In Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Angola and Cameroon maize is a staple, yet the earliest mention of maize in west Africa comes from… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
I admit that living in Nigeria sounds romantic, but Africa isn't America by a long shot. It's a different world and a… — Esther Rolle Copy Share Image
People in Nigeria weren't happy that I went to Qatar. They said 'why did you go there of all places?' They missed… — Jay-Jay Okocha Copy Share Image
Nigeria is every Nigerian's land. And until we learnt to respect each other, like dogs we will bark and bite each other. — Abbakhuwa Copy Share Image
“Our nation Nigeria CAN & MUST become a great place to live, otherwise we will have to answer to more than just… — Fela Durotoye Copy Share Image
May Christ the Savior give peace to Nigeria, where more blood is being shed and too many people are unjustly deprived of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Men without honor cannot build an honorable country. It is height of hypocrisy to expect a country of equity from such men.” — Olawale Daniel Copy Share Image
My father was a black, working-class man who arrived here with no money in his pocket from Nigeria; my mum came from… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
“It cannot be denied that the principal cause of this misery in Nigeria lies in the actions of the leaders themselves, who,… — Barack Okaka Obama Copy Share Image
From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
Every Day Is for the Thief, by turns funny, mournful, and acerbic, offers a portrait of Nigeria in which anger, perhaps the… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
At about the age of seven … I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my characters were white… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times and Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983' covers a short chunk of time in Nigeria's musical culture -… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
I'm not a propaganda machine. I tell things how I see them. When I say, for example, that corruption is not the… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
How is it that Nigeria's military, which has a good record across West Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774… — Muhammadu Buhari Copy Share Image
“I hate our current leaders becouse they don't know the value of there people, but like there ideas because it will soon… — Hamzatribah Copy Share Image
As an NBA executive, I'm always looking for untapped potential. As a proud native of Nigeria, I believe that Africa is one… — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
“The INEC postponement is an obnoxious odoriferous political crinkum-crankum aimed at exposing Nigerians to emotional hullabaloo.” — Olawale Daniel Copy Share Image
Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven’t been. — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but… — Mia Farrow Copy Share Image
I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American.… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
