Backwards Quote by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen…

— Wole Soyinka

I grew up in northern Nigeria.

— Masai Ujiri

My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

High corruption and the influence of big business and the wealthy elite keeps the poorest Nigerians trapped in poverty and cut off from the…

— Winnie Byanyima

I didn't leave Africa, I left Nigeria, and for political reasons. But ... I've never, never left Africa, and I certainly never left what…

— Chris Abani

It can be a bit sententious in the Nigerian household, to the point where you feel like with any wrong step you've set yourself…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.

— Hugo Weaving

I lived in Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon when I was very young, until my mother divorced my father.

— Patrick Cox

People in Nigeria weren't happy that I went to Qatar. They said 'why did you go there of all places?' They missed watching me…

— Jay-Jay Okocha

I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but…

— Hugo Weaving

I'd always been interested in Nigeria's past.

— Ayobami Adebayo