As a Nigerian man (Ijaw/Igbo), I can tell you that this is one of the most accurate, researched short docs on RUclips (from mention of the Sokoto caliphate, bight of Benin to the Ijaw). Also, kudos on pronouncing it as "Lay-gus"
That's a fascinating fact about the Benin kingdom/modern Benin. Always wondered why that was so, but never quite curious enough to look it up for myself.
Nigeria has replaced France as the hegemon of west Africa. If they can leverage the resources and manpower of west Africa to extend their influence over the rest of Africa and possibly the Caribbean, South America and more broadly the southern Atlantic region, Nigeria working with countries like Brazil, Angola and Ethiopia, has the potential to lead a system that could potentially be a potent force on the global stage. Nigeria becaming a superpower similar to America during their unipolar moment is a very big if, but Nigerias hegemony of west Africa and the Gulf of Guinea is already very well established without any real regional competitors.
@@second2none914 y'all think you know nigeria but you don't....who told you that nigeria don't have any influence in Africa......mind you ....... nigeria is known as the big brother in Africa........who is Ethiopia and Angola to Nigeria......u guys don't even know nigeria at all.....
Well the word is quite simple, so it isn't that surprising. There are other words like that. Play CK3 and EU4 and you will notice some places and cultures with coincidental names. For instance: Silla for the Korean kingdom and Silla in Sub-Saharan Africa. Naga in East Africa and Naga people in Northeast India.
That is almost entirely impossible. It would work as a regional bloc like ECOWAS or ASEAN, but there’s no way you can put any of those countries together
The EAC isn't going to happen, at least not as a country. Back when it was the original 5, they had a chance at unifying, but with the addition of South Sudan and the DRC, I don't see it happening ever.
So Nigeria has a lot of things do deal with. They need to diversify their economy, most likely through cheap labor (whether they do it the Indian way or Chinese way remains to be seen.) They need to reinforce their agricultural sector too unless they want to be dependant on Europe and the Americas for food. They need to reinforce some type of national identity so they don't have others civil wars (given the diversity of the country, India would be a good model.) And then they'd need some way to influence the region, ECOWAS is a good start I suppose.
Nigeria is the worlds largest producer of cassava and yams the main staple food in west Africa. Sub Saharan Africa gets 80% of their calories domestically. 19% from imports. It is the second lowest figure behind only North America/ USA. Nigeria also has a strong national identity and is not on the brink of civil war. Sudan is nearly entirely Islamic but is currently having a civil war. Uganda is nearly entirely Christian but has had civil wars. I think the religious issue in Nigeria is overplayed.
If Nigeria stop following behind the west then definitely Nigeria will become a superpower. First they must give out long prison terms to any corrupt government official
I wonder why philipines can have a stable democracy with different ethnicities. Why cant they follow the same? Are these ethnic groups really leaning on "far right" ideas.
@@Youdontshushh the 🇵🇭 is like 90% Christian. Most (80%) being catholic. 🇳🇬 is 50% christian and 50% Muslim. Additionally, the languages spoken in 🇵🇭 are mostly within the same language family and as a result, the various ethnic groups still have a common ancestor from not that long ago. 🇳🇬 has 3 major language families with many divergent subdivisions within them that diverge from each other 2000-10000 years ago. Basically, although the 🇵🇭 is very diverse, 🇳🇬’s diversity makes the 🇵🇭 look like Japan in comparison.
Not a superpower, but a great/major power probably within the next few decades with proper leadership. Nigeria already is a regional power, so it’s already on the trajectory the superpowers once started out with. Which is being a great power on your continent (area of the world. ) After all, the USSR dominated Eastern Europe and Central Asia. China dominates east Asia, and the US dominates the Americas. That is not to say that the superpowers are unchallenged, it’s just that they can project both hard and soft power better than everyone else in their region.
To say that Bollywood puts out most number of movies in the world is incorrect. Bollywood is just the Hindi film industries. Many regional languages have their own gilm industries and when combining them together, the Indian film industry puts out the most movies in the world.
Nigeria's dependency ratio is far too high for its GDP (and particularly per capita GDP) to grow at a reasonable rate any time soon. At the current rate of change, it will be the mid 2060s to early 2070s before it's dependency ratio is what India's is today. At that time, I predict Nigeria will begin to do very well. Until then however, it's GDP growth is most likely to remain fairly slow growing at around 2-3% per year, perhaps 3-4%/ year by the mid 2040s and 4-5%/ year by the 2060s.
If they dumped oil money into infrastructure and stopped being greedy for 10 years the country would transform. Crack down hard on lawlessness in the far north. It’s really the leaders keeping all the money holding it back. All they need to do is build proper roads, rail, power, and schools.
