~ The signing of the independence declaration was held at the Federal Palace hotel in 1963.
~Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, legendary Fela’s mother, was one of the delegates that negotiated Nigeria’s independence in Britain.
~Nigeria shares boundaries with Chad republic and Niger in the North ,Cameroon on the eastern part ,Benin republic in the west.
~Nigeria comprises more than 250 Ethnic tribes, the major ones include hausa-fulani, yoruba and the igbo.
~Nigeria has a total of 521 languages makin it the fourth most in in world.
~Yaba college of technology is the first tertiary institution in the country, established I the year 1947
~Ogun state has the highest number of universities (9 in total) .
~The yoruba yoruba their bloodline worldwide have the highest rate of twinning (having twins) in the world.
~ The 2006 Census found Nigerians to be the highest educated ethnic or racial group in America.
~The population of Lagos today is about more than the total population of all Eastern states combined.
~1st republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi hid former South African President, Nelson Mandela, for six months in Nigeria to evade his arrest by the apartheid regime.
~. Once upon a time, the north was the more literate part of Nigeria. According to Lord Luggard, there were 25,000 Qur’anic Arabic schools with about 250,000 pupils in the north.
~Travel Visa was not required to travel to the United Kingdom till 1984.
~ A brand new car sold for N2000 in 1975. A ticket to London was less than N100 in 1975.
~ In 1976, 75 kobo exchanged for one British Pound and 60 kobo for one US dollar.
Good morning lalasticlala

~In the list of the 10 richest pastors in the world, Nigeria has 5 representatives, Bishop Oyedepo (1), Rev Chris Oyakilome (2), Prophet Tb Joshua (7), Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo ( 8 ), Rev. Chris Okotie (9).
~Nigeria boasts as home to the Richest man in Africa ( Aliko Dangote, net worth $15.7 billion) and the richest black woman in the world ( Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, Networth $3.3 billion) she is also a mother to one of Nigeria's foremost DJ, DJ exclusive.

~Ancient Greeks appear to have Nigerian roots as supported by the Benin Haplogroup or Haplogroup 19. According to Jide Uwechia, ‘The Benin Haplotype (which originates from Nigeria, West Africa) accounts for HbS associated chromosomes in Sicily Northern Greece.
~ Ex- President Yakubu Gowon from Jos state (Middle Belt) is a Christian. General Obasanjo was his Army chief who helped him defeat the Biafra attempted secession from 1967-1970
~President Obasanjo graduated Abdulsalam who later became President and went on to hand over power to democratically arranged President Obasanjo.
~6 coups is the highest number of any nation in Africa. Nigeria along with Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Uganda and Mauritania are the nations with 6 coups.

~ The signing of the independence declaration was held at the Federal Palace hotel in 1963.
~Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, legendary Fela’s mother, was one of the delegates that negotiated Nigeria’s independence in Britain.
~Nigeria shares boundaries with Chad republic and Niger in the North ,Cameroon on the eastern part ,Benin republic in the west.
~Nigeria comprises more than 250 Ethnic tribes, the major ones include hausa-fulani, yoruba and the igbo.
~Nigeria has a total of 521 languages makin it the fourth most in in world.
~Yaba college of technology is the first tertiary institution in the country, established I the year 1947
~Ogun state has the highest number of universities (9 in total) .
~The yoruba yoruba their bloodline worldwide have the highest rate of twinning (having twins) in the world.
~ The 2006 Census found Nigerians to be the highest educated ethnic or racial group in America.
~The population of Lagos today is about more than the total population of all Eastern states combined.
~1st republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi hid former South African President, Nelson Mandela, for six months in Nigeria to evade his arrest by the apartheid regime.
~. Once upon a time, the north was the more literate part of Nigeria. According to Lord Luggard, there were 25,000 Qur’anic Arabic schools with about 250,000 pupils in the north.
~Travel Visa was not required to travel to the United Kingdom till 1984.
~ A brand new car sold for N2000 in 1975. A ticket to London was less than N100 in 1975.
~ In 1976, 75 kobo exchanged for one British Pound and 60 kobo for one US dollar.
Good morning lalasticlala

I thought Nigeria gained her independence in 1960. If so, how come you wrote that the declaration of independence was signed in 1963 ?.