HELLO AND WELCOME TO ABOUT AFRICA, IN THIS VIDEO , WE TAKE A LOOK AT TOP 10 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT NIGERIA.
Facts about nigeria
1.A NIGERIAN WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE. 
Wole Soyinka was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, which he won in 1986, and he is also a prominent social critic and political activist. 
As an activist, he has been a voice for justice, freedom, and the end of tyranny. He has risked his life again and again to articulate the principles that provide the foundation for human rights, both in his native Nigeria and around the world.

2.NIGERIAN MODEL AGBANI DAREGO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN WOMAN TO WIN THE MISS WORLD PAGEANT
Rivers State-born Agbani Darego was the first African woman to win the Miss World pageant — entering the history books with her victory in 2001.
Darego has worked with top brands such as Avon, Christian Dior, Sephora, Target, and Macy’s and appeared in world famous magazines such as Elle, Marie Claire, Allure, Trace, Stitch, Cosmopolitan, and Essence. She remains Nigeria’s most famous beauty queen. 

3.NIGERIA’S OIL BOOM BEGAN IN THE 1970S. 
Oil profitability in Nigeria was greatest during the 1970s, when it became the wealthiest country in Africa. 
Within two years, state profit increased by almost 50%, to an all-time high of N5.3 billion in 1976. 
Nigeria bolstered profits when it joined the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 1971, and the discovery of oil is widely believed to have influenced the course of the civil war. 
4.NIGERIA WON ITS FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN 1996.
Nigeria’s most successful Olympic outing was the 1996 Olympics, with the men’s football team winning Gold, and Chioma Ajunwa also winning a Gold medal in the women’s long jump event. 
In total that year, Nigeria won two Gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals. 
5.NIGERIA BECAME AFRICA’S LARGEST ECONOMY IN 2013/14.
In April 2014 — looking back at the previous financial year — the statistics bureau of Nigeria confirmed the rebasing of the Nigerian economy's gross domestic product (GDP) to $509.9 billion. 
Largely due to its export market, Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa. While the agricultural industry accounts for approximately 70 percent of the country's employment, petroleum products are the primary export—accounting for more than 90 percent of Nigeria's exports.
6.NIGERIANS BECAME THE FIRST AFRICANS TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS BOBSLEDDING EVENT IN 2018.
Three Nigerian-American women — Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, and Akuoma Omeoga — made history and their Olympic dreams come true by being the first-ever African bobsled team to qualify for the Olympics. They were also the first Nigerian athletes to compete in a Winter Olympics event.
7.NIGERIA IS THE SEVENTH-MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. home to more than 200 million people. While that may be a lot of people, population numbers would likely be even higher if it weren't for the country's high mortality rates and low life expectancy.
8.LAGOS, THE FORMER CAPITAL OF NIGERIA BEFORE BEING MOVED TO ABUJA, IS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST and most populous city and has been dubbed "Africa's Big Apple," in reference to New York City.
9.THE COUNTRY'S FILM INDUSTRY, KNOWN AS NOLLYWOOD, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FILM PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD.
second only to India's Bollywood. IN TERMS OF QUANITTY OF FILMS PRODUCED.
10.NIGERIA IS HOME TO ALIKO DANGOTE, THE RICHEST MAN IN AFRICA.
Dangote's business interests in agriculture, banking, cement, manufacturing, salt and sugar have earned his net worth of more than $13 billion.

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