@@BlueIvory4Nigeria is FARRR from perfect, I’ve visited and know this very well. But I also see the potential it has and the developments the country is making. I know that in a few decades things can definitely change. Yet westerners love poking fun at Africa and underestimating it for no reason, which is so ironic considering that they’re partially the reason why Africa is like that in the first place ☠️
I don’t understand this opinion. You think every rich superpower today started out rich? 😂 what’s stopping Nigeria from getting their sht together and becoming one themselves? Bit rude to suggest it could never happen
@@samjones6258 all countries have their flaws and strengths...I don't know which country you come from but if you think about the USA which thinks it is the best country in the world...(Japan and other Asian countries will have something to say
Why is this topic always on RUclips from different RUclips channels? Do you believe i kept seeing in my dreams that whether the world likes it or not this country will someday become the battery of the whole world; A giant and a world power nation. And i kept asking myself how will this materialize despite her numerous challenges. Suddenly after sometime i start seeing various RUclips channel predicting this beautiful future for this country. I sense that flame of greatness coming out gradually from the area of entertainment which Nigerian artists are gradually taking over the world. I believe this flame of greatness will impact the leadership of the country which will bring a radical transformation economically and politically. And when this happen, Nigeria as the most populated country will take her stand again in the continent and in the world. That is why i don't want Nigeria to join brics. I want her to stand great alone, now can uplift other African countries and together will become a great and giant nation in the world. This is indeed the future. Where i am now, I never believe in the past i can be where i am today. There may be numerous challenges today in the country now but the future of her greatness is imminent.
I used to think so now i know it will never be. African superpower yes but as seen recently Nato will always pull strings and it will serve the interest of US/UK and France. damn in all my years i never thought Nigeria would be a puppet.
Lagos was at no point in history a colony of the Benin Kingdom. Lagos Island is the oldest part of the city. The indigenous people of Lagos island were and still are the Awori people, a sub ethnic group of Yoruba people. Much later, the Oba of Benin sent a business delegation to Lagos Island to establish a trading outpost to enable the Benin Kingdom to trade with Europeans. Several of these Benin elites intermarried with Awori ruling elites. Prior to becoming a British colony, the western half of the city was settled first by the Oyo and later the Egba people, both sub ethnicities of the Yoruba. Another Yoruba sub ethnic group the Ijebu settled the eastern part of the city aka the lekki peninsula from Victoria Island to Epe.
Nigeria has replaced France as the hegemon of west Africa. If they can leverage the resources and manpower of west Africa to extend their hegemony over the rest of Africa and eventually the Caribbean and South America and more broadly the southern Atlantic Nigeria has the potential to lead a system that could potentially be a potent force on the global stage. That’s a very big if, but Nigerias hegemony of west Africa and the Gulf of Guinea is already very well established.
😂 you’re funny… hegemony of what? You can’t be a powerhouse when you too are under the westerners, the will of Nigeria means nothing if it doesn’t align with the likes of the US, etc.
Nigerians like to lie to themselves about being some kind of power in the world. You can hardly provide electricity and better roads for you own people. Whenever your president is not well, he has to run to the UK or the US . The slightest headache he gets, he has to be rushed to the UK for a simple prescription for a pain killer. 😂😂😂
@@okene Nigeria today is at a similar level of development to America right before ww1. Historically speaking you can track west African history with the rise and fall of states that eventually became big enough to gain a trade, social, cultural, economics and military hegemony over the region. This pattern was first noticed by the Timbuktu scholars centuries ago but it still holds true today. The original 3 hegemons were Ghana, then Mali, then Songhai. After Mali/Songhai collapsed west Africa entered a dark age where lots of smaller empires started fighting for dominance in the region until the Europeans came and conquered Africa with France becoming the 4th hegemon of west Africa. Fast foward to ww2 and the French empire beings to collapse leading to another (shorter) scramble for hegemony over the region. Which Nigeria has now inherited. Making Nigeria the 5th hegemon of west Africa. Nigeria for all its problems is not at risk of complete state and institutional collapse and the historic record shows that having stable institutions is half the battle of development. Nigeria is around 70% of the budget of ecowas, 60% the gdp and 50% the population. When added with Ghana the numbers become closer to 80%. Nigeria & Ghana also provides food and energy to much of west Africa. Hegemon does not mean Nigeria will become America overnight and be rid of all its problems. It is just the description of the place Nigeria holds in west African geopolitics. Nigerias biggest benefit is that they are a massive fish in a big pond full of small fishes.
I would like to see at least one subsaharan nation become the next South Korea within my lifetime. Several "African Lion" economies would be awesome. One can only hope.
Nah. Nigeria's gdp may increase but that alone doesn't define development and whether or not it'll become a high income nation. Nigeria has an extremely low human development index and a huge gap in distribution of income. Nigeria doesn't even have full control of its territories making it a failed state. Petty militia groups have their own territories that they govern. Corruption is at a new, Nigeria doesn't even have much control of its own resources. Nigeria is FAR FAR FAR from being a superpower
Nigeria has the potential, but first they need to improve the lives of their people and strengthen their institutions. I see them joining the BRICS in the near future.
Lmao as a South African BRICS is pretty useless especially with the new countries. Iran and Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Egypt are going to be basically 2 other India vs China’s in the BRICS alliance.
At the current rate, with overpopulation spiraling out of control, they'll probably just end up struggling to feed themselves and become indebted to some other superpower, same as Pakistan, Egypt, Sri Lanka, etc. Superpowers tend to have a massive pool of resources to go along with massive population. Just look at the USA and Soviet Union, both with pretty reasonable population densities and a gargantuan landmass. Even China has a rapidly falling population, and feeding the country has been a huge national security issue (they import a *lot* of food and as such are dependent on trade, making any potential conflicts that piss off trading partners a bit too much completely out of the question. The issue of potential western blockade with the first island chain is also a constant threat due to this). Honestly my biggest bets for the next superpower (other than China, which basically already is) would be Brazil, all they need is a few actually good leaders and a bit of luck.
