what do most nigerians speak?
English Language
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 The official data on the population of ethnic groups in Nigeria continues to be controversial as a minority of these groups have claimed that the government deliberately deflates the official population of one group , to give the other numerical superiority . The CIA World Factbook puts the Igbo population of Nigeria at 18 % of a total population of 177 million , or approximately 32 million people . 

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 Decades , and in some cases centuries , of British rule and emigration have left their mark on the independent nations that arose from the British Empire . The empire established the use of English in regions around the world . Today it is the primary language of up to 400 million people and is spoken by about one and a half billion as a first , second or foreign language . 

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 Today , the majority of the Igbo people are Christian , although many also retain belief in their traditional religion . Over half of the Christians are Roman Catholic . There are a small population of Igbo Jews , who claim descent from ancient Jewish traders who married their women . This claim is based on population genetics that shows Igbos has L1c gene which is one of the original Eve genes L1 , L2 , L3 . Recent books use ethnolinguistics and paleoanthropology to demonstrate that Hebrew language was formed from Igbo language consonants . 

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 Nigeria produced its own version of Sesame Street , called Sesame Square , in 2010 . Previously , they aired the US version . Funded in part by a grant from the US government , the show focused on AIDS , malaria nets , gender equality , and yams . It also featured the HIV @-@ positive Muppet Kami from the South African co @-@ production . 

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 Nigeria produced its own version of Sesame Street , called Sesame Square , in 2010 . Previously , they aired the US version . Funded in part by a grant from the US government , the show focused on AIDS , malaria nets , gender equality , and yams . It also featured the HIV @-@ positive Muppet Kami from the South African co @-@ production . 
