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Title. Name of Symbol. Picture. National flag. Flag of Nigeria. Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Nigeria. National anthem. Arise, O Compatriots [1]
Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress. The coat of arms of Nigeria consists of a black shield with a wavy white pall, symbolizing the meeting of the Niger and Benue Rivers at Lokoja. The black shield represents Nigeria's fertile soil, while the two supporting horses or chargers on each side represent dignity. The eagle represents strength, while ...
Nigerian naira. The naira ( sign: ₦; code: NGN; Yoruba: náírà, Hausa: نَيْرَ, romanized: naira, Igbo: naịra, Tyap: nera) is the currency of Nigeria. One naira is divided into 100 kobo. [2] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the sole issuer of legal tender money throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Northern Nigeria (or Arewancin Nijeriya) was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures.
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority is a Nigerian establishment which manages the Nigeria sovereign wealth fund, [4] into which the surplus income produced from Nigeria's excess oil reserves is deposited. This sovereign wealth fund was founded for the purpose of managing and investing these funds on behalf of the government of Nigeria.
anaforuana (Cuba), veve (Haiti), “Neo-Nsibidi” (Nigeria), “Akagu” (Nigeria) Nsibidi (also known as nsibiri, [2] nchibiddi or nchibiddy [3]) is a system of symbols or proto-writing developed by the Ekpe secret society that traversed the southeastern part of Nigeria . They are classified as pictograms, though there have been suggestions ...
Solomon's knot, a symbol of Yoruba royalty. The Dagin Arewa, a symbol of Hausa and Northern Nigerian identity. Some kingdoms also made use of ideograms in their traditions. These were often quite unique, and a number of them were passed down by way of heredity thereafter. Amongst the Yoruba, Solomon's knot is commonly viewed as a royal symbol.
The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons [a] was formed in 1944 [2] by Nnamdi Azikiwe and Herbert Macaulay. [3] Herbert Macaulay was its first president, while Azikiwe was its first secretary. [4] The NCNC was made up of a rather long list of nationalist parties, cultural associations, and labor movements that joined to form NCNC.