EvilMetahuman:
That nepa and indomie own

It will never change


Every noodle na indomie.

Beckino:
Wat of Gala?

In some places Bama too


I know it's not abt brand name but many people still call vegetable oil groundnut oil.

venal:
you short listed the common of all "MAGGI". to the extent people have gone far as using it as a common noun for other seasoning cubes eg. royco maggi.

OkaforGeorge:
Someone should go and tell Etisalat that no matter how they try no one will call them 9mobile, they can go and ask NEPA.

There are many other companies they can ask too.

Imagine going to 10 recharge card shops and telling the seller that he should give you "9mobile N200" recharge card only to hear "You say Etisalat how much?" would you continue calling it 9mobile?

Since the foundation of our dear country, Nigeria that has been struggling for change, some things cannot just change.

Below are some companies in Nigeria that can tell Etisalat how it works over here.


NEPA
NEPA "Never Expect Power Always" (NEPA), "No Electrical Power at All; Please Light Candle" (NEPA plc), switched to "Please Hold a Candle Now" (PHCN) following the 2013 divestiture of the federal government from PHCN, the company was divided into separate companies or entities called Local Electric Distribution Companies or Local Distribution Companies (LDC). Each company will be responsible for handling electricity distribution in each state or region.

Since all these changes, no one has called them what they are, LDC is still NEPA.


OMO
OMO was first registered in the United Kingdom in 1908 and launched in Africa in 1953 (before many othere detergents) making it the oldest laundry powder brand in the country. The acronym OMO which is a household name stands for “Old Mother Owl”. But then came Ariel, Waw, So Klin, Sunlight, Elephant, Miss Bimbo, etc. All of them are "OMO" asked your neighbors, lol.


JIK
Peroxide bleach was introduced in the 1950s. The first to arrive in Nigeria was JIK, was it? Then came Hypo another one is what I don't have in mind but Hypo took his father's name. Almost unurprisingly, some market women think they’re still selling JIK o!


INDOMIE
Indomie is a brand of instant noodle by Indofood Indomie. Indomie is produced in many countries, also it is has been produced in Nigeria since 1995 where it is a popular brand and has the largest instant noodle manufacturing plant in Africa. Indomie's offsprings; Tummy-Tummy, Dangote, Chikki, Mimee, Honeywell, Golden Penny, and Dangote took the name of their grandfather.


COWBELL MILK (Promasidor)
Founded in 1979 by Robert Rose, who left the United Kingdom in 1957 for Zimbabwe to pursue his African dream. Cowbell was the first milk powder distributed across the vast African continent, providing access to affordable milk to everyone in Africa. Today Cowbell is sold in the majority of countries across the African continent. Since heaven knows when, Nigerians refused to call Peak, Dano, Lahdah, Nestlé and Dangote their real names.

Sorry Etisalat, your baptism is null and void.

Which other companies did I miss out? Comment the names for us!

Source: http://www.johnkingsblog.com/2017/08/etisalat-never-called-9mobile-nigeria.html?m=1

OkaforGeorge:



COWBELL MILK (Promasidor)
Founded in 1979 by Robert Rose, who left the United Kingdom in 1957 for Zimbabwe to pursue his African dream. Cowbell was the first milk powder distributed across the vast African continent, providing access to affordable milk to everyone in Africa. Today Cowbell is sold in the majority of countries across the African continent. Since heaven knows when, Nigerians refused to call Peak, Dano, Lahdah, Nestlé and Dangote their real names.

tsleazy:
Ogbeni, the only name on your list that makes your point is NEPA

The rest are not helping your point at all.

CHESTER48:
I'm sorry op but this cow
bell part is a lie. Others are true but this is a lie. Actually there is one you should instead of cowbell

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Gala:up till now there are so many sausage roll everywhere. But when you see hawkers they keep shouting buy your gala. There is biggie. High life.. All na gala nah. Even you sef still dey call biggie gala. Lol. Abi I lie?