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Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country. -- Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources. -- Philip Emeagwali
Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions. -- Ibrahim Babangida
The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class. -- David Miliband
There is no corruption but mere stealing in Nigeria -- Goodluck Jonathan
What is happening in Nigeria is an absolute atrocity, -- Masai Ujiri
In Nigeria they convict by law, not by the truth -- Fela Kuti
Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria. -- Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be. -- Chinua Achebe
Subsidy Quotes:Nigeria is not an oil rich country. We are an oil producing country. -- Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Well-trained medical doctors and engineers leave Nigeria to the developed countries. We want to reverse that. -- Goodluck Jonathan
Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. -- Chinua Achebe
In Nigeria, along with its West African neighbor Ghana, women are now starting businesses in greater numbers than men. -- Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
The worth of a child born and bred in Nigeria cannot be compared to that in the United States. -- Yakubu Gowon
Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down. -- Bill Gates
Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice. -- Olusegun Obasanjo
The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach. -- Ibrahim Babangida
I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never smelled the fumes of petroleum. -- Wole Soyinka
I was born and raised in Nigeria. We lived in England when I was 3 and 4, and I would go to summer school every year in Switzerland. -- Toks Olagundoye
I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days. -- Chinua Achebe
I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa? -- Marion Barry
Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it, they are disgusted, and they want an alternative. -- Wole Soyinka
My brothers and sisters, we are all winners. In this context there is no victor and no vanquished. We have demonstrated, even in our diversity, the progress of Nigeria remains paramount for all. -- Goodluck Jonathan
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. -- Chinua Achebe
I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me. -- Annie Ilonzeh
After Nigeria, we are the second biggest black African nation. We are the headquarters of the African Union. We are the only African country that has never been colonized. This is perhaps the last surviving African civilization. -- Meles Zenawi
Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity. -- Olusegun Obasanjo
This has a lot to do with the unrest in Nigeria, but also with the production loss after the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the decline in Iraq since the 2003 war, and the decline in Venezuelan output since 2002. -- Daniel Yergin
I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country. -- Muhammadu Buhari
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. -- Chinua Achebe
I live half the year in Nigeria, the other half in the U.S. But home is Nigeria - it always will be. I consider myself a Nigerian who is comfortable in the world. I look at it through Nigerian eyes. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones. -- Ben Okri
You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones. -- Ben Okri
If you're able to grow up in Nigeria and go through certain things, you're able to tackle anything around the world because you're able to live wherever, if you can survive in a city like Lagos or Warri or Niger Delta, as far as I'm concerned. -- Nneka
Boosting education will be a direct counterbalance to Boko Haram's appeal. In particular we must educate more young girls, ensuring they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty. -- Muhammadu Buhari
We want to lead a country where people will be less greedy. Where people will know that the commonwealth of Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians, where people's wealth depends on the people around you. If you become a rich person and everyone around you is poor you are very poor. -- Goodluck Jonathan
Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no 'Nigerians' in the same sense as there are 'English,' 'Welsh,' or 'French.' The word 'Nigerian' is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not. -- Obafemi Awolowo
Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full potential. -- Susan Rice
Nigeria will start exporting cars soon -- Goodluck Jonathan
Every part of Nigeria is blessed. -- Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
I was with Essien Udom in Nigeria. -- Malcolm X
Nigeria is one of the best-kept secrets, -- Aliko Dangote
And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand -- David Coleman
My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria. -- Nneka
The United States has worse income inequality than Nigeria. -- Max Fisher
Change Won't Happen Immediately, as Nigeria's Problems Didn't Start Overnight -- Mo Abudu
I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
