeria
Country in West Africa
- Desc: Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west.
- URL: http://www.nigeria.gov.ng
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria
- Type: AdministrativeArea, Thing, Place, Country
- Result Score: 9398.93
Football team
Football team
Basketball team
- Desc: The Nigeria national basketball team is overseen by the Nigeria Basketball Federation. It is generally considered to be one of the best national basketball teams in the FIBA Africa zone, along with Angola and Senegal.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_national_basketball_team
- Type: SportsTeam, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 639.74
City in Nigeria
- Desc: Lagos is a city in the Nigerian state of the same name. The city, with its adjoining conurbation, is the most populous in Nigeria and on the African continent. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world and one of the most populous urban areas.
- URL: http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos
- Type: AdministrativeArea, Place, Thing, City
- Result Score: 430.14
Banking company
- Desc: Guaranty Trust Bank plc also known as GTBank or simply GTB is a Nigerian multinational financial institution, that offers Online/Internet Banking, Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking and Asset Management services, with its head office in Victoria Island, Lagos.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaranty_Trust_Bank
- Type: Corporation, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 387.85
Capital of Nigeria
- Desc: Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria located in the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory. It is a planned city and was built mainly in the 1980s, replacing the country's most populous city of Lagos as the capital on 12 December 1991.
- URL: http://www.abujacity.com/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja
- Type: Thing, Place, City, Cemetery
- Result Score: 311.64
Banking company
Commercial bank
University in Lagos, Nigeria
Cricket team
- Desc: The Nigeria national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Nigeria in international cricket. Cricket has been played in the country since the late 19th century, and the national team played their first match in 1904, when a team representing the Lagos Colony played the Gold Coast Colony.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_national_cricket_team
- Type: SportsTeam, Organization, Thing
- Result Score: 191.88
University in Nsukka, Nigeria
- Desc: The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has four campuses – Nsukka, Enugu, and Ituku-Ozalla – all located in Enugu State and Aba campus in Abia State
- URL: http://www.unn.edu.ng/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nigeria,_Nsukka
- Type: Thing, Place, CollegeOrUniversity, Organization, EducationalOrganization
- Result Score: 188.97
Bank
Commercial banking company
- Desc: Fidelity Bank, also known as Fidelity Bank Plc., is a commercial bank in Nigeria. It is licensed as a commercial bank with international authorization, by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the central bank and national banking regulator.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelity_Bank_Nigeria
- Type: Thing, Organization, Corporation
- Result Score: 169.33
Banking company
Commercial banking company
Armed force
- Desc: The Nigerian army is the largest component of the Nigerian Armed Forces, and is responsible for land warfare operations. It is governed by the Nigerian Army Council. It bears the brunt of the nation's security challenges, notably the Boko Haram insurgency.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Army
- Type: Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 144.49
Football league
- Desc: The Nigerian Professional Football League is the highest level of the Nigerian football league system, for the Nigerian Club-football Championships.
But the Nigerian top-division had experienced many dwindling fortunes, since the late 2000s.
It is fed into by the Nigeria National League. It is organized by the League Management Company.
- URL: http://nigeriapremierleague.com/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Professional_Football_League
- Type: SportsOrganization, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 107.14
War
- Desc: The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War and the Nigerian-Biafran War, was a war fought between the government of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War
- Type: Event, Thing
- Result Score: 104.66
University in Nigeria
- Desc: The Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna, is one of the first of two Military Universities in Nigeria. Nigerian Army University established in 2018 in Biu, Borno State is the other military university though it does not offer military training.
- URL: http://www.nda.edu.ng/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Defence_Academy
- Type: Thing, Place, CollegeOrUniversity, Organization, EducationalOrganization
- Result Score: 102.58
City in Nigeria
- Desc: Zaria is a major city in Kaduna State in northern Nigeria, as well as being a Local Government Area. Formerly known as Zazzau, it was one of the original seven Hausa city-states.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaria
- Type: City, Place, Thing
- Result Score: 97.55
Commercial bank
- Desc: Keystone Bank Limited, commonly referred to as Keystone Bank, is a commercial bank in Nigeria. The bank is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the national banking regulator.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Bank_Limited
- Type: Thing, Organization, Corporation
- Result Score: 91.02
Commercial banking company
University in Yola, Nigeria
Football team
City in Nigeria
- Desc: The city of Warri is an oil hub in South-South Nigeria and houses an annex of the Delta State Government House. It served as the colonial capital of the then Warri Province.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warri
- Type: City, Place, Thing
- Result Score: 77.40
City in Nigeria
Basketball team
- Desc: The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as D'Tigeress, represents Nigeria in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Nigeria.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_women's_national_basketball_team
- Type: SportsTeam, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 67.98
Football team
- Desc: The Nigeria national U-17 football team known as the Golden Eaglets, is the youngest team that represents Nigeria in football The team is the most successful in international football for their age group winning a record, five FIFA U-17 World Cup titiles and are runners up on three different occasions.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_national_under-17_football_team
- Type: SportsTeam, Organization, Thing
- Result Score: 65.52
Football team
- Desc: Nigeria Olympic football team represents Nigeria in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to male players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_national_under-23_football_team
- Type: SportsTeam, Thing
- Result Score: 57.55
Broadcasting television network
City in Nigeria
- Desc: Bida is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria and a city on the A124 highway which occupies most of the area.
The LGA has an area of 51 km² and a population of 188,181 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 912.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bida
- Type: City, Thing, Place
- Result Score: 43.18
City in Nigeria
- Desc: Yola, meaning 'Great Plain' or 'Vast Plain Land', is the capital city and administrative center of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Located on the Benue River, it has a population of 336,648. Yola is split into two parts.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yola,_Adamawa
- Type: City, Place, Thing
- Result Score: 32.80
Nigeria
Song by Peter Breiner and Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Type: Thing
- Result Score: 19.02
Autonomous region
Crown Colony-class cruiser
- Desc: HMS Nigeria was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy completed early in World War II and served throughout that conflict. She was named for the British colony of Nigeria.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nigeria_(60)
- Type: Thing
- Result Score: 13.20
City in Nigeria
- Desc: Kano is the state capital of Kano State in North West, Nigeria. It is situated in the Sahelian geographic region, south of the Sahara. Kano is the commercial nerve centre of Northern Nigeria and is the second largest city in Nigeria.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano
- Type: Place, Thing, City, Cemetery, AdministrativeArea
- Result Score: 9.98
University in Benin City, Nigeria
Nigeria
Book by G. B. S. Jejeniwa
- Type: Thing, Book
- Result Score: 7.00
Nigeria
Book by Niyi Arije
- Type: Book, Thing
- Result Score: 7.00
Nigeria
Song by Ben Kenney
- Type: MusicRecording, Thing
- Result Score: 7.00
Nigeria
Song by Magic Malik Orchestra
- Type: Thing, MusicRecording
- Result Score: 7.00
Nigeria
Song by Central Band of the Royal Air Force
- Type: Thing
- Result Score: 7.00
Nigeria
Song by Peter Breiner and Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Type: MusicRecording, Thing
- Result Score: 7.00
Nigeria
Book by Gordon J. Idang
- Type: Book, Thing
- Result Score: 7.00