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
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
Nigeria has had a complicated colonial
history. My work has examined that part
of our story extensively.
Chinua Achebe
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
The people you see in Nigeria today have
always lived as neighbors in the same
space for as long as we can remember. So
it's a matter of settling down, lowering the
rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric
is too high.
Chinua Achebe
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 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
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
Nigeria has no business with poverty. With
our human and material resources, we
shall strive to eradicate poverty from our
country.
Olusegun Obasanjo
There isn't a class structure in Nigeria;
there's a tribal structure and prestige as
far as money is concerned.
Sade Adu
I divide my time between Columbia,
Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are
some beautiful places that have been
invested in and others that haven't been.
Tinie Tempah
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
To meet the expectations of the majority of
our people, and to open up new vistas of
economic opportunity so that the
aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair
chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there
must be a truly committed leadership in a
democratic Nigeria.
Ibrahim Babangida
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
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
Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria
twice but stood by the country in its fight
against dictatorship and injustice.
Olusegun Obasanjo
There has always been a strange
dissonance between the public and the
private in Nigeria.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
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
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
In primary school in south-eastern
Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak
was the president of Egypt. I learned the
same thing in secondary school. In
university, Mubarak was still president of
Egypt. I came to assume, subconsciously,
that he - and others like Paul Biya in
Cameroon and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya
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
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
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
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
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
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
Daniel Yergin
When you talk about the oil wealth you
compare nations. There are some nations
with less than five million people. Nigeria
has 150 million people. I cannot say that
all the money earned from oil since 1958,
when the first drop of oil was exported
from this country to date, that the money
has been effectively used.
Goodluck Jonathan
In Nigeria, if you say you're a singer,
people say, 'So what? Everyone sings.' In
Germany, my voice stood out more.
Nneka
My heart's desire is to be recognised in
Nigeria.
Nneka
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
Listening to the type of music I grew up
with, like King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti and
experiencing different things and
conditions and hardship, as well as the
good times in Nigeria, has definitely
carved me into who I am.
Nneka
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
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 Berry