To keep Nigeria ONE, is a task that must be DONE... -- Barack Obama
Elections in Nigeria Under My Watch Have Been Credible and Transparent -- Goodluck Jonathan
Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigeria's growth and development. -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership, -- Chinua Achebe
To move Nigeria forward, we must define our interest in the Nigeria project -- Okey Ndibe
In Nigeria, financial services, telecoms, and entertainment have driven growth more than oil. -- Oscar N. Onyema
The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game. -- Kevin Keegan
Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world -- Olusegun Obasanjo
There has always been a strange dissonance between the public and the private in Nigeria. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I congratulate the outgoing Nigeria President Mr Goodluck Jonathan for his grace in conceding defeat. -- Raila Odinga
Our audacity to rise from our losses makes Nigeria the number one footballing nation in Africa! -- Stephen Keshi
single universe, many planets,many continents, and many countries, my country Nigeria will never be like others. -- Hamzatribah
People exaggerate Corruption in Nigeria. It is not even our first or second problem, maybe the third -- Atiku Abubakar
Next to the commodities of corruption, and religion, however, Nigeria is the world capital of rumour mongering. -- Wole Soyinka
My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.' -- Uzo Aduba
I will never contest election in Nigeria. Whenever my husband retires, I will go back home with him. -- Patience Jonathan
There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria. -- Binyavanga Wainaina
The unity of Nigeria will only come if we overcome and overgrow tribe, materialism and selfish human nature. -- Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Friends at school were always quite shocked that we holidayed in Nigeria, but it was all pretty middle-class, really. -- Chiwetel Ejiofor
I think they've got 250 languages in Nigeria, and so English is a sort of lingua franca between the 250 languages. -- William Golding
In Nigeria, Hillary Clinton amazingly fought for two years to keep an Al-Qaeda affiliate off the terrorist watch list. -- Chris Christie
There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned. -- Sade Adu
Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet. -- Wole Soyinka
Nigeria [in 1990] was all rumour, an unbelievable amount of rumour - largely about crime and almost mythical manifestations of evil. -- Rem Koolhaas
Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven't been. -- Tinie Tempah
Heirs Holdings has the ambition to generate at least a quarter of Nigeria's power consumption needs in the next five years -- Tony Elumelu
From 1971 to 1993, my family lived in a number of African countries, including Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria, as well as Uganda itself. -- Giles Foden
Nigeria has its problems, nobody denies that, but there is a surge of spiritual, I would say, Christian dynamics that are awesome. -- Reinhard Bonnke
I see that the culture that is prevalent right now in Nigeria and indeed Africa is the culture of GET RICH QUICK. -- Sunday Adelaja
I have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places. -- Chinua Achebe
In Nigeria, if you say you're a singer, people say, 'So what? Everyone sings.' In Germany, my voice stood out more. -- Nneka
I felt Nigeria didn't have to succumb to the image of being a corrupt country; we didn't have to let the economy stagnate. -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
If we in Nigeria and Africa generally are to experience a true national transformation, we must purposefully begin a campaign for national reorientation. -- Sunday Adelaja
I like to say, 'I spend one-third of my time in Nigeria, one-third in Europe or America, and one-third on a plane.' -- Wole Soyinka
My mother's from Texas. Small town outside of Waco called Downsville. And my father's from Nigeria. And so I guess I'm properly African-American. -- Kehinde Wiley
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
My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young. -- Donal Logue
My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity. -- Olusegun Obasanjo
We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria. -- William J. Clinton
I admit that living in Nigeria sounds romantic, but Africa isn't America by a long shot. It's a different world and a different place in time. -- Esther Rolle
The cultural differences between Germany and Nigeria were extreme. The way they dress, the way they carry themselves, their religion. For two years I was overwhelmed. -- Nneka
What the new government of Nigeria and other African governments must do, is to start a massive reorientation campaign in the culture of the dignity of labour. -- Sunday Adelaja
I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college. -- Dayo Okeniyi
I wish to note that the level of discourse in Nigeria is abysmally low, and, usually, garnished with character assassination. We allow our personal frustrations to becloud reason -- Dele Momodu
