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Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by DanjaNinja(m): 7:13pm On Jun 26, 2016
Jealouzzy:
Do you know that?
1. The River Niger Bridge at Onitsha was constructed between 1964 and 1965 by Dumez- a French construction company and cost £5 million.

Can you imagine? Over 60years ago, It took just one year to construct the iconic Onitsha - Asaba bridge!!!! East-West road, how far?

2. Patience Jonathan is one of Nigeria’s most-educated First Ladies, with an NCE, a B.Ed, and a PhD from University of Port-Harcourt.

Daris God o!!!! embarassed embarassed

9. In 1983, Senator Arthur Nzeribe spent $16.5 million to win a Senatorial seat in Orlu (in Imo State).

Na wa o!!

15. Jollof rice, chicken breast, serve of ice cream, tea, coffee or Bournvita, with full cream milk and sugar: Meal Cost = 50Kobo- Unilag in the late 1970s

How much is three tomatoes?

17. When British Bank of West Africa (now First Bank) opened a branch in Kano in 1929, Alhassan Dantata (Dangote’s Grandfather) opened an account depositing 20 camel-loads of silver coins.

Can you imagine?

22. At least 55 women were killed in South-East Nigeria, in 1929 when the women forced the Umuahia warrant chiefs to submit to their rule.

How come we never heard of this?

31. George Goldie, who played a major role in founding Nigeria, placed a curse on anyone who attempts to write his biography.

Oga why?

34. The surgeon who ‘killed’ Stella Obasanjo was sentenced to 1 year in prison, disqualified for 3 years and fined €120,000.

37. Bishop Ajayi Crowther, a Yoruba, in 1857 produced a reading book for the Igbo Language and a full grammar and vocabulary of NUPE in 1864.
Dear Yoruba and Igbo Nairalanders, stop fighting.

40. Albert E. Kitson discovered coal in Enugu in 1909. This discovery led to the building of Port-Harcourt town in 1912.
Oil city was built by coal money. Ironic.

43. In 1967, old traditional ruler, Oba Akran and A. Ademiluyi were jailed for 14 years (7 each) for stealing £504,750 (#2.5b).

And he has a major road named after him in Ikeja. Which way naija?

44. Since 1960, Nigeria has been either ruled by an ex-lecturer/ex-teacher or military man. The only exceptions are Azikiwe and Shonekan.
Na true o!

45. If you visited Lagos in 1975, you could spend a day at the Presidential Suite of Federal Palace Hotel for #100, single room for #19.
How much for Olosho? shocked

47. In 1895, Koko of Nembe (now in Bayelsa) took 60 white men hostage. When the British refused his demands, more than 40 of those men were eaten.

Damn!!!

49. Koma Hill (settlement in Adamawa where people lived and practised the killing of twins) was discovered in 1986 by a NYSC corps member.
Waoh!

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Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by nkemjacob2(m): 7:14pm On Jun 26, 2016
let me add my own. The current vice President Yemi Osibanjo married the Grand Daughter of Chief Obafemi Awolowo
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by mcgaius: 7:20pm On Jun 26, 2016
43. In 1967, old traditional ruler, Oba Akran and A. Ademiluyi were jailed for 14 years (7 each) for stealing £504,750 (#2.5b).[b][/b]

Can't you see that these yellow bar people started the looting of our treasure.Dont even think of quoting me.
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by seenter84: 7:21pm On Jun 26, 2016
I love my nigeria, richest country in the world. Nigeria go make you wise sha
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by mcyemite(m): 7:34pm On Jun 26, 2016
No 4 is incorrect..verify
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by TessaJ: 7:35pm On Jun 26, 2016
FrankLampard:


If Yoruba's were accommodating there won't be controversy when Jaja Wachucku said Lagos is a no man's land.

Lagos that was build by our colonial masters.

Thank God Oyel is not from SW, Yoruba's would have claimed there own republic from Nigeria by 1961
kai...walahi dis hatred fr yoruba ppl is too much.
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by topsyspice(f): 7:41pm On Jun 26, 2016
Educative
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by yakzee(m): 7:41pm On Jun 26, 2016
Nigeria dope die
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by Iceberg3: 7:43pm On Jun 26, 2016
Interesting facts about the zoo.
And if oba akran,whatever that means, and ademusiliyu were eastern royalty,zombies for nor see other facts.
So one can safely deduce and conclude that they started embezzlement and thievery,like they invented oyenusi..THIEVES SOPHISTICATEÉê ala càrte grin
cc mcgaius
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by Sirguytuu: 7:48pm On Jun 26, 2016
Lovely! Very educating! Thanks man!
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by austinslimzy(m): 8:04pm On Jun 26, 2016
[24/06 5:20 pm] Ozele 1: Forwarded as rcvd: TODAY'S NIGERIA, DANGEROUS ....... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

Now President Buhari has serially, deceitfully and masterfully completed the configuration of the entire National Security structure/architecure firmly in the hands of the Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani alone to the exclusion of all other ethnic blocs in Nigeria .... this is very, very dangerous for the South and for Northern Christians.