@@nealrigga6969 Bro, its not like Europe isn't overpopulated either. There's a reason that the US has been far more influential and has more resources to spare. Plus, from a selfish western standpoint, overpopulating developing countries are fantastic. As was mentioned, they're great for cheap labor to make more products for richer countries (often at the expense of the developing countries' environment), and they're easy to influence due to desperation which leads to resource exploitation and western aligned governments. Oh, and how is calling China a current superpower and claiming Brazil has potential to become a rising superpower western biased? "Western" in this context often refers to the US and western Europe.
@@cupidsnow3885 ok that isn't too bad At least we will be ahead of a lot of asian country's like Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam etc Don't worry brev.. we will be the GOATS while also being alive to see it..
Some Europeans with their super ority complexes can’t handle to see their ex-colonies being independent and developing. Just look at how some of them (like the BBC) reacted to India’s space missions. 😂 The global south will rise again!
- Westerners after getting all their information about the world from Twitter and Instagram 😂😂 China and India already are superpowers. And Nigeria isn’t perfect, but is in the position to become a superpower in the coming decades. Westerners think the world just stays the same and never changes 😂
@@bababababababa6124 mmmm my unique social media is RUclips and I get information all over types of channels. But the BRICS are a chimera. They need unity and they don't have it, there are even great enemies with conflicting interests. They want a single currency but it is pure idealism. They don't know how long and difficult the road is. And let's not say that it turns out well. Let them ask the Europeans with the Euro. A lot of idealism, beautiful words, and very little reality I see at the moment
Juan, did your country joined? How many Spanish countries are in BRICS? Which Spanish country is a superpower with all the racism against black people in your lands? None. So, how do you know that Nigeria cannot become a superpower? Nigeria never applied to join BRICS in the first place. China and India wanted Nigeria to be part of BRICS, but Nigeria declined the opportunity for now. A speech given by the vice president during the forum, gave reasons why they decided not to be part of BRICS alliance for now. Please get informed.
With their amount of oil they should have been a power house already by now, the fact that they haven't and are not even close to being one does not give much of confidence that they will ever be unless something miraculously happens. Look at the likes of United Arab Emirates and you will see what i am talking about.
OK OK Unless Nigeria 🇳🇬 Respect law and the Mindset Simply not to.be influence interference dictate to by Western countries European Countries America What we have seen in Ecowas Ecowas is nothing to write home about
Nigeria will never be a superpower because of corrupt money pocketing political leaders all over the country. With Money pocketing corruption there will never be development. Even if there is some development it will retrogress or move at a very slow pace due to corrupt money pocketing political leaders. The country is one of the greatest oil suppliers yet they don't have electricity for Nigerian citizens. Meanwhile they export electricity to other African countries which is extreme foolishness. The country lacks infrastructure. For a country that has a quarter billion people. What they need is to build affordable high rise buildings within cities for the middle and lower class to contain the population. With high rise apartment infrastructure, all the people living in slums can be moved to these new affordable high rises while the slum areas should be converted to green areas, beautiful shorelines and tourist areas. At least with decent living conditions, the government can know how much electricity can be distributed to "real houses". The country has badly built roads with opened gutters full of filth instead of closed drainage systems. Most roads in Nigeria within cities have no sidewalk neither are they paved. Even the paved roads are often cracked or full of dust by the sides with no markings or street signs or traffic lights. The country has no garbage treatment plants with recycling facilities The country has no sewage treatment plants. Sewage is returned back to rivers and the seas without being treated first which is harmful for the environment. The country has no water purification plants to supply water to homes. The country has no birth control or immigration control. The country has bad diet The country does not keep records of infrastructure built by Chinese so that they can build it by themselves. At the airports there's too much bribery and corruption with airport workers demanding money despite the huge signs behind them saying, DO NOT ASK FOR BRIBES. Nigeria citizens are often harassed at their own international airport than they are harassed in foreign airports. The country has no free and advanced Universal Health Care System, meaning that if you develop a chronic illness in Nigeria you die! Meanwhile the corrupt and shameless money pocketing Nigerian politicians who stack piles and piles of cash for themselves use corruption money to travel abroad to receive medical treatments for themselves while Nigerian citizens die from not having free medical care. This is one thing they are supposed to fix in Nigeria but they dont causing the nation to have a low life expectancy. Because of money pocketing corruption by shameless political leaders all over Nigeria, there isn't enough money for development and continuous maintenance that would provide jobs for Nigerian citizens to make them happy. With continuous money pocketing corruption, the future of Nation's development is quite uncertain. Maintenance in all sectors will be pretty much very unlikely and many technologies will never be renovated but left to decay. Therefore Nigeria is NOT superpower because there is ZERO development! It is one of the lest developed countries in Africa in terms of infrastructural development and among the worst 5 in terms of GDP per Capta meaning that the standard of living is one of the poorest and worst in the world. The political leaders in Nigeria are criminals because they are NOT helping Nigerian citizens as they should, due to their selfish and greedy money pocketing corrupt habits.
Well just Because Nigeria has been plagued with many of the problems you mentioned doesn't mean it wouldn't become a superpower. All countries that are regarded as successful and developed had these issues in the past but they are now what we know them to be.