It's time to end the brain drain and move to brain gain. It's time for a great mind of Nigeria to return home. You're the mind we need, Doctor. -- Deji Olukotun
I am a woman and a woman of Africa. I am a daughter of Nigeria and if she is in shame, I shall stayand mourn with her in shame. -- Buchi Emecheta
I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements - witches, kings and assassinations. -- Sefi Atta
May Christ the Savior give peace to Nigeria, where more blood is being shed and too many people are unjustly deprived of their possessions, held as hostages or killed. -- Pope Francis
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria. -- Ed Royce
I loved Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi. Its about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their estranged father passes away. -- Uzo Aduba
I loved 'Ghana Must Go' by Taiye Selasi. It's about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their estranged father passes away. -- Uzo Aduba
When we went in the late 1990s, Nigeria was still in a dictatorship. So we didn't go with a mission. It started really with a sort of blankness and open-endedness. -- Rem Koolhaas
The argument about zoning and the presidency of Nigeria is like the philosophical argument of the egg or the hen. Who is older through the evolutionary process, who came first? -- Goodluck Jonathan
Are we witnessing an Obama 'Wag the Dog' moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes. Consider all the scandals facing the Obama administration, especially Benghazi and the Select Committee. -- Allen West
My mother was English. My parents met in Oxford in the '50s, and my mother moved to Nigeria and lived there. She was five foot two, very feisty and very English. -- Chris Abani
When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men. -- Bruce Beresford
If we in Nigeria and Africa generally are to experience a true national transformation, there must be numerous movements championing the cause for truth and honesty in every aspect of our daily affairs. -- Sunday Adelaja
The idea [the government's 'You Win' campaign] is that instead of young people in Nigeria waiting to get employment, they should create their own jobs and employ their peers and employ other people. -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I think anyone who isn't investing in Nigeria is missing out. If you look at Nigeria today, literally all of the business class cabins are full of foreigners, because these guys see opportunity. -- Mo Abudu
You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals - and even heads of state - they all say: 'Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.' -- Wole Soyinka
Over 270 girls were kidnapped for going to school in Nigeria! They are still missing! I'M outraged and you should be too!! I'm supporting www.globalfundforwomen.org Join me and take a stand!!!!!!! #Bringbackourgirls #revolutionoflove -- Madonna Ciccone
The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done this at considerable cost in dollars and Nigerian lives. The US should encourage Nigeria to stay in Sierra Leone. -- Ed Royce
In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so. -- William Golding
The terrorism from 9/11 has metastasized. It's metastasized in Iraq and Syria, in Nigeria, in Somalia, in Yemen and in other places in North Africa. We need a very comprehensive strategy to deal with that threat. -- Leon Panetta
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 it means to be Ibo. That is something you carry with you. -- Chris Abani
I believe that without strict enforcement of penalties for any offence violating the principles of truth and honesty, Nigeria and Africa will not be able to move from our present state of underdevelopment into civilization. -- Sunday Adelaja
Corruption is the bane of Nigeria. Buhari is against corruption. Buhari is not corrupt. He is very clean and disciplined. Election rigging is worse than armed robbery. Buhari wants free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria. -- Tam David-West
We want to refocus Nigeria to make sure that basic infrastructure is provided. The environment is created for private investment, both within and direct foreign investment. So jobs will be created. That is my dream for Nigeria. -- Goodluck Jonathan
My art collection is dominated by tribal art from Nigeria where I taught school, from New Guinea where we've travelled, and by Canadian Haida pieces. My own art is either on exhibition or owned by other people! -- Robert Bateman
Imagine how different those classrooms could be if hundreds of Nigeria's most talented recent graduates and professionals channeled their energy not only into the country's banks, but into making education in the country a force for transformation. -- Wendy Kopp
The Egba kingdom was one of the very last to be ceded to the British protectorate. It remained almost an independent entity within what is now known as Nigeria, simply because of its own traditional structure of governance. -- Wole Soyinka
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 that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality. -- Hugo Weaving
Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions. -- Ibrahim Babangida

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