Chief of Army Staff ....... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Police IG ........... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Minister for Defense ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Minister for Internal Affairs ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
National Security Adviser (NSA) ......... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
DG, Department of State Services (DSS) ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Chief of Staff ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
ADC to President ....... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
CSO to President ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Protocol to President ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Private Secretary to President ....... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
DG Customs .......... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
DG, EFCC ....... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
DG, Nigeria Prisons ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
DG, Immigration ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Minister for Petroleum ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Minister for FCT ........ Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
ADD TO THESE:

1. Head of National Assembly/Senate President ...... Northern Muslim
2. Head of Judiciary/Chief Justice of Nigeria ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
3. Head, Federal Courts of Appeal ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

Can this be true? Yes its true.

Yet some people will not see anything bad with this arrangement and development. The intention of Mr President towards Nigerians is really manifesting in the lopsideness of the appointments, the hegemonistic and mediaeval chauvinistic colonization and Fulanization of Nigeria.
[24/06 5:38 pm] Pelican Nsikak: I was just sharing dis very very dangerous reality with someone today. This is suppose to take over the main agenda and o lynus agenda of discussions in Nigeria. But I wonder y ppl r not seeing this new colonialism.
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by aishmuhd(f): 8:05pm On Jun 26, 2016
hmmmm...history... interesting
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by segcymoor(m): 8:19pm On Jun 26, 2016
Good to know
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by FrankLampard: 8:31pm On Jun 26, 2016
TessaJ:
kai...walahi dis hatred fr yoruba ppl is too much.

It is the truth. I don't have any hatred for beloved Yoruba's...
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by FrankLampard: 8:34pm On Jun 26, 2016
ALAYORMII:



Being accommodating and being stupid are two different things.


The fact that I allowed you stay in my house for a long time doesn't mean the house now belongs to nobody.


Eko Is in South West and a Yoruba land


Go try no man's land in Abuja and come tell Mii what you see

I didn't called anybody stupid, I will never do that.

But why are the Yoruba's, Hausa/Fulani claiming Niger Deltas Oil in Niger Delta soil.
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by Ibime(m): 8:35pm On Jun 26, 2016
Jealouzzy:

2. Patience Jonathan is one of Nigeria’s most-educated First Ladies, with an NCE, a B.Ed, and a PhD from University of Port-Harcourt.

KEEP KWAYET!!!!

The Jonathanians corruption did not begin today. Faka has been buying degree since the 90s.

Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by ikirinwamama1(m): 8:39pm On Jun 26, 2016
Great country smileyGreat country
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by OBAnkemi: 8:44pm On Jun 26, 2016
2. Patience Jonathan is one of Nigeria’s most-educated First Ladies, with an NCE, a B.Ed, and a PhD from University of Port-Harcourt.

Really? Patience Jonathan has a PhD
Is PhD beans?
I bet the op doesn't know the difference between a honourary degree and an academic doctorate degree.

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Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by miky2002(m): 8:50pm On Jun 26, 2016
FrankLampard:


It shows they are not submissive like you the Yoruba's.

And what is reperculsion of not being submissive? I case you don't know! It is perish... We Yorubas are submissive that is why we're on top of you guys...
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by tojahh(m): 8:53pm On Jun 26, 2016
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knows the company? A frend of mind told me to
send my details to dia number den i did nd was
invited.
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Tenks