FACTS I hate when people give that dumb stat about Nigeria, Pakistan, Ethiopia and other countries. That’s only assuming their birth rates REMAIN THE SAME, which obviously won’t happen over the course of the next 70-80 years
@@mnm5165 lol Pakistan has 3.5 TFR can you imagine a bankrupt country with that much TFR. other countries in region like India bangladesh nepal sri lanka have 2. while maldives is 1.7 and bhutan is 1.4. so stats are not wrong. these people are just stupid in their countries.
Nigeria cannot develop on the back of too high population growth. With population growing faster than economic growth most of the time. They will continue to self destruct. Singapore and China imposed 2 or 1 child on their people since 1972 and 1979 respectively. They are better for it.
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As a Nigerian man (Ijaw/Igbo), I can tell you that this is one of the most accurate, researched short docs on RUclips (from mention of the Sokoto caliphate, bight of Benin to the Ijaw). Also, kudos on pronouncing it as "Lay-gus"
it was very pleasinig to hear him say Igbo right also haha, made me go "oh wow, nice" haha
Biafra😊
I need Igbos to focus on their region. I couldn’t care less about the others, if I tried.
@@biafra13743ijaw is not Biafra
That's a fascinating fact about the Benin kingdom/modern Benin. Always wondered why that was so, but never quite curious enough to look it up for myself.
Nigeria does have great potential, but they'll have to clean some things up to be a superpower. Lessening its dependence on petroleum, for starts.
Your comment just show dat you know nothing about nigeria......oil contribute 5.8 percentage of GDP......go do research
Nigeria has replaced France as the hegemon of west Africa. If they can leverage the resources and manpower of west Africa to extend their influence over the rest of Africa and possibly the Caribbean, South America and more broadly the southern Atlantic region, Nigeria working with countries like Brazil, Angola and Ethiopia, has the potential to lead a system that could potentially be a potent force on the global stage.
Nigeria becaming a superpower similar to America during their unipolar moment is a very big if, but Nigerias hegemony of west Africa and the Gulf of Guinea is already very well established without any real regional competitors.
@@second2none914 y'all think you know nigeria but you don't....who told you that nigeria don't have any influence in Africa......mind you ....... nigeria is known as the big brother in Africa........who is Ethiopia and Angola to Nigeria......u guys don't even know nigeria at all.....
not really, the middle east is highly dependent on petroleum - we'd just need to manage it better, and create other systems that work independently.
@@second2none914hegemon of what ???
What nigeria can say that other countries will follow or apply ???
How the Nigerians and Japanese came up with the same name for their kingdoms (Edo as in Benin and the Edo period in Japan) is beyond me
Well the word is quite simple, so it isn't that surprising. There are other words like that. Play CK3 and EU4 and you will notice some places and cultures with coincidental names.
For instance: Silla for the Korean kingdom and Silla in Sub-Saharan Africa. Naga in East Africa and Naga people in Northeast India.
Edo was never a name for Japan. It's the old name for Tokyo.
And as the previous comment said, it's a very simple word.
thanks for your explanations
Linguistically, it's quite probable being only two syllables, and the finite scope of sounds humans can make.
@@gosnookyi guess so
An interesting variable to answer this question would be whether or not the East African Federation actually happens
That is almost entirely impossible. It would work as a regional bloc like ECOWAS or ASEAN, but there’s no way you can put any of those countries together
The EAC isn't going to happen, at least not as a country. Back when it was the original 5, they had a chance at unifying, but with the addition of South Sudan and the DRC, I don't see it happening ever.
It doesn't matter
Doubt it will happen at least to the scale you expect
@schoolunch
Nigera will be a superpower
So Nigeria has a lot of things do deal with. They need to diversify their economy, most likely through cheap labor (whether they do it the Indian way or Chinese way remains to be seen.)
They need to reinforce their agricultural sector too unless they want to be dependant on Europe and the Americas for food. They need to reinforce some type of national identity so they don't have others civil wars (given the diversity of the country, India would be a good model.)
And then they'd need some way to influence the region, ECOWAS is a good start I suppose.
They are actually pretty, food independent. You might be confusing them with another African country.
Nigeria is the worlds largest producer of cassava and yams the main staple food in west Africa.
Sub Saharan Africa gets 80% of their calories domestically. 19% from imports. It is the second lowest figure behind only North America/ USA.
Nigeria also has a strong national identity and is not on the brink of civil war. Sudan is nearly entirely Islamic but is currently having a civil war. Uganda is nearly entirely Christian but has had civil wars. I think the religious issue in Nigeria is overplayed.
Notice you don't say anything about their chronic corruption. They won't get anywhere if they don't stamp it out!
🙏🙏🙏☺️😘😘😘☺️ from india you like our 😅model of growth but it takes time for reforms
Proud to be a Nigeria ❤
*Nigerian
If Nigeria stop following behind the west then definitely Nigeria will become a superpower. First they must give out long prison terms to any corrupt government official
'Dr. Congo' is such an amazing, useful pun, which I may or may not hereon use as an abbreviation.
They're gonna have to figure out all the ethnic and religious conflict while maintaining a stable democracy first
I wonder why philipines can have a stable democracy with different ethnicities. Why cant they follow the same? Are these ethnic groups really leaning on "far right" ideas.
