Nigeria continues to suffer from internal disunity, however, and this prompted one Nigerian nationalist to say, "Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression." As a general rule, Nigerians generally do not consider themselves as "Nigerians" in the same way that American citizens consider themselves "Americans" or that [[Canada | Canadian]] citizens consider themselves "Canadians". One of the main splits is between [[Christians]] and [[Muslims]] - the nation is almost evenly split between the two. <ref>http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10015255</ref> | Nigeria continues to suffer from internal disunity, however, and this prompted one Nigerian nationalist to say, "Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression." As a general rule, Nigerians generally do not consider themselves as "Nigerians" in the same way that American citizens consider themselves "Americans" or that [[Canada | Canadian]] citizens consider themselves "Canadians". One of the main splits is between [[Christians]] and [[Muslims]] - the nation is almost evenly split between the two. <ref>http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10015255</ref> |