Its either you or the company is a joke... A sensitive information like this with a 'wrong' date? WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE? My dear 27th June 2016 is Monday. Anyway I know the area I live close I might check em out if you wish.
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by yak(m): 8:53pm On Jun 26, 2016
don't mislead ppl. PEJ had just B.Ed and not PhD. she was only given an honorary doctorate which every other person wit money can get. thank you
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by AkpanUnanam(m): 8:53pm On Jun 26, 2016
Something to remember.
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by honourhim: 9:00pm On Jun 26, 2016
Jealouzzy:
Do you know that?
1. The River Niger Bridge at Onitsha was constructed between 1964 and 1965 by Dumez- a French construction company and cost £5 million.
2. Patience Jonathan is one of Nigeria’s most-educated First Ladies, with an NCE, a B.Ed, and a PhD from University of Port-Harcourt.
3. The highest peak in Nigeria is located in Taraba and is called Chappal Waddi which means “The Mountain of Death”.
4. There are 196 countries in the world and at least one Igbo person from Nigeria lives in every one of them.
5. The Pidgin word ‘Sabi’ came from ‘Saber’, Portuguese and Spanish for ‘to know’. Both country’s ships traded slaves from the Bight of Benin.
6. Katsina College (now Barewa College in Zaria) has produced 5 Nigerian Presidents/Heads of State since it was founded in 1921 in Katsina.
7. Ojukwu taught Murtala Mohammed and Ben Adekunle at Regular Officers Special Training School, Ghana. Both ‘fought’ their teacher during the civil war
8. At Nigeria’s independence in 1960, there were 41 Secondary Schools in the North and 842 Secondary Schools in the South.
9. In 1983, Senator Arthur Nzeribe spent $16.5 million to win a Senatorial seat in Orlu (in Imo State).
10. In 1973, the Federal Government of Nigeria considered officially changing the name of “Lagos” to “Eko”. Regarding “Lagos” as a colonial name.
11. The geographical area now referred to as Nigeria was once referred to as ‘Soudan’ and ‘Nigiritia’.
12. Offences punishable by death sentence after the 1966 coup included embezzlement, rape and homosexuality.
13. MKO Abiola was named Kashimawo (Let us wait and see) by his parents. He was his father’s twenty-third child, but the first to survive infancy.
14. Jaja Wachucku was the first person to refer to Lagos as a “no-man’s land” in 1947, provoking a national controversy.
15. Jollof rice, chicken breast, serve of ice cream, tea, coffee or Bournvita, with full cream milk and sugar: Meal Cost = 50Kobo- Unilag in the late 1970s
16. At the point death in 1989, Sam Okwaraji was a PhD candidate and qualified lawyer with an LL.M in International Law (University of Rome)
17. When British Bank of West Africa (now First Bank) opened a branch in Kano in 1929, Alhassan Dantata (Dangote’s Grandfather) opened an account depositing 20 camel-loads of silver coins.
18. Jaja Wachuku is reputed to have owned the biggest one-man library in West Africa. Balewa sometimes referred to him as “Most Bookish Minister
19. The colonization of Nigeria took more than 40 years to achieve and the territories were integrated by the use of force.
20. Yoruba is spoken as a ritual language the Santeria cult in Carribean and South-Central America.
21. Slavery existed in the Nigerian territory before the 15th century and was abolished in the 19th century- 1807 by the British.
22. At least 55 women were killed in South-East Nigeria, in 1929 when the women forced the Umuahia warrant chiefs to submit to their rule.
23. The coinage ‘Supreme Court’ was first used in 1863 by the colonial administration through the enactment of the Supreme Court Ordinance No. II.
24. MKO Abiola died suddenly on July 7, 1998, exactly one month after General Sani Abacha died mysteriously on June 8, 1998.
25. Agbani Darego was the only one to wear a maillot as opposed to a bikini during the Miss Universe contest in 2001.
26. The ‘Ankara’ material is not indigenous to Nigeria. Our indigenous textiles include the Akwete, Ukara, Aso-Oke and Adire.
27. Aloma Mukhtar is the first female lawyer from the North and went on to become the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.
28. The area known as Makoro town in Lagos was first a swamp, later sand-filled by the colonial government and served as the first bridge to the Island.
29. Esie Museum is Nigeria’s first museum, established in 1945. Once reputed to have the largest collection of soapstone images in the world.
30. Aminu Kano formed the Northern Teachers’ Association (NTA) in 1948, the first successful regional organization in the history of the North.
31. George Goldie, who played a major role in founding Nigeria, placed a curse on anyone who attempts to write his biography.
32. In 1996, John Ogbu, a Nigerian Anthropologist firmly advocated for the use of African-American Vernacular to teach in the U.S
33. Hause Language indigenous to Northern Nigeria is spoken in 11 African States. Germany, French, U.S., and British International radio stations broadcast in Hausa.
34. The surgeon who ‘killed’ Stella Obasanjo was sentenced to 1 year in prison, disqualified for 3 years and fined €120,000.
35. The word ‘asiri’ means ‘secret’ in Hausa, Yoruba, Nupe and Igarra. It also means ‘gossip’ in Igbo.
36. Igbo-Ora in Oyo State, Kodinji in India and Candido Godoi in Brazil are the towns that produce the highest number of twin births in the world.
37. Bishop Ajayi Crowther, a Yoruba, in 1857 produced a reading book for the Igbo Language and a full grammar and vocabulary of NUPE in 1864.
38. The first TV broadcast in Nigeria and Tropical Africa was on October 31, 1959.
39. In 1978, a 50Kobo increase (from #1.50 to #2) in the cost of University Students’ meal per day caused the ‘Ali Must Go’ protests.
40. Albert E. Kitson discovered coal in Enugu in 1909. This discovery led to the building of Port-Harcourt town in 1912.
41. Today, only Nigeria has a larger black population than Brazil. More than 3.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved and transported to Brazil.
42. Groundnut pyramids were the invention of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata to stack bags before export.
43. In 1967, old traditional ruler, Oba Akran and A. Ademiluyi were jailed for 14 years (7 each) for stealing £504,750 (#2.5b).
44. Since 1960, Nigeria has been either ruled by an ex-lecturer/ex-teacher or military man. The only exceptions are Azikiwe and Shonekan.
45. If you visited Lagos in 1975, you could spend a day at the Presidential Suite of Federal Palace Hotel for #100, single room for #19.
46. The first aircraft to land in Nigeria landed in Kano in July 1925. A British fighter jet flew from Khartoum (present day Sudan).
47. In 1895, Koko of Nembe (now in Bayelsa) took 60 white men hostage. When the British refused his demands, more than 40 of those men were eaten.
48. The ‘Naira’ was coined by Chief Obafemi Awolowo when he was serving as the Federal Commissioner of Finance.
49. Koma Hill (settlement in Adamawa where people lived and practised the killing of twins) was discovered in 1986 by a NYSC corps member.
50. The pilot (Francis Osakwe) that flew Ojukwu away from Biafra (1970) was the same pilot that flew Gowon to Uganda (last flight as Head of State).
51. In 1986, Shehu Shagari was banned from participation in politics for life. The ban has still not been lifted.
52. As the wife of the deputy Head of State (Vice President of Nigeria) in 1984, Biodun Idiagbon personally ran a small ice cream shop in Ilorin..
53. Koma Hills (Adamawa State) inhabitants when discovered were observed to engage in the practise of borrowing wives among themselves.
54. Juju, Dashiki, Yam and Okra are words in the English dictionary that originated from ethnic groups located in present day Nigeria.
55. Nigeria has more English speakers than England, and more Muslims than Saudi Arabia and Syria.
.

