On the eve of independence (1960) three parties dominated politics: Northern peoples congress (NPC), dominated by the Hausa-fulani (conservative), Action group (AG), controlled by the Yoruba and Lagos, and NCNC, led by the Ibos (the seconds more progressive). The Northern region was disproportionately more populous than the other regions, and the central federal government was […]
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Population and society Among Nigeria’s more than 250 ethnicities, the largely Muslim Hausa-Fulani are the most prominent group in the north of the country alongside nupe, tiv and kanuri. The Yoruba, Christians and Muslims, are the main ethnic group in the south-west, while the igbo, largely Catholic, are predominant in the south-east along with efik, […]
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The oldest of the known states implanted in the territory of the Nigeria is the Kanem-Bornou, which arose around Lake Chad and reached its apogee between the 15th-16th century. All kingdoms in the region practiced the slave trade for the Middle East. Islamization began in the 13th century. and became a mass phenomenon in the […]
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