If the European governments stopped with their classic “divide and conquer” strategy on all the ex-colonies, maybe these countries could develop.
@@Youdontshushh the 🇵🇭 is like 90% Christian. Most (80%) being catholic. 🇳🇬 is 50% christian and 50% Muslim. Additionally, the languages spoken in 🇵🇭 are mostly within the same language family and as a result, the various ethnic groups still have a common ancestor from not that long ago. 🇳🇬 has 3 major language families with many divergent subdivisions within them that diverge from each other 2000-10000 years ago. Basically, although the 🇵🇭 is very diverse, 🇳🇬’s diversity makes the 🇵🇭 look like Japan in comparison.
@@artman12 agreed
@@Youdontshushh didnt they just elect the son of a violent dictator?
Like Nigeria, KhAnubis has a great wealth of information, plus add the dry humor!
Not a superpower, but a great/major power probably within the next few decades with proper leadership.
Nigeria already is a regional power, so it’s already on the trajectory the superpowers once started out with. Which is being a great power on your continent (area of the world. )
After all, the USSR dominated Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
China dominates east Asia, and the US dominates the Americas. That is not to say that the superpowers are unchallenged, it’s just that they can project both hard and soft power better than everyone else in their region.
Well said
China doesn't dominate East Asia but I see your point.
A geography nerd from Oregon who's an expanse fan? Damn soon I'm going to have nothing left.
To say that Bollywood puts out most number of movies in the world is incorrect. Bollywood is just the Hindi film industries. Many regional languages have their own gilm industries and when combining them together, the Indian film industry puts out the most movies in the world.
Nigeria's dependency ratio is far too high for its GDP (and particularly per capita GDP) to grow at a reasonable rate any time soon. At the current rate of change, it will be the mid 2060s to early 2070s before it's dependency ratio is what India's is today. At that time, I predict Nigeria will begin to do very well. Until then however, it's GDP growth is most likely to remain fairly slow growing at around 2-3% per year, perhaps 3-4%/ year by the mid 2040s and 4-5%/ year by the 2060s.
If they dumped oil money into infrastructure and stopped being greedy for 10 years the country would transform. Crack down hard on lawlessness in the far north. It’s really the leaders keeping all the money holding it back. All they need to do is build proper roads, rail, power, and schools.
Please do a video on Biafra/Igbo culture ❤🎉
Super power, no, no way in hell. Great power, no, at least no time soon. Regional power yes.
Damn it’s actually sad how much westerners underestimate African countries…
@@bababababababa6124the average Nigerian would have given you an even bleaker response
@@BlueIvory4Nigeria is FARRR from perfect, I’ve visited and know this very well. But I also see the potential it has and the developments the country is making. I know that in a few decades things can definitely change. Yet westerners love poking fun at Africa and underestimating it for no reason, which is so ironic considering that they’re partially the reason why Africa is like that in the first place ☠️
@@bababababababa6124you must not know anything about Nigeria.
I don’t understand this opinion. You think every rich superpower today started out rich? 😂 what’s stopping Nigeria from getting their sht together and becoming one themselves? Bit rude to suggest it could never happen
God the expanse is so fucking good. Glad I’m not the only one. Books are even better
The only problem Nigeria have is the politicians in the country.
Biafra
You are much more optimistic than I am, as a Nigerian
Proud to be from Nigeria
Why? What are you proud of exactly ...chronic corruption maybe!
@@samjones6258 all countries have their flaws and strengths...I don't know which country you come from but if you think about the USA which thinks it is the best country in the world...(Japan and other Asian countries will have something to say
how can a country think?@@DraAij-js2eu
*Doctor* Congo... can't believe I haven't heard that before
Nice country Nigeria ❤❤🇳🇬
Why is this topic always on RUclips from different RUclips channels? Do you believe i kept seeing in my dreams that whether the world likes it or not this country will someday become the battery of the whole world; A giant and a world power nation. And i kept asking myself how will this materialize despite her numerous challenges. Suddenly after sometime i start seeing various RUclips channel predicting this beautiful future for this country. I sense that flame of greatness coming out gradually from the area of entertainment which Nigerian artists are gradually taking over the world. I believe this flame of greatness will impact the leadership of the country which will bring a radical transformation economically and politically. And when this happen, Nigeria as the most populated country will take her stand again in the continent and in the world. That is why i don't want Nigeria to join brics. I want her to stand great alone, now can uplift other African countries and together will become a great and giant nation in the world. This is indeed the future. Where i am now, I never believe in the past i can be where i am today. There may be numerous challenges today in the country now but the future of her greatness is imminent.
Great comment
I used to think so now i know it will never be. African superpower yes but as seen recently Nato will always pull strings and it will serve the interest of US/UK and France. damn in all my years i never thought Nigeria would be a puppet.
India should tap potential of Petroleum from Nigeria
From India
Lagos was at no point in history a colony of the Benin Kingdom. Lagos Island is the oldest part of the city. The indigenous people of Lagos island were and still are the Awori people, a sub ethnic group of Yoruba people. Much later, the Oba of Benin sent a business delegation to Lagos Island to establish a trading outpost to enable the Benin Kingdom to trade with Europeans. Several of these Benin elites intermarried with Awori ruling elites.
