Why Nigeria Failed as a State: A Lesson for Africa and European Colonialists

With an approximate population of around 220 million people, Nigeria remains the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. The formation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates by the British as a business venture and joining them together was what constitutes today the paradox of Nigeria's false marriage. Nigeria has around fifty languages, 250 dialects, and is divided about evenly in religion, with 48 percent Muslim in the North, 47 percent Chr...