Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria

Welcome to the WikiProject Nigeria! This project aims to deal on all articles related to Nigeria. It is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page.

Scope
This WikiProject aims to help coordinate efforts to improve and maintain pages related to:
 * Nigeria
 * the history of Nigeria
 * languages of Nigeria
 * Nigerians
 * Local government areas of Nigeria

Goals
Goals for the project may be divisible into two domains: a general domain encompassing aims for all Nigeria-related articles, and specific goals pertaining to particular articles or sets of articles. Both sets of goals are expounded upon in the subsequent sections and both are subject to modification and discussion.

General goals

 * 1) Ensure that all Nigeria-related articles remain "cleaned up" and accurate, minimising vandalism and spam links as much as possible. These issues are the most pervasive to Nigeria-related items and therefore assume top priority; the aforementioned are also to some degree subsumed in the other general goals to follow.
 * 2) To create a body of articles that accurately depicts the history and cultures of Nigeria and Nigerian peoples.
 * 3) To highlight Nigeria's relationships and/or contributions to the rest of the world.
 * 4) To standardize articles on Nigeria and related subjects with similar layouts and formatting.
 * 5) To include all relevant information, making especially certain to include the voices of women, the poor, the indigenous, as well as the rest of Nigerian society. Note that all information must be sourced, in the form of refs or at least external links. Please try to provide a way to verify the information in an article, especially that which you add. If possible, add refs to unverified information.
 * 6) To standardize the use of native language terms, names, and translations into English across the series.

Specific goals
Specific goals may be created or abrogated on an ad hoc basis as deemed necessary and appropriate by project participants. More goals should be discussed and added; please feel free to make suggestions on the discussion page. High priority goals may include:


 * Nigeria; the article is subject to nearly constant vandalism, spam links, and the addition of false and/or biased information at all times, largely by unregistered or new users. The page thus requires constant upkeep to prevent further degradation, in addition to requiring general improvement. The Foreign relations section has been complained about frequently, as have issues regarding vandalism associated with census controversies (probably needs its own article to begin with), Nigerian cities, and other ethno-religious based unhelpful edits.


 * History of Nigeria; nearly all of the above apply equally well to this article.


 * Atiku Abubakar; political controversy has left this article a mess


 * Lucky Igbinedion; article has been in a very poor state for a long time.


 * Adding the name of the local language(s) from Ethnologue to articles about towns and villages, with a wikilink to the article about the language. The cite for this is easy:

Other suggested work

 * Looking at "What links here" for Nigeria-related articles can often turn up untagged or uncategorised Nigerian articles. Categorizing them will put them somewhere where they can be accessed for improvement.
 * Add Template:WikiProject Nigeria to the talkpages of Nigeria-related articles, to tag them as such.

A

 * Ndagi Abdullahi, Associate Professor, #1 Nigeria's Prolific Writer and the CEO of KinNupe Newspaper (may pass GNG)
 * Adaure Achumba, CNN journalist (might not pass GNG)
 * Adeniran Abimbola Adetoro, Professor of Library Science, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State, Nigeria
 * Julius Kosebinu Agbaje, first Nigerian Director of Standard Bank (later First Bank)
 * Bunmi Gabriel Alegbeleye Prof., Professor of Library ScienceDaily, University of Ibadan.
 * Agalawa, people who migrated to Hausaland and are historically known as merchants. One of their notable descendants is Alhassan Dantata

B

 * Mohammed Aminu Baka, business magnate and philanthropist

C

 * Chibuike Achigbu, Nigerian business man

D

 * Baba Muhammad Dzukogi, one-time Secretary-General/Treasurer of Association of Nigerian Authors, the Jagaban of Northern Nigerian Writers and founder of the Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation

L

 * Abogo Largema, Commander of the Nigerian Army's 4th Battalion in Ibadan at the time of his assassination by 15 January 1966 coup plotters

M

 * Iyabo Mabawonku, A retired renowned Professor from the Department of Library, archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan.
 * Ahmed Maiwada, the President of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA)
 * Kur Mohammed, Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army at the time of his assassination by 15 January 1966 coup plotters

