National Anthem of Nigeria

National Anthem of Nigeria

Play The National Anthem of Nigeria - 1er octobre 1960 : indépendance du Nigeria.

Arise, O Compatriots is the national anthem of Nigeria. It was adopted in 1978 and replaced the previous anthem, Nigeria, We Hail Thee.

The lyrics are a combination of words and phrases taken from five of the best entries in a national contest. The words were put to music by the Nigerian Police Band under the directorship of Benedict E. Odiase.

Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria Listeni/naɪˈdʒɪəriə/, is a federal constitutional republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. It comprises 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License: http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/