tajne-programy: Nigeria

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Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 mi2). With a population of more than 242 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and…

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In world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently alive. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded 8 billion (8,000,000,000) on November 15, 2022. It took around 300,000 years of human prehistory and history for the human population to reach a billion and only 218 more years from there to reach 8 billion. As of 2026, the world population is approximately 8.3 billion. However, this figure is only a very rough approximation (see § History). The human population experienced continuous growth following the Great Famine of 1315–1317 and the end of the Black Death in 1350, when it had reached nearly 370 million. The highest global population growth…

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There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The two official languages are English (which was the language of Colonial Nigeria) and French (since 1996). The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the colonizing British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century – has now become the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people. The most commonly spoken native languages are Hausa (over 63 million when including second-language, or L2, speakers), Yoruba (over 47 million, including L2 speakers), Igbo (over 33 million, including L2 speakers), Fulfulde (18 million), Ibibio (over 10 million, including L2 speakers), Ka…

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West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (a United Kingdom Overseas Territory). As of 2021, the population of West Africa is estimated at 419 million, and approximately 382 million in 2017, of which 189.7 million were female and 192.3 million male. The region is one of the fastest growing in Africa, both demographically and economically. West Africa is a culturally and dem…

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Distinct pattern of lymphoid neoplasms characterizations according to the WHO classification (2016) and prevalence of associated Epstein-Barr virus infection in Nigeria population.. Background The present study aimed to classify lymphoid neoplasms according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) classification and outlining the distribution in Nigeria of different entities. Additionally, the study describes the prevalence of lymphoid neoplasms associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in the Nigerian population. Methods We collected 152 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues diagnosed as lymphoma from 2008 to 2018, coming from three different institutions located wi…

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State of the global tuberculosis epidemic: burden, progress towards WHO End TB Strategy targets and systemic challenges.. Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious pathogen globally despite decades of effective chemotherapy. In 2024, an estimated 10·7 million people developed tuberculosis, including approximately 620 000 people living with HIV (PLHIV), and tuberculosis caused an estimated 1·23 million deaths overall, including approximately 150 000 deaths among PLHIV. Men accounted for more than half of the cases, and children represented a substantial burden, reflecting ongoing transmission and diagnostic gaps. Approximately a quarter of the wor…

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The state of cancer in Somalia: a comprehensive six-year retrospective study.. Cancer incidence and mortality rates are increasing globally. Approximately 20 million new cancer cases and 10 million cancer-related deaths were recorded in 2022. Cancer incidence is projected to reach 35 million new cases by 2050. Cancer incidence in Africa constituted only 5.9% of global cancer; however, Africa has the highest cancer mortality rate (64.4%) compared to all other continents. Cancer mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is alarmingly high compared to other World Health Organization African Region. In Somalia, due to the lack of cancer registries, cancer incidence and mortality rates from neighbori…

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National Identity-Seeded Verified Relationship Graphs: A Graph Neural Network Framework for Population Estimation in Data-Scarce Sub-Saharan Africa. Abstract Reliable population data are essential to equitable governance and development planning. Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has operated without a nationally accepted census for nearly two decades, producing a substantial demographic knowledge deficit affecting an estimated 220 to 235 million persons. Existing methodological responses, including satellite-based population modelling and microcensus extrapolation, estimate aggregate distributions rather than verifying individual existences and remain vulnerable to systematic over- a…

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African people or Africans are people who belong to any ethnic, racial, or national group with origins in Africa. Today, it primarily refers to people who are from Africa and reside in the continent, as well as the African diaspora. As of 2024, Africa's total population is estimated to be 1.5 billion people. The most populous African country is Nigeria, which has over 237.5 million people as of 2025.

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As of 2026, the most populous country in the world is India, followed closely by China, with both exceeding 1.4 billion.

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South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. The country consists of nine provinces, and is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. South Africa also encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres (471,445 square miles), the country has a population of over 63 million people, making it the sixth-most populated country in Africa, and 24th-most in the world. Pretoria is the administrative capital, whi…

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Islam is one of the two largest religions in Nigeria. Nigeria also has the largest Muslim population in Africa. In 2018, the CIA World Factbook estimated that 53.5% of Nigeria's population is Muslim. Islam is predominantly concentrated in the northern half of the country, The southwestern states also have majority Muslim population. State like Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Osun.The Eastern and the southern parts of the country also has a significant Muslim minority existing in the regions. Most of Northern Nigeria is governed under Sharia law, while the rest of the country is governed under secular law. The Muslim share of Nigeria's population is growing, due to a higher fertility rate. Merchants fr…