1) Nigeria has by far the fastest growing number of internet users in the world! We grew by an outstanding 21,891% in the last ten years!
In-fact, with 43.9 million users, Nigeria has the 10th highest number of internet users worldwide!!  Our penetration rate is also extremely high for a developing country with 28.9%, knocking off biggies like India with just 6.9%, Indonesia just 12.9%, Mexico with 27.9%.
http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm


2) Nigeria has the 4th fastest growing number of Facebook users worldwide! Last week alone we added 64,000 new users!! Over the past 3 months Nigeria has consistently featured in the top 5 worldwide!!
http://www.checkfacebook.com/
http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/?interval=last-week#chart-intervals


3)Nigerians are the by far the most educated people in the United States. 37%(Some reports suggest 60%) of Nigerians have a Bachelors degree compared with 19% of the white population.  17% have Master's degrees compared with 7% of the general population!!  Same thing applies to many other countries in the world. Nigerians are about the most educated people in so many countries!
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5791096.html


4)The country with the highest number of Nigerians living Abroad: Sudan!! I am pretty sure many never saw that coming!! There are between 6-8 million Nigerians living in Sudan!
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=788


5) Nigeria is the Third fastest growing economy in the world after India and China!! That is what the IMF said!!
http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/11934-more-bank-directors-ll-be-jailed-sanusi-nigeria-is-worlds-3rd-fastest-growing-economy--imf


Most of these statistics shown above prove many things about Nigeria. For instance, that we have a very massive and burgeoning middle class population. Secondly, that despite the fact that we have had very bad leaders, we might want to cut them some slack a little bit, cos with the mess that Nigeria is , we are still better than a whole lot of countries out there!
And most importantly, Nigeria is the best place to be right now as the opportunities that exist in this country are much more than what you would get in most countries of the world!

We can't Cut any one some slack because we're supposed to be the giant of Africa, just like China or india.
We have the highest number of people abroad because we don't wanna stay in our own country.
We have more educated people abroad because out education here sucks.
The first 2 achievements are useless while numbers 3 & 4 are not beneficial to us( i don't think number 5 is true)

PapaBrowne:

1) Nigeria has by far the fastest growing number of internet users in the world! We grew by an outstanding 21,891% in the last ten years!
In-fact, with 43.9 million users, Nigeria has the 10th highest number of internet users worldwide!! Our penetration rate is also extremely high for a developing country with 28.9%, knocking off biggies like India with just 6.9%, Indonesia just 12.9%, Mexico with 27.9%.
http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm


2) Nigeria has the 4th fastest growing number of Facebook users worldwide! Last week alone we added 64,000 new users!! Over the past 3 months Nigeria has consistently featured in the top 5 worldwide!!
http://www.checkfacebook.com/
http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/?interval=last-week#chart-intervals



3)Nigerians are the by far the most educated people in the United States. 37%(Some reports suggest 60%) of Nigerians have a Bachelors degree compared with 19% of the white population. 17% have Master's degrees compared with 7% of the general population!! Same thing applies to many other countries in the world. Nigerians are about the most educated people in so many countries!
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5791096.html


4)The country with the highest number of Nigerians living Abroad: Sudan!! I am pretty sure many never saw that coming!! There are between 6-8 million Nigerians living in Sudan!
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=788


5) Nigeria is the Third fastest growing economy in the world after India and China!! That is what the IMF said!!
http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/11934-more-bank-directors-ll-be-jailed-sanusi-nigeria-is-worlds-3rd-fastest-growing-economy--imf


Most of these statistics shown above prove many things about Nigeria. For instance, that we have a very massive and burgeoning middle class population. Secondly, that despite the fact that we have had very bad leaders, we might want to cut them some slack a little bit, cos with the mess that Nigeria is , we are still better than a whole lot of countries out there!
And most importantly, Nigeria is the best place to be right now as the opportunities that exist in this country are much more than what you would get in most countries of the world!

MY RESPONSE

1 facebook multiple account usernames by each youth for fraud and illicit sex, see badoo.com and adultfriendfinder to see what our young girls do online.

2 our educational system is in shambles, Some private primary and secondary schools are as expensive as havard university.

3 Sundan can be a breeding ground for ALQAEDA and Bokoharam but we cannot have upto 5m Nigerians there reason being that we like good things of life.

5 our economy is for the politicans,NASS and house of reps members who are milkong the economy with their every increasing jumbo pay and inflated contracts awarded to themselves and their sorrugates

I was so shocked when I read where someone said our problem is not corruption, but lack of determination to move forward.

lovethokoh:

MY RESPONSE

1 facebook multiple account usernames by each youth for fraud and illicit sex, see badoo.com and adultfriendfinder to see what our young girls do online.

2 our educational system is in shambles, Some private primary and secondary schools are as expensive as havard university.

3 Sundan can be a breeding ground for ALQAEDA and Bokoharam but we cannot have upto 5m Nigerians there reason being that we like good things of life.

5 our economy is for the politicans,NASS and house of reps members who are milkong the economy with their every increasing jumbo pay and inflated contracts awarded to themselves and their sorrugates

Exactly

Whatever!!!

The largest group of educated ppl because our own system is crappy. If not why would so many of us be running to the US to go to school? I'm proud of that but at the same time why shouldn't we be?

@ Poster

See how useless facts are USELESS. Our people dont have light, security, justice, and you are talking about facebook. DAYUM

This a good proof that Education in Nigeria has gone down the drain - With all these half baked findings - Is that best you can reveal


Your Title should read

" Five things you already know about your country, Nigeria"