#INDEPENDENCE


The name of my country is #Nigeria
It is a beautiful country in the west continent of #Africa
Nigeria officially the Federal
Republic of Nigeria...
Nigeria has a beautiful tricolored national flag
with #Green_White_Green stripes designed by Taiwo Akinkunmi in 1959..
Nigeria is a federal
constitutional republic
comprising 36
states and its Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja...
Nigeria is a demoracy nation with Legislature National Assembly
- Upper house Senate
- Lower house House of Representatives
Nigeria came into being in #1914
Nigeria got her Independence from the United Kingdom on #October_1st_1960
The name "Nigeria" was taken from the Niger
River running through the country
Nigeria was given her name by #flora_Shaw
Nigeria is located in West Africa and
shares land borders with the Republic of
Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in
the east, and Niger in the north
Nigeria has produced military juntas such as
#Gen_Olusegun_Obasanjo
#Aguyi_Ironsi
#Adekunle_Fajuyi
#Gen_Ibrahim_Babangida
#Gen_Muhammadu_Buhari
#Gen_Murtala_Muhammed
#Yakubu_Gowon
#Patrick_Chukwuma_Kaduna_Nzeogwu
#Gen_Sanni_Abacha
And a heroe
#Gen_Benjamen_Adekunle

Nigeria has produced National heroes & heroines such as
#Hajiya_Gambo_Sawaba
#Mrs_Funmilayo_Ransome_Kuti
#Mrs_Margaret_Ekpo
#Mrs_Kudirat_Abiola

#Dr_Nnamdi_Azikwe
#Akintola
#Sir_Tafawa_Balewa
#Muritala_Muhammed
#Sir_Ahmadu_Bello
#Chief_Obafemi_Awolowo
#Herbert_Macaulay
#Alvan_Ikoku
#Sheu_Shagari
#Ernest_Shonekan
#Anthony_Enahoro
#Aminu_Kano
#Moshood_Abiola
#Bola_Ige
#Abduslm_Abubakar
#Musa_Yar'_adua
#Goodluck_Jonathan

#Prof_Wole_Soyinka
#Chief_Chinua_Achebe
#J_Dele_Giwa
#Fela Kuti
#Chief_Gani_Fawenhimi
#Bishop_Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther
#Christopher_Okigbo
#Taiwo_Akinkunmi

Nigeria is a country of milk and honey,mineral resources,fertile soils and centre for tourism
::::::Okitipupa
Oil Palm Mill Pie at Okitipupa
NIROWI at Ondo....
Cocoa Products Company Ltd. at lleOluji,
Oluwa znGlass Company Pie at lgbokoda.,Nigerianltalian Ceramics
Factory at lfon, Alpha Paper Industries at
ArigidiAkoko, Ondo State Asphalt Company at
Aponmu, AraromiAyesan Oil Palm Pie at
AraromiObu

Centre for tourism includes
-The Long JuJu Shrine of Arochukwu
-Azurnini Blue River in Abia State
-Yola Municipality in adamawa
-Ibeno Beach inAkwa ibom state
-Ogbunike Cave in anambra state
-Rojenny Tourist Village anambra state
-Yankari National Park in bauchi state
-Wikki Warm Springs in bauchi state
-The Hills of Benue in benue state
-Lake Chad in borno state
-Obudu Cattle Ranch in cross river
-Agbokim WaterfallsIn cross river states
-Sillicon Hill enugu state,
-Idanre hill in ondo state-
-Osun sacred groove in osogbo,Osun st
-Ikogunsi water springs inekiti state
-Asejire lake in Ibadan,Oyo state
-Erin Ijesa waterfalls

Nigeria derives her electric power from Hydro-electric,Thermal or fossil fuel power plants,
coal-fired & natural gas-fired.....such as
-Kainji Power Station
-Jebba Power Station
-Shiroro Power Station
-Zamfara Power Station
-Azura Power Station


Nigeria is surounded with hills and mountains where
The highest moutain...the great #Mambilla plateau in the north of Nigeria Taraba state.....
Nigeria is engulf with several mind blowing mountains and hills such as
1,Maisajeh Hill, Bauchi State
2,Tsaunin Mainono, Niger
3,Idanre Hill,Ondo state
4,Agbele Hill,Igbeti,Oyo state
4.Zuma rock, Niger state,North of Abuja
5,Aso rock, Abuja
Nigeria is surrounded with oceans, rivers and lakes
-5 Oceans
-7 Rivers
-6 inland lakes
-8 deserts
-10 mountains and volcanoes

2 Major rivers include Niger river valley & Benue river valley

Nigeria has 3 major lauguages
#Yoruba
#Hausa
#Igbo
And other languages includes
Edo, Efik, Fulani,
Idoma, Ijaw,Kanuri
Itsekiri ,Urhobo-Isoko,
Igala, Igbira, Nupe,
Ibibio, Gwari,Tiv
Birom, Margi, Jukun,
Katab,

With upto like 11 ethnic groups
-Yoruba
-Hausa
-Igbo
-Fulan
-Efik-Ibibio
-Kanuri
-Edo
-Tiv
-Ijaw
-Nupe
-Bura
And Nigeria official language is #English
Nigeria has two major recognised religion
#Christianity and
#Islam
Other include
#Traditional

Though Nigeria is consider to be a terorised and corrupt country on Africa soil but developing rapidly, in science and
technology,having genuis and ambassadors home abroad and Education is spreading in the
illiterate majority.....
Nigeria is currently democracticaly govern by Major General Muhammadu Buhari
GCFR
And
Proff Yemi Osinbajo
The vice president

Nigeria has much diversity. Still there is Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"..... In the world
Nigeria has an image of peace-loving country
which makes it morally strong.
Really, I’m proud of being a #Nigerian

Lets join hands,build and lift Nigeria up....................
God bless Nigeria

#Happy_Independence_Day
#Cheers

1/09/2015
#wiztobet