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Over a million Nigerians and Nigerian Americans live, study, and work in the United States. While over 25,000 Americans live, and work in Nigeria. There are many Nigerian Diaspora organizations in the United States that help the political and economic empowerment of the people of Nigerian descent outside of Nigeria.
United States Department of State: Background notes on Nigeria This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets . United States Department of State .
In a study which was carried out by consumer genetics company 23andMe which involved the DNA of 50,281 people of African descent in the United States, Latin America, and Western Europe, it was revealed that Nigeria was the most common country of origin for testers from the United States, the French Caribbean, and the British Caribbean. [7]
Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of ...
The first Yoruba people who arrived to the United States were imported as slaves from Nigeria and Benin during the Atlantic slave trade. [2] [3] This ethnicity of the slaves was one of the main origins of present-day Nigerians who arrived to the United States, along with the Igbo.
Relations between Morocco and the United States date back to the 18th century. On December 20, 1777, the Kingdom of Morocco became the first country in the world to recognize the independence of the United States of America, only a year and a half after the U.S. Declaration of Independence was issued.
Uzoma Ikechi Emenike // ⓘ (born in Abia State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician, writer and diplomat. [1] She serves as the current Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America since appointment and official designation in 2021. [2]
Founded in 2005 as the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, [2] it was composed primarily of churches that have disaffiliated from the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA). CANA was initially a missionary initiative of the Anglican Church of Nigeria for Nigerians living in the United States. [ 3 ]