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There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people.
Samson Uche Mogekwu was born on November 30, 1974, in Delta State, southern region of Nigeria. He began singing while in high school , where he also took on the name Samsong. He attended Ambrose Alli University , Ekpoma, Edo State , majoring in Accounting.
The military dictatorship in Nigeria was a period when members of the Nigerian Armed Forces held power in Nigeria from 1966 to 1999 with an interregnum from 1979 to 1983. The military was able to rise to power often with the tacit support of the elite through coups d'état .
Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education. [2] The local authorities take responsibility for implementing state-controlled policy regarding public education and state schools . [ 3 ]
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo GCFR [1] [2] (// ⓘ; Yoruba: Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ [olúʃɛ́ɡũ ɔbásanɟɔ] ⓘ; born c. 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian general and statesman who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 2007.