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Nigerian Books of Record (NBR) is a reference / Official Book of Record of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for documenting good records held by Nigerians. It is a collection of human achievements categorized into education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, adventure, radio and cinema etc. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
A History of Nigeria. Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-511-39712-7; Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution: The Challenge of Democratic Federalism in Nigeria — John N. Paden; Oriji, John N. Political Organization in Nigeria Since the Late Stone Age: A History of the Igbo People. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (St. Martin's ...
“An Ordinary Wonder” by Buki Papillon is the latest selection of the FYI Book Club and the Kansas City Public Library. Set in Nigeria, award-winning book tells of hatred, prejudice and, above ...
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 sixth largest in Africa and the 27th-largest in terms of ...
A well-known foreign car manufacturer in Kaduna was Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria (PAN). However, in April 2022, Aliko Dangote took over Peugeot its shares [22] and the company name was changed to DPAN. Under the new management PAN/DPAN will mainly assemble Chinese brands Chery and Higer using pre-produced parts.
The National Library of Nigeria came into operation in the mid-1960s with the enactment of the National Library Act of 1964 which was later replaced by Act No. 29 of 1970. [1] [2] [3] Before the passage of the National Library Act, a series of educational conferences conducted in Ibadan served as the intellectual basis for the creation of a network of libraries funded by the federal government ...
Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Muslims, who live mostly in the north part of the country, and Christians, who live mostly in the south; indigenous religions, such as those native to the Igbo and Yoruba ethnicities, are in the minority. [20] Nigeria is a regional power in Africa and a middle power in international affairs.
It is the beginning of a new existence, and indeed the beginning of a new age, The Information Age, marked by the autonomy of culture vis-à-vis the material basis of our existence." [132] Thomas Chatterton Williams wrote about the dangers of anti-intellectualism in the Information Age in a piece for The Atlantic. Although access to information ...