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From the 1500s to the 1800s, many people from Nigeria were kidnapped and turned into slaves by Europeans, and they were taken to the Americas. From 1901 to 1960, the United Kingdom ruled Nigeria. However, by 1960 the people wanted independence very much, and Britain finally let them have it. For some time after this, Nigeria was a dictatorship, where the leaders stayed in control even if many people disliked them. However, in 1999, Nigeria became a democracy, where people choose their leaders. After that, Olusegun Obasanjo, a Yoruba Christian from the south, became President. In 2007, Umaru Yar'Adua, a Hausa Muslim, was elected to be the next President.
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Besides the many natural features of Nigeria, the cultural assets of the nation are of universal recognition. The richness and diversity of the Nigerian culture is a manifestation of the socio-cultural differences of the over 250 ethnic groups that inhabit the land for ages. These, couple with hospitality of the over 110 million people, make Nigeria one of the richly endowed potential tourist destinations in the globe.
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Below is a more detailed map of Nigeria showing its States. Although travel to Nigeria it is not highly recommended by the United States Department of State, many Americans and other travelers have found Nigeria to be a wonderful place to visit. Despite coping with intense poverty and the resultant high crime rates, the overwhelming majority of the Nigerian people are exceptionally friendly and enjoy visitors from abroad.
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In Nigeria approximately 80 to100 million people need to be treated for lymphatic filariasis. At present, 3 million people are being treated for lymphatic filariasis in Carter Center-assisted efforts in Plateau and Nasarawa states.
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Nigeria's stability has been repeatedly threatened by fighting between fundamentalist Muslims and Christians over the spread of Islamic law (sharia) across the heavily Muslim north. One-third of Nigeria's 36 states is ruled by sharia law. More than 10,000 people have died in religious clashes since military rule ended in 1999.
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The province Zazzua is named after Queen Zazzua of Nigeria now known as Zaria. She was born around 1533 during the reign of Sarkin (king) Zazzau Nohir. At the age of sixteen, Amina became the heir apparent (Magajiya) to her mother, Bakwa of Turunku, the ruling queen of Zazzua. Queen Amina headed the northern Nigerian Hausa city-state of Zaria. It is thought that perhaps the Hausa were matrilineal people at that time since having a woman as queen was not all that rare. A great military leader, Amina brought most of the other Hausaland city-states into her orbit, and is credited with encouraging them to surround themselves with huge defensive mud walls.
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