N

 * Christopher Nkiko., University Librarian, Elizade University, Ondo State

O

 * Millicent Onyeacho, A fast rising Nollywood actress and producer

S

 * Ralph Shodeinde, Deputy Commander of the Nigerian Military Training College when he was assassinated by 15 January 1966 coup plotters

Y

 * Mamuda Yerima (passes SNG)

H

 * Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation, arts organisation in Nigeria producing numerous teen authors and artists

M

 * Ministry of Power, Works, and Development

T

 * Theatre of Nigeria

Y

 * Yoruba travelling theatre

Lists

 * List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1979–1992
 * List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1992–1998
 * List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1998–1999
 * List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1999–2003

Redlinks within articles and lists

 * Redlinks in List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2003–2007
 * Redlinks in List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2007–2011
 * Redlinks in List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2011–2015
 * Redlinks in List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2015–2019
 * Redlinks in List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2019–2023

Others

 * Tamarind pap (Kunun tsamiya), dish commonly eaten in Northern Nigeria

Created articles that might need improvement

 * Fura (food), A well known food for Fula and Hausa people
 * Maitama Sule University Kano, A University in Kano state, former name North West University''' Kano.
 * Almajiri, System of Islamic Education practised in Nigeria
 * Zanna Bukar Dipcharima, 1st Republic Federal Cabinet Member
 * Samuel Ademulegun, Commander of the Nigerian Army's 1st Brigade in Kaduna when he was assassinated by 15 January 1966 coup plotters
 * Zakariya Maimalari, Commander of the Nigerian Army's 2nd Brigade in Lagos when he was assassinated by 15 January 1966 coup plotters
 * Conrad Nwawo, Nigerian Civil War Veteran
 * Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Nigeria)
 * Agho Obaseki, Iyase of Benin and political rival of the Oba of Benin
 * Ben Akabueze
 * Harris Dzarma
 * Peter Nwaoduah, Director General of the Nigeria State Security Service (SSS) under Ex Nigeria Head of State Late General Sani Abacha
 * Fulani extremism
 * Hausa Architecture
 * Lagos University Teaching Hospital
 * Vehicle registration plates of Nigeria. LGA code table should be verified and added to the article. Now it's published on the talk page for that article.
 * Ini Archibong, artist and designer of Nigerian descent

Participants
To join WikiProject Nigeria, add the Wikitext  , replacing USERNAME with your actual username to the bottom of the section. After joining, you can also display one of the our member identifications on your userpage by adding one (or more) of the templates listed in the section. Please consider clicking here so as to add this page and its talkpage to your watch list.

Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
 * 01:09:32, 7 May 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.

Member identification
Members of WikiProject Nigeria should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to .

For other Nigeria user templates, see .

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Awards
There is now a barnstar that will be awarded to people in thanks for contributions to Nigeria-related articles.

Featured articles

 * Pygmy hippopotamus - 14 August 2007
 * Chinua Achebe - 4 November 2007
 * Confusion (album) -3 October 2017
 * October 1 - 10 October 2023

Good articles

 * BLPs
 * Tijani Babangida - 16 November 2008
 * Yemi Odubade - 23 October 2010
 * Hakeem Olajuwon - 7 February 2011
 * Jaja Wachuku - 2 September 2011
 * Wizkid - 5 October 2014
 * Isaac Folorunso Adewole - 4 December 2015
 * Emeka Ogboh - 3 August 2017
 * Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi - 28 August 2017
 * Alex Owumi - 1 November 2017
 * Brymo - 1 December 2017
 * Tiwa Savage - 24 November 2019
 * Davido - 18 May 2020
 * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 24 March 2024


 * Songs
 * Emergency (WizzyPro song) - 30 October 2016
 * Finally (D'banj song) - 30 October 2016
 * Flavor (Iyanya song) - 30 October 2016
 * Sexy Mama (Iyanya song) - 30 October 2016
 * Oṣó - 3 April 2020
 * Outside (Burna Boy album) - 16 April 2020
 * African Giant - 15 May 2020
 * Other
 * Igbo people - 11 January 2009
 * Kingdom of Nri - 22 April 2010
 * Enugu - 2 October 2010
 * Nigeria Airways - 17 July 2017
 * Nigeria EduSat-1 - 31 January 2018
 * Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics - 18 August 2018
 * Fall of Enugu - 1 March 2022
 * Statue of Elizabeth II, Lagos - 23 September 2022
 * Igbo literature – 26 September 2023
 * Benin Moat - 12 October 2023
 * Muslim–Muslim ticket - 17 March 2024
 * Akure–Benin War - 19 March 2024
 * Abdullahi dan Fodio - 1 April 2024

