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About Nigeria
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world, with an estimated 206 million inhabitants as of late 2019. Nigeria has the third-largest youth population in the world, after India and China, with more than 90 million of its population under the age of eighteen. Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa and is the world's 24th largest economy according to the list by the IMF (2020 estimates), worth more than $500 billion and $1 trillion in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity, respectively
Nigeria boasts of a number of museums and monuments, games reserve and other natural and historical sights to see. There is the National Museum in Lagos, with branches in Jos, Benin and Kaduna. There are also the Ife Museum, the Oron Museum, the Esie Museum, the Kano Museum, the Owo Museum, the War Museum in Umuahia and the Calabar Museum. A museum of Black and African culture is housed at the Centre for Black African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.
The games reserves include:
- Yankari
- Ologbo
- Old Oyo
- Borgu
- Orle River
- Zugurma
- Dagida
- Alawa
- Kwambana
- Kainji Lake Game Reserve.
Other interesting sights are:
- The Shere Hills, Jos
- Olumo Rocks, Abeokuta
- Zuma Rock, Abuja
- Ikogosi Warm and Cold Spring in Ekiti State
- Obudu Cattle Ranch in the Cross River State
- Kura Falls in Plateau State
- Asorp Falls in Benue State
- The Oshun River and Shrine in Oshogbo, Oshun State
- The Argungu Village in Sokoto State, especially during the fishing festival
- The first storey-building in Nigeria and the slave chains of the slave trade era are all located in Badagry, Lagos State.