Prior to becoming a British colony, the western half of the city was settled first by the Oyo and later the Egba people, both sub ethnicities of the Yoruba. Another Yoruba sub ethnic group the Ijebu settled the eastern part of the city aka the lekki peninsula from Victoria Island to Epe.
Took a couple of seconds for the Togo pun to register 😆
If ecowas becomes more like the EU, with single market/freemovement ect. Yes, its pretty likely.
Nigeria has replaced France as the hegemon of west Africa. If they can leverage the resources and manpower of west Africa to extend their hegemony over the rest of Africa and eventually the Caribbean and South America and more broadly the southern Atlantic Nigeria has the potential to lead a system that could potentially be a potent force on the global stage.
That’s a very big if, but Nigerias hegemony of west Africa and the Gulf of Guinea is already very well established.
Absolutely rubbish . Nigeria is the capital of POVERTY in the world. How can it replace any country?
😂 you’re funny… hegemony of what? You can’t be a powerhouse when you too are under the westerners, the will of Nigeria means nothing if it doesn’t align with the likes of the US, etc.
Lol we are at the mercy of OPEC, literally the poverty capital of the world. Hegemon of suffering
Nigerians like to lie to themselves about being some kind of power in the world. You can hardly provide electricity and better roads for you own people. Whenever your president is not well, he has to run to the UK or the US . The slightest headache he gets, he has to be rushed to the UK for a simple prescription for a pain killer. 😂😂😂
@@okene Nigeria today is at a similar level of development to America right before ww1.
Historically speaking you can track west African history with the rise and fall of states that eventually became big enough to gain a trade, social, cultural, economics and military hegemony over the region.
This pattern was first noticed by the Timbuktu scholars centuries ago but it still holds true today.
The original 3 hegemons were Ghana, then Mali, then Songhai.
After Mali/Songhai collapsed west Africa entered a dark age where lots of smaller empires started fighting for dominance in the region until the Europeans came and conquered Africa with France becoming the 4th hegemon of west Africa.
Fast foward to ww2 and the French empire beings to collapse leading to another (shorter) scramble for hegemony over the region. Which Nigeria has now inherited.
Making Nigeria the 5th hegemon of west Africa.
Nigeria for all its problems is not at risk of complete state and institutional collapse and the historic record shows that having stable institutions is half the battle of development.
Nigeria is around 70% of the budget of ecowas, 60% the gdp and 50% the population. When added with Ghana the numbers become closer to 80%.
Nigeria & Ghana also provides food and energy to much of west Africa.
Hegemon does not mean Nigeria will become America overnight and be rid of all its problems. It is just the description of the place Nigeria holds in west African geopolitics.
Nigerias biggest benefit is that they are a massive fish in a big pond full of small fishes.
A video about the DRC should be interesting too
Nigeria 🇳🇬 could become a superpower when it comes to scammers.
I would like to see at least one subsaharan nation become the next South Korea within my lifetime. Several "African Lion" economies would be awesome. One can only hope.
If only it weren't filled with Africans
Only a biafra nation can achieve such feat in a short period of time.
Cautious optimism. Love this, as a Nigerian. 😂
bro got all the biafrian nationalists in the comments 💀💀💀
Can Nigeria become a superpower? Yes.
Will it become a superpower? LOL, no.
Don’t you have to have electricity first before you become a super power?
Who told you we don't have electricity?. We have power problems doesn't mean there is no electricity
@@Danorouswe don't...
@@karinasnooodles_ mumu we do you
8:15 Doctor Congo is really just the name of this country atp
African power sounds good. Only thing they have to watch out is American freedom
Nah. Nigeria's gdp may increase but that alone doesn't define development and whether or not it'll become a high income nation. Nigeria has an extremely low human development index and a huge gap in distribution of income. Nigeria doesn't even have full control of its territories making it a failed state. Petty militia groups have their own territories that they govern. Corruption is at a new, Nigeria doesn't even have much control of its own resources. Nigeria is FAR FAR FAR from being a superpower
That shell deal was a bad idea but half of what you said is fixable
Nigeria has the potential, but first they need to improve the lives of their people and strengthen their institutions. I see them joining the BRICS in the near future.
Lmao as a South African BRICS is pretty useless especially with the new countries. Iran and Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Egypt are going to be basically 2 other India vs China’s in the BRICS alliance.
Did you just say doctor Congo!?😂
Nope sadly. The wef talks about India, china, and Usa.
Nigeria is based and will put black men on mars in 2080.
As a descendent of the Oba of Benin, it will be interesting to see how the nation of my paternal grandparents will evolve.
Lamogun brother
Damn I’m Nigerian and even I learned some shit.
Not Nigeria, but Ethiopia with her record growth.
Too bad about the civil war.
Not up to Nigeria
It probably will
Nigeria can only be super power when an Igbo man became president of Nigeria
The next century is going to be wild
Superpower when half of its population doesn't have electricity lmao
It is possible.
Hi!❤
Bros this title wey you put out na after the tribunal judgement abi before cause this question you Dey ask e no join at all
Talking out of numbers Nigeria will soon lose it position of largest GDP in Africa to Eygpt
Not with these crop of criminal political leadership with tribe and religion in everything they do..
