MedPro International joins Nigeria in celebrating 60 years of national independence on Monday, October 1. The national holiday marks the end of British colonial rule, which began in the late 1850s. The President’s address to the nation kicks off festivities throughout the country’s agencies, including the Nigerian Armed Forces, the Nigerian Police Force, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the workforce and national educational services. Primary and secondary schools perform ceremonial processions at state capitals and local government areas and street celebrations are held with people wearing the national green-white-green colors.
Nigeria’s flag is a vertical bicolor triband of green, white, and green. The two green stripes represent the country’s wealth, and the white represents peace. The flag was designed in 1959 and officially adopted when the country gained independence.
Fast Facts
Nigeria is home to over 200 million people and the world’s sixth most populous country.
Nigeria is a multinational state inhabited by over 250 ethnic groups speaking over 500 languages.
Nigerian Wole Soyinka was the first black African playwright to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Nigeria is home to over 1000 documented species of butterflies, one of the world’s largest diversity of butterflies.
Nigeria is home to two outstanding UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Sukur Cultural Landscape in Adamawa and Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Osun.
Pioneering Nigerian artists include Nike Davis-Okundaye, Ben Enwonwu, Bruce Onobrakpeya, and Erhabor Ogieva Emokpae.
Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, is the second-largest film producer in the world.
Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa and is projected to rank in the world’s top ten by 2050.
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