Talk:Nigeria/Archive 5

Nigeria: Sports
Should read "According to the official December 2008 FIFA World Rankings, Nigeria is currently the third-ranked football nation in Africa and the 19th highest in the world."

Reference: http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html

--Jared.sager (talk) 03:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Nigeria also came second place in 2008 Bejing Olympics after beating Brazil then losing to Argentina. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.23.2.146 (talk) 19:32, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Nigeria
Hello everyone. I need help. When did Nigeria Gain its independance? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.8.196.34 (talk) 17:25, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The article claims October 1, 1960. Njaelkies Lea (talk) 20:04, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Under Key Sectors, "Obafemi Awilowo University"; the correct spelling of "Awilowo" is Awolowo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.194.165.28 (talk) 05:09, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

WRONG WRONG WRONG! there are 3 languages igbo, yoruba, and hausa you put 4 languages and one's nt right —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glots (talk • contribs) 15:47, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Electricity problems in Nigeria
This is not in the article. —Centrx→talk • 04:26, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Truce term
Hi. I'm writing an article on truce terms and would like to know what Nigerian children use. Truce terms are words used by children, usually under the age of about 11, to call a temporary halt or respite to the game to do something like tie a shoelace or discuss the rules or take off a jacket. I really need a source as well. They're often mentioned in etymological or regional dictionaries.Fainites barley scribs 19:56, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Clothing
I think the article (and all country articles) should have a clothing section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CeresVesta (talk • contribs) 18:01, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

is there a nigerian users category? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sheymailing (talk • contribs) 16:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Trusted media
A 2006 BBC poll found that a whopping 88% of Nigerians have "a lot of" or "some" trust in the media, while only 34% have trust the government. This is definitely worth a mention in the article! --Tom Edwards (talk) 11:18, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Yoruba Wedding Image faked: Truthfully Igbo Wedding Taken from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4717608.stm

The 9th picture, clearly stated to be Igbo on the BBC source site is being used to depict Yoruba.

Please make amends to this falsehood. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.178.42.21 (talk) 11:19, 6 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I removed all pictures uploaded by, as suspected copyvio. Wizzy&hellip; &#9742; 12:16, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Nigerian Citizenship
I you are under 18 and want to become a Nigerian citizen what do you need to do —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.105.67.58 (talk) 20:36, 12 September 2009 (UTC) =)  I LOVE THIS!!!

status
Is this country pro-U.S or anti-U.S.? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.230.60.169 (talk) 22:09, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Aparabong
I am currently working on the Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard article. In the main biography on Trenchard (by Boyle), page 80 describes Trennchard's journey to the upper Cross River to a place called Aparabong. I cannot work out where this is and I wonder whether it is now known by another name. I suspect that it is near the border with Cameroon and may just possibly be across the border. Can anyone help? Greenshed (talk) 21:04, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Add this website?
This has a lot about US oil corporate slave plantations in Nigeria, you might want to add it? http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Boycotts/Boycotts_page.html Stars4change (talk) 04:39, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

chief justice of nigeria is katsina-alu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.167.242.222 (talk) 07:20, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Racism
Recommendation for all those editors and random mortals who view this comment: "...and the most populous country in the world in which the majority of the population is black," is a VERY racist comment towards Africans or dark-skinned people. It might be acceptable to use it in day-to-day language but not in a formal essay as it is expected to be in Wikipedia. Thanks Melara... (talk) 01:37, 16 February 2010 (UTC)