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The Economic Revolution in British West Africa (1926). Martin, Susan M. Palm oil and protest: an economic history of the Ngwa region, south-eastern Nigeria, 1800-1980 (Cambridge University Press, 2006). Robinson, Ronald, and Jack Gallagher. Africa and the Victorians (1961).
Nigeria and her important dates, 1900-1966. 1966. Day to day events in Nigeria : a diary of important happenings in Nigeria from 1960-1970. 1982. Twenty-one years of independence : a calendar of major political and economic events in Nigeria, 1960-1981. 1982. Institut für Afrika-Kunde; Rolf Hofmeier, eds. (1990). "Nigeria".
During the mid and late 1980's, Nigeria experienced a prolonged and severe economic downturn. Nigeria suffered a rapid plummet of its foreign reserves from $10 billion in early 1980s to approximately $1 billion in the mid 1980s due to overvalued currency, inflated imports, and international decline of oil prices. [ 4 ]
The history of Nigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose date remains at least 13,000 BC through the early civilizations such as the Nok culture which began around 1500 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled in the region that is known today as Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri , [ 1 ] the Benin Kingdom , [ 2 ] and ...
The economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market [27] [28] with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology, and entertainment sectors. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] It is ranked as the 53rd-largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP , the fourth largest in Africa and the 27th-largest in terms ...
Nigeria's economy is the fourth largest in Africa, the 31st-largest in the world by nominal GDP, and 30th-largest by PPP. GDP (PPP) per capita is US$9,148 [155] (as of 2022), which is less than South Africa, Egypt and Morocco, but slightly higher than Ghana and Ivory Coast.
During the 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years of the war, there were about 100,000 overall military casualties, while between 500,000 and 2 million Biafran civilians died of starvation. [19] Alongside the concurrent Vietnam War, the Nigerian Civil War was one of the first wars in human history to be televised to a global audience. [20]
On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger, during which the country's presidential guard removed and detained president Mohamed Bazoum.Subsequently, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Commander of the Presidential Guard, proclaimed himself the leader of the country and established the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, after confirming the success of the coup.