. Educative
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by Alezy(m): 9:01pm On Jun 26, 2016
No naaaaa. .The number 55 can't be true
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by UmmKhalifah(f): 9:03pm On Jun 26, 2016
okomogo:
LIE CLOCK!!!...(Laffmatazz)
Stella Obasanjo died and went to heaven ... As she stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly gates, She saw a huge wall of clocks behind her...
She asked, "What are all those clocks For?" St Peter answered, "Those are Lie-Clocks... Everyone on earth has a Lie-Clock.
Every time you lie, the hands on your clock will move." "Oh," said Stella, "whose clock is that?"
"That's Bishop Ajayi Crowther's. The hands have never moved, indicating that he never told a lie."
"Incredible," said Stella. "And whose is that one?"
St Peter responded, "That's Nnamdi Azikwe's clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Zik told only two lies in his entire life."
"Where's my husband, Obasanjo's clock?" asked
Stella. "Obasanjo's clock is in the Angel's office. He's using it as a ceiling fan, its rotating with high speed:
What of Lai Mohammed's?: His own clock is being upgraded to be used as a Helicopter rotor blades for its incredible speed!!!
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by ysquare(m): 9:03pm On Jun 26, 2016
#47 Bayelsa ancestors I hail oooo! Kidnapping things e don tey
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by AKUPSME: 9:04pm On Jun 26, 2016
interesting
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by tayo200(m): 9:05pm On Jun 26, 2016
ok
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by Tolakay: 9:09pm On Jun 26, 2016
@3.That mountain of death will definitely be in Gembu, Sadauna LG Taraba state... Will find out about this mountain in sha Allah when next i visit Gembu.. #tarabamytaraba
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by taheer88(m): 9:09pm On Jun 26, 2016
Good op
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by pepigeorge(m): 9:24pm On Jun 26, 2016
Nice one
Re: Facts About Nigeria: You'll Be Shocked To Find Out You Don't Know 99% Of This by daprince098(m): 9:25pm On Jun 26, 2016
Very educative indeed. Keep it up bro

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