Lol, Can't even be Africa superpower let alone of the world 😂
Depends on if they become the dominate power of ECOWAS
Nigeria is already the dominant power in ecowas tho
At the current rate, with overpopulation spiraling out of control, they'll probably just end up struggling to feed themselves and become indebted to some other superpower, same as Pakistan, Egypt, Sri Lanka, etc. Superpowers tend to have a massive pool of resources to go along with massive population. Just look at the USA and Soviet Union, both with pretty reasonable population densities and a gargantuan landmass. Even China has a rapidly falling population, and feeding the country has been a huge national security issue (they import a *lot* of food and as such are dependent on trade, making any potential conflicts that piss off trading partners a bit too much completely out of the question. The issue of potential western blockade with the first island chain is also a constant threat due to this). Honestly my biggest bets for the next superpower (other than China, which basically already is) would be Brazil, all they need is a few actually good leaders and a bit of luck.
Western bias is strong with this comment
@@nealrigga6969 Bro, its not like Europe isn't overpopulated either. There's a reason that the US has been far more influential and has more resources to spare. Plus, from a selfish western standpoint, overpopulating developing countries are fantastic. As was mentioned, they're great for cheap labor to make more products for richer countries (often at the expense of the developing countries' environment), and they're easy to influence due to desperation which leads to resource exploitation and western aligned governments.
Oh, and how is calling China a current superpower and claiming Brazil has potential to become a rising superpower western biased? "Western" in this context often refers to the US and western Europe.
@@StuffandThings_ Overpopulation is a myth
Useless comment
Looking at the track record of Africa, I highly doubt it
Very narrow, look at africa pre colonialism
As a Nigerian I really liked this video sadly Nigerian won’t be prospering anytime soon cuz of corruption, kidnapping and religious intolerance 🥺😭
How long is "anytime soon"?
@@zerragut2969nigallion years
@@zerragut2969 maby the next 10 years😭 bandits legit said in public that they would hijack a train that was 1 week ago
@@cupidsnow3885 ok that isn't too bad
At least we will be ahead of a lot of asian country's like Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam etc
Don't worry brev.. we will be the GOATS while also being alive to see it..
With a fake name like that,any one can claim to be Nigeria
Seems like you got a lot of Africa haters on your channel bro
Africa realists. Brazil has a better chance than Nigeria
@@Ryfaelfunny how westerners say that despite not realising you’re the reason Africa in this situation in the first place 😂
Some Europeans with their super ority complexes can’t handle to see their ex-colonies being independent and developing. Just look at how some of them (like the BBC) reacted to India’s space missions. 😂 The global south will rise again!
@@tombo416 😂 hilarious jokes. Is Africa an eternal victim
@@Ryfaelbro go outside and touch grass instead of being racist on RUclips comments 💀what a sad life
Eko is not a Benin City, It is a Yoruba city.
7:41 Nollywood has many corn stars 😂😂😂
You're thinkinh of China
No, and the BRICS neither
- Westerners after getting all their information about the world from Twitter and Instagram 😂😂
China and India already are superpowers. And Nigeria isn’t perfect, but is in the position to become a superpower in the coming decades. Westerners think the world just stays the same and never changes 😂
India isn't a superpower. China is close.
@@bababababababa6124 mmmm my unique social media is RUclips and I get information all over types of channels.
But the BRICS are a chimera. They need unity and they don't have it, there are even great enemies with conflicting interests.
They want a single currency but it is pure idealism. They don't know how long and difficult the road is. And let's not say that it turns out well. Let them ask the Europeans with the Euro.
A lot of idealism, beautiful words, and very little reality I see at the moment
@@bababababababa6124India... A superpower? Regional power and superpower are not synonyms...
Juan, did your country joined? How many Spanish countries are in BRICS? Which Spanish country is a superpower with all the racism against black people in your lands? None. So, how do you know that Nigeria cannot become a superpower?
Nigeria never applied to join BRICS in the first place. China and India wanted Nigeria to be part of BRICS, but Nigeria declined the opportunity for now. A speech given by the vice president during the forum, gave reasons why they decided not to be part of BRICS alliance for now. Please get informed.
Wagner: Im about to end this countrie's whole career.
They should try and end Ukraine first
That’s Niger, not Niger*ia*
Wagner has nothing to do with Nigeria. You’re confusing them with Niger and Mali. Western education and media has failed you 💀
@@bababababababa6124 it has to do vatnik clown and no, im not westerner.
Nigeria can be future super power if they can remove puppets other wise NEVER
Why has Scion taken over their major canning company
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Nigeria in my opinion will never be a superpower, unless they have a serious revolution.. Otherwise No and hell no
Im Nigerian and i agree
With their amount of oil they should have been a power house already by now, the fact that they haven't and are not even close to being one does not give much of confidence that they will ever be unless something miraculously happens. Look at the likes of United Arab Emirates and you will see what i am talking about.
Now we've got the smartest president to take the country to the next level. God Bless Jagaban and God Bless Nigeria the giant of Africa 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
At 3:30 you lost the perfect chance to put a "Why are you runnin?"
0:03 India is the most populous country in the world now, not China!
No, too many scammers.😂
How on 🌎 will Nigeria be a 🌎 superpower?
Sure! When they get rid of Tinubu, corruption, and object poverty though.
You produce 4000MW of electricity for 150M people, you’re joking right?