Did you know (DYK)s

 * Jaja of Opobo - 29 November 2005
 * Bayajidda - 24 December 2006
 * Iya Abubakar - 11 January 2007
 * Area Boys - 7 March 2007
 * Margaret Ekpo - 1 July 2007
 * Evan Enwerem - 28 August 2007
 * Arrow of God - 23 September 2007
 * Alhassan Dantata - 19 October 2007
 * Bolaji Akinyemi - 31 October 2007
 * Kingdom of Nri - 21 November 2007
 * Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello - 27 December 2007
 * Usman Nagogo - 5 January 2008
 * John Ezzidio - 6 January 2008
 * Mining in Nigeria and Nigerian Coal Corporation - 18 April 2008
 * Arthur's Day - 24 September 2009
 * Stephanie Okereke - 11 October 2009
 * Half of a Yellow Sun - 30 July 2008
 * Femi Robinson - 18 June 2015
 * Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan - 29 June 2015
 * Yoruba tribal marks - 6 July 2015
 * Igogo festival - 28 July 2015
 * Iwoye-Ketu - 14 August 2015
 * National Association of Seadogs - 20 October 2015
 * Mahmood Yakubu – 1 November 2015
 * Zuriel Oduwole – 30 December 2015
 * Isaac Folorunso Adewole – 7 January 2016
 * Josiah Ransome-Kuti – 27 March 2016
 * Felicity Okpete Ovai – 28 June 2016
 * Priscilla Nzimiro – 23 July 2016
 * Remi Sonaiya‎ – 27 July 2016
 * Humblesmith‎ – 29 July 2016
 * Harcourt Whyte‎ – 22 August 2016
 * Greater Port Harcourt – 22 August 2016
 * Season of Crimson Blossoms – 26 January 2018
 * Umaru Sanda Ndayako – 18 November 2019
 * Nupe Cultural Day – 4 January 2020
 * Tolulope Arotile – 11 August 2020

Former featured articles

 * Gbe languages - 28 May 2005
 * Music of Nigeria 19 September 2005

Templates
General articlespace templates:
 * Nigerian Heads of State
 * NigerianVicePresidents
 * President Nigerian Senate
 * Speaker Nigerian House of Representatives
 * Current Nigerian governors
 * Nigeria states
 * Supreme Court of Nigeria
 * Nigeria states map
 * NigerianAssembly delegation

For stubs, small articles in the article namespace in need of expansion, place one of the following tags at the bottom of the article (below everything except interlanguage links):
 * Nigeria-stub
 * Nigeria-bio-stub
 * Nigeria-politician-stub
 * Nigeria-sport-bio-stub
 * Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub
 * Nigeria-boxing-bio-stub
 * Nigeria-footy-bio-stub
 * Nigeria-basketball-bio-stub
 * Nigeria-writer-stub
 * Nigeria-ethno-group-stub
 * Nigeria-footyclub-stub
 * Nigeria-geo-stub
 * Nigeria-struct-stub
 * Nigeria-university-stub
 * Nigeria-hist-stub
 * Nigeria-party-stub

For article talk pages:
 * WikiProject Nigeria

For user pages:
 * User WikiProject Nigeria, if you are in this WikiProject
 * User Nigeria, if you are Nigerian

Categories

 * Category:Nigeria and its subcategories; basic overlay to be found at Portal:Nigeria/Categories. If there is not a Nigeria specific category for what you're looking to categorize, create it or try looking around in Category:Africa.

Other pages

 * Portal:Nigeria
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting/Nigeria
 * WikiProject Nigeria/Nigerian sources

Popular pages
The project's most viewed pages can be found at WikiProject Nigeria/Popular pages (updated monthly).

Tools
See: Tools