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You cannot come to a Nigerian restaurant without having pepper soup. -- Ben Okri
I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. -- Goodluck Jonathan
Some of my reactions are very Nigerian. I still believe that words are things. -- Ben Okri
I sort of consider myself a Nigerian who spends a lot of time in the U.S. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The relationship with my people, the Nigerian people, is very good. My relationship with the rulers has always been problematic. -- Chinua Achebe
The misappropriation of resources provided by the government for weapons means the Nigerian military is unable to beat Boko Haram. -- Muhammadu Buhari
One in four sub-Saharan Africans is Nigerian, and it has 140 million dynamic people - chaotic people - but very interesting people. -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life. -- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
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
You know, I don't think of myself as anything like a 'global citizen' or anything of the sort. I am just a Nigerian who's comfortable in other places. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s. -- Uzo Aduba
Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I think I'm ridiculously fortunate. I consider myself a Nigerian - that's home; my sensibility is Nigerian. But I like America, and I like that I can spend time in America. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston. -- Taiye Selasi
The U.S. should support the Nigerian government to stay in Sierra Leone under the ECOMOG umbrella. The U.S. should also support other countries, including Ghana, in ECOMOG until stability is established. -- Ed Royce
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
Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm an African writer. I'm a Yoruba writer. I'm an African American writer. -- Teju Cole
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
Why we cannot build a system like El Al to be proactive. Why do we have only to react? The shoe bomber - reaction? Take off your shoes. The Nigerian - the body scanner is a result of the Nigerian guy. -- Isaac Yeffet
So many times I've encountered people who are just kind of like, 'Yeah, Nigeria,' and, you know, thump their chest and seem very sure of, like, being Nigerian. And I'm just kind of, like, I wish I could be that sure. -- Helen Oyeyemi
The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order. -- Ibrahim Babangida
I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse. -- Wale
The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her. -- Ibrahim Babangida
As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch. -- Muhammadu Buhari
I take a lot of pride in being Nigerian -- Brendon Ayanbadejo
Nollywood is a genre, and not the entire Nigerian film industry. -- Chika Anadu
My political ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian -- Goodluck Jonathan
Since when has corruption everywhere, homes, streets, offices, become a Nigerian factor -- Sunday Adelaja
Essien Udom is a Nigerian. At present he's a professor at Ibadan University. -- Malcolm X
Nigerian nun Bernadette Duru says the African church hierarchy is indifferent to people in rural areas. -- Sylvia Poggioli
I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic. -- Dayo Okeniyi
I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever. -- Buchi Emecheta
I identify myself as a Nigerian because that is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives. -- Toks Olagundoye
She was tall and dark-skinned and looked like a Nigerian sculpture. She moved like a lioness, her every step bristling with suppressed violence. -- Bonnie Greer
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
When I'm just walking around, I swap between the British and the American, and when I'm with my family I'm with my Nigerian accent. -- Toks Olagundoye
I've always felt very much from a mixed culture - mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me. -- J. M. G. Le Clezio
My name is very specific to my family. I'm very proud of being Nigerian. I understand that most people can't pronounce it, but that's OK. -- Toks Olagundoye
My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England it was very British. -- Toks Olagundoye
Life really went backwards. 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
We must "Bring Back Our Girls" and support Nigerians working every day to create change. Please donate now to support Nigerian organizations educating and standing up for girls -- Malala Yousafzai
419 scams,' named for a clause from the Nigerian penal code, are such a part of the white noise of the digital age that we no longer notice them. -- Evan Osnos
My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English. -- John Boyega
Every Nigerian must begin to raise their voice against our societal failures and call them as such at every juncture. In this way we could all bring about a modern, progressive and civilized society. -- Sunday Adelaja
Being Nigerian is a strong part of my identity. Being American is a strong part of my identity. And there are important parts of who I am that really have nothing to do with my national connection. -- Teju Cole
Part of the creative journey for me was not to come up the conventional route. I didn't go through drama school. I chose not to. I came from a very working-class area, a child of Nigerian immigrants. -- DeObia Oparei
Don't touch my junk, you airport security goon--my package belongs to no one but me, and do you really think I'm a Nigerian nut job preparing for my 72-virgin orgy by blowing my johnson to kingdom come? -- Charles Krauthammer
My black friends in America don't believe me. I said, 'Dude, I'm Nigerian American.' 'Word? We thought you were, like, regular black.' What the hell is 'regular black'? Crayola coming out with colors I don't know about? -- Godfrey
I've come across a novel called The Palm-Wine Drinkard, by the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, that is really remarkable because it is a kind of fantasy of West African mythology all told in West African English which, of course, is not the same as standard English. -- William Golding
Nigerians are everywhere. There's an old joke, particularly about the Ibos, that when you finally land on Mars, you're going to find a Nigerian there who has a shop that is selling Coca-Cola--who took a speculative trip 20 years ago and has been waiting for everyone else to arrive. -- Chris Abani
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
There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built on core values that will form the bedrock of the future society. We must showcase the ideals of family life and be models of family values. -- Ibrahim Babangida
My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger, it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England, it was very British. I think I have a very strange, hybrid accent, and I've worked very hard to get a solid American accent, which is what I use most of the time. -- Toks Olagundoye

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