In the world's top 1,000 scrabble players' ranking, Nigerians occupy 156 positions, marking the highest representation from any country. According to ratings by the World English-language Scrabble Players' Association (WESPA), the top 1,000 players are from 43 countries.

• English alone accounts for nearly half of all global web content at 49.40%, setting the tone for internet communication.
• The next three languages—Spanish, German, and Japanese—combined make up just 16.6%, highlighting the wide gap in representation.
• Despite having a massive native-speaking population, Chinese is used in only 1.20% of websites.
• Portuguese, spoken across several continents, represents just 3.80% of internet content.
• Even major European languages like French and Russian contribute less than 5% each to global web content.

Africa's sanitation crisis is alarming, with 17 of the top 20 countries having the highest open defecation rates.

Eritrea (67%), Niger (65%), and Chad (63%) lead, putting millions at risk of disease.

Even Nigeria, the most populous African country, has 18% of its population practising it.

The FAAC's revenue distribution from 2017 to August 2023 highlights the dominance of Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, and Bayelsa states in allocations. Despite Lagos' economic prominence, it ranked fifth. Here is the distribution of revenue among states between 2017 and August 2023.

Nigeria's population has increased from 45M at independence in 1960 to an estimated 206M as of 2020. Nigeria's GDP recorded its biggest year-on-year increase in 1981. Today, being her independence day, we present Nigeria's GDP and population growth rate since 1960.