If the can avoid European sabotage
Correction. Eko is not a Benin city.
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Nigeria will never be a superpower because of corrupt money pocketing political leaders all over the country.
With Money pocketing corruption there will never be development. Even if there is some development it will retrogress or move at a very slow pace due to corrupt money pocketing political leaders.
The country is one of the greatest oil suppliers yet they don't have electricity for Nigerian citizens. Meanwhile they export electricity to other African countries which is extreme foolishness.
The country lacks infrastructure. For a country that has a quarter billion people. What they need is to build affordable high rise buildings within cities for the middle and lower class to contain the population. With high rise apartment infrastructure, all the people living in slums can be moved to these new affordable high rises while the slum areas should be converted to green areas, beautiful shorelines and tourist areas. At least with decent living conditions, the government can know how much electricity can be distributed to "real houses".
The country has badly built roads with opened gutters full of filth instead of closed drainage systems. Most roads in Nigeria within cities have no sidewalk neither are they paved. Even the paved roads are often cracked or full of dust by the sides with no markings or street signs or traffic lights.
The country has no garbage treatment plants with recycling facilities
The country has no sewage treatment plants. Sewage is returned back to rivers and the seas without being treated first which is harmful for the environment.
The country has no water purification plants to supply water to homes.
The country has no birth control or immigration control.
The country has bad diet
The country does not keep records of infrastructure built by Chinese so that they can build it by themselves.
At the airports there's too much bribery and corruption with airport workers demanding money despite the huge signs behind them saying, DO NOT ASK FOR BRIBES. Nigeria citizens are often harassed at their own international airport than they are harassed in foreign airports.
The country has no free and advanced Universal Health Care System, meaning that if you develop a chronic illness in Nigeria you die! Meanwhile the corrupt and shameless money pocketing Nigerian politicians who stack piles and piles of cash for themselves use corruption money to travel abroad to receive medical treatments for themselves while Nigerian citizens die from not having free medical care. This is one thing they are supposed to fix in Nigeria but they dont causing the nation to have a low life expectancy.
Because of money pocketing corruption by shameless political leaders all over Nigeria, there isn't enough money for development and continuous maintenance that would provide jobs for Nigerian citizens to make them happy.
With continuous money pocketing corruption, the future of Nation's development is quite uncertain. Maintenance in all sectors will be pretty much very unlikely and many technologies will never be renovated but left to decay.
Therefore Nigeria is NOT superpower because there is ZERO development!
It is one of the lest developed countries in Africa in terms of infrastructural development and among the worst 5 in terms of GDP per Capta meaning that the standard of living is one of the poorest and worst in the world.
The political leaders in Nigeria are criminals because they are NOT helping Nigerian citizens as they should, due to their selfish and greedy money pocketing corrupt habits.
Well just Because Nigeria has been plagued with many of the problems you mentioned doesn't mean it wouldn't become a superpower.
All countries that are regarded as successful and developed had these issues in the past but they are now what we know them to be.
All these problems you mentioned can be fixed , l mean China was worse off than Nigeria 50 years ago
51% Islam, 40-48% Christian, some Jews also there. Nigeria will break up!
Only if they can clean their act and stop their self destructive corruption. It is chronic there!
I havent't watched the video, but if it goes through the stereotypical 500 million by 2100 or something nonsense I'm unsubscribing
Aight that was a pretty balanced video, kudos
FACTS I hate when people give that dumb stat about Nigeria, Pakistan, Ethiopia and other countries. That’s only assuming their birth rates REMAIN THE SAME, which obviously won’t happen over the course of the next 70-80 years
@@mnm5165 lol Pakistan has 3.5 TFR can you imagine a bankrupt country with that much TFR. other countries in region like India bangladesh nepal sri lanka have 2. while maldives is 1.7 and bhutan is 1.4. so stats are not wrong. these people are just stupid in their countries.
Maybe 100 years from now.
Ha please those people are a bunch of scammers. They hacked into my bank account.
Womp womp so sad
@@adb_500 got that right those people are pathetic
To be fair to you
I could possibly believe that
It can but not with it's corrupt leaders
The bitter part of Nigeria is the GDP per Capita with only 1700$ per year. So the Nigerians do much worse then most other African countries.
No they don't Nigeria citizens are just ungrateful
Where'd you get that from?
@@Speedofdark339 You take the GDP of the Country and divide it with the Population.
@CuriousConnoisseurs last time I checked the gdp per capita was above 2000 US dollars but ok.
No its $1100 as of now
We have a 2024 GDP of $253 Billion woth 223 million people
Le future dure longtemps.😀
Maybe
There are some question that when I read i ask my self if the person is educated , world power , country that Is still colonise by the white
Nigeria cannot develop on the back of too high population growth.
With population growing faster than economic growth most of the time. They will continue to self destruct.
Singapore and China imposed 2 or 1 child on their people since 1972 and 1979 respectively. They are better for it.
With out Biafraland
Nigeria wasn't created to be overly predictable. So I think scholars should consider this too.
best comment, nigeria is unpredictable, very smart people
If it joins the East African Federation there's an even better chance
why would nigeria join the "east" african fediration
@ It wouldn’t but it’s an interesting thought
Note : The guy was high making this video
Maybe in the next millennium but with wishful thinking of two centuries.