Events in the year 1996inNigeria. Head of State – Sani Abacha Chief of General Staff – Oladipo Diya 20 January – Ese Brume, athlete 29 January – Junior...
Nigeria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The most surprising achievement was Nigeria's gold in football. The team overcame...
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea...
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is the capital territory of Nigeria, and it is in this territory that the capital...
The Nigeria national football team represents Nigeriain men's international football. Governed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), they are three-time...
Religion inNigeria is diverse. The country is home to some of the world's largest Christian and Muslim populations, simultaneously. Reliable recent statistics...
is a list of Nigerian films released in1996. List of Nigerian films Haynes, Jonathan (4 October 2016). Nollywood: The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres...
Nigeria is the second largest oil and gas producer in Africa (after Angola). Crude oil from the Niger Delta basin comes in two types: light, and comparatively...
The mining of minerals inNigeria accounts for only 0.3% of its gross domestic product, due to the influence of its vast oil resources. The domestic mining...
Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. Britain annexed Lagos in 1861...
spoken inNigeria. The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. Nigerian Pidgin...
The economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology...
settled in the region that is known today as Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri, the Benin Empire, and the Oyo Empire. Islam reached Nigeria through...
religions inNigeria and the country has the largest Muslim population in Africa. In 2018, the CIA World Factbook estimated that 53.5% of Nigeria's population...
He played 27 times for Nigeria, scoring nine goals. He was part of the team that participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, scoring...
Maguire and a film version of the musical Evita. The top 10 films released in1996 by worldwide gross are as follows: Independence Day became the highest-grossing...
1996 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1996. 1996 (MCMXCVI)...
Education inNigeria is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education. The local authorities take responsibility for implementing state-controlled policy...
that existed before the formation of modern Nigeria. Although they do not have formal political power, in many cases they continue to command respect...
8 male athletes from Nigeria competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. In many parts of Africa, people with physical and mental...
Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (3 January 1996 – 12 September 2023), known professionally as MohBad, was a Nigerian rapper, singer, and songwriter from Lagos...
inNigeria. A partial list follows. Although the traditional rulers no longer officially have political power, they still have considerable status in...
The Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) are the military forces of Nigeria. The armed forces consist of three service branches: the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy...
Federalism inNigeria refers to the devolution of self-governance by the West African nation of Nigeria to its federated states, who share sovereignty...
(born 10 June 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier Soccer League club Chippa United and the Nigeria national team...
The electricity sector inNigeria generates, transmits and distributes megawatts(MW) of electric power that is significantly less than what is needed to...
a secessionist state which had declared its independence from Nigeriain 1967. Nigeria was led by General Yakubu Gowon, and Biafra by Lieutenant Colonel...