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More Than 84 million Nigerians are registered for the election, But what do you know about Africa's most-populous nation and largest economy?

1) Afro beats - One of its largest export Nigerian musicians are to travel The World and picking up awards at The Top of the worldwide enthusiasm for Afro-beats. This is not to be confused with the late, great Fela Kuti ' s Afrobeat (without s) - Nigeria is the soundtrack of the 1970s and 1980s, the mixed-rhythms with funk and Jazz .

One of Africa's richest musicians, Wizkid began to sing at the age of 11 years in a Church choir, These new stars including Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage and Jidenna, some of Nigeria 's biggest Export - so much so that the global music giants like Universal Music Group and Sony offices in the country. Davido ' s case, published in the year 2017, is The Most popular Nigerian music video of all time

"West African phenomenon is not only dominated by the sound of The Continent , it has flown in the club, festivals and radio playlists around the globe," DJ Rita Ray told the BBC. "Afro beats is also on of genres, from grime to RnB and music makers, by Ed Sheeran to Rapper Drake and Stefflon Don , have all embraced the Afro beats in The Last versions. And not to forget, British-Nigerian singer, songwriter MNEK, whose writing and production credits include Beyoncé, Dua Lipa , Madonna, Diplo and countless more. Add up all The Hits , and he had More Than a billion views on YouTube. "

, The sound has become of Nigerian and Ghanaian Afro-pop music, incorporating genres such as hiplife, azonto and Dancehall -and it was D'banj track Oliver Twist , the Start of the Afro - beats train in the year 2012, getting to Number Nine in the UK charts, she says

Other Nigerian talent to look out for include Afro-beats, musicians like Yemi Alade , Tekno, Falz, Olamide, Simi, Mr Eazi , Mologo, and Patoranking. "What Afro beats makes so compelling, the rhythm is - Nigerians have always been hot rhythms, it is the Driving Force of their music. Afro beats is taking this forward by Stripping back to One of the components of your rich polyrhythms," says Rita Ray .

2) critically Acclaimed authorsIt's not just music, where Nigeria packs a cultural punch - it also offers some of the greatest writers in The World . their debut novel, Things fall Apart, has become a classic of post-colonial literature, selling More Than 20 million copies since its publication in 1958 It has also been translated into 57 languages. Wole Soyinka was The First African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986 and Ben Okri , The Hungry street, won the coveted Man-Booker Prize in 1991 .

Chinua Achebe is considered The Father of African Literature , And contemporary authors such as Chigozie Obioma , Helon Habila , Chibundu Onuzo Sefi Atta and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani keep the tradition, just to mention a few of those who drew prizes. to hear

"Nigerians love and to see. There are probably hundreds of Africans telling Amazing Stories about The Continent , But Nigerians are always The Most attention, because we are fat and loud," Nwaubani said the BBC. "We want to be top in everything we do. We make sure that everyone knows that if we enter The Building . Even those of us, in our home, where there is a lack of adequate publishing structures, which are successful in attracting attention of course guides and readers around The World . "

Given that the Nigerians have a saying on hand for any occasion, it is no surprise they are such fantastic storytellers, while the country's thriving multi-million dollar film industry known as Nollywood, is a proof for their love of a dramatic plot. Nigeria 's multitude of ethnic groups also adds to the creative mix.

is The Face of feminism in the 21St Century , the award-winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the installed tidily summed up the feminist cause in her book Dear Ijeawele: "The knowledge of cooking is-in a vagina. "

3) you have to overtake the USYou are in dangerous territory in Nigeria , if you try to determine which ethnic or religious group, has the largest population, as it brings to the fore a variety of rivalries and tensions about money as the bigger of a state for the population, the greater the budget of the Central government.

But there is no denying that Nigeria 's population is growing at a dizzying speed. By 2047 it is the United States as The World 's third-largest nation, with over 387 million people, obsolete, according to UN projections.

It is also a very young nation, with More Than 40% of the population of 196 million under the age of 14. And Young People play a big role in this election with More Than half of registered voters under the age of 35 years.

The enormous growth provides an opportunity for the country, with his entrepreneurial spirit, how could it in theory, the benefits of the economic dividend of a young, dynamic population. This is especially true as the workforce in more developed countries is getting older. But it is also a challenge for political decision-makers.

Young students can often be heard to complain that it high-quality jobs are sufficiently high, and many speak in the hope to leave the country.

look at the population growth in Africa in General, the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that without proper planning, it could become a political disaster.

4) a Lot of oil, little electricitySome would argue that the actual soundtrack of Nigeria is not Afro-beats, But the noise of the diesel generators, as the majority of Nigerians, even if you are connected to the electricity grid, need to rely on it, because power outages are common. Some areas can go without power for weeks.

This is despite the fact that Nigeria is Africa's largest oil producer and currently pumps about two million barrels per day. The tax revenue that the government receives from the sector and The Foreign exchange it gets from its export are important for the economy. Although many Nigerians would be quick to remind you that much of its oil wealth have been squandered over The Years .

Make-up artist used the phone lights in Lagos Fashion Week in October, when The Power went out, to joke, To be used by a certain date Nigerians, that the old state-electricity-provider Nepa stood for "Never Expect Power Always". A tender for the overhaul of the industry, state-owned enterprises, a process that has been completed divided and privatized in November 2013. However, complaints about unfair billing and blackouts remain constant.

But it has struggled to keep up with population growth, according to The International energy Agency. Power supply per Nigerians has hardly changed since 2005 because the population has grown in this period, of around 57 million euros,

More Than half of all Nigerians houses have electricity, But it is the gap between a large urban-rural. More Than four out of five apartments in the cities have to do the mains while only a third of the houses in the countryside, according to The National Bureau of Statistics. As well as, The Continent 's largest oil producer, it is also its largest economy, But its problems with power supply have hampered the growth.

5) the home of Boko HaramThe hashtag #BringBackOurGirls to the attention of The World brought to an Islamist insurgency, led by Boko Haram fighters. Your kidnapping in the year 2014, More Than 200 girls from a school in Chibok, in North-Eastern Nigeria , stressed The Heart of their cause - opposition to Western-style Education .

so far, 112 of the Chibok girls remain Missing , The Group was the Eastern city of Maiduguri founded in the year 2002 in the North, where the residents language, it is forbidden Boko Haram ", which loosely translated from the region's Hausa called as "Western Education ".

Historically, the Muslim rulers of Northern Nigeria to resist direct British colonial rule had stood. But Andrew Walker , the author of a book on Boko Haram , "eat the hearts of the unbelievers", says it has even deeper roots. "It gives Nigeria a long history of Islamic radicalism in the North, where two caliphates advance of colonialism," he told the BBC. "More recently, the idea that corrupt politicians were not Islamic, the springboard for the Muslim cleric Mohammed Yusuf was to find Boko Haram .

"The political culture of Northern Nigeria , where the local politicians court groups, such as Yusuf we hope that you can help them in their political goals, incubated by The Group in its early days. Even before Yusuf and his followers turned to violence, Maiduguri establishment concerned about the mix in a charismatic preacher and his poverty-bound, trailers, the pot of corrupt elections policy. "

Boko Haram released a lot of propaganda videos, when it was the strongest military

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Source of news: bbc.com