Some striking facts You May Not Have
Come Across:

1. There is a town in Jamaica called
ABEOKUTA. It was founded by former
slaves from present-day Ogun State
who
were brought to a plantation in that
part of Jamaica.

3· The letter 'i' that Apple use (in their
products iPhone, iPad, iMac, iPod)
stands for "Interactive".

4· Edward James Roye, the fifth
president of Liberia, was of Igbo
descent.

5· President Robert Mugabe is Africa’s
oldest Head of State and the world’s
second oldest Head of State. He was
born in 1924.

6· The name"Nigeria" was coined by
Flora Shaw, the wife of Lord Lugard,
Nigeria's Governor-General from 1914
to 1919.

7· There is a high school in Kingston,
Jamaica named CALABAR High School,
the capital of Cross River State.

8· Queen Elizabeth II is the only person
who travels to any. country without
visa.

9· Ebun House, located at 85 Odunfa
Street, was the first three-story building
built in Lagos. It was constructed in
1914.

10· The city of Port Harcourt (capital of
Rivers State) was named after Lewis
Vernon Harcourt in 1913 by Frederick
Lugard. It was originally known as
Iguocha.

11· There are 3 things the Human Brain
cannot resist noticing –Food, Attractive
People and Danger.

12· The CMS Grammar School in Lagos,
Nigeria is the oldest secondary school
in Nigeria. It was founded on June 6,
1859.

13· The first book written in the Igbo
language (Isoama-Ibo :A Primer) was by
Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the renowned
Yoruba/Creole bishop

14· Gatwick Airport in London, which is
not that far from Heathrow Airport also
in London, England is owned by
Nigerian businessman Adebayo
Ogunlesi.

15· The Naira, Nigeria’s currency, was
named by Obafemi Awolowo.

16· Nigerian staple food cassava was
brought to West Africa from Brazil by
the Portuguese

OP..Nice one...but I don't think Gatwick airport is owned by that Nigerian..just a manager thereabout..

Omojayejaye:
OP..Nice one...but I don't think Gatwick airport is owned by that Nigerian..just a manager thereabout..

I think he owns it, have heard about him on radio before

Ekakamba:
1. Please post all threads in the right section, and don't derail threads by posting off topic.

As for the right section, that I may not really know but saying I posted off topic is what I don't Get here