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Another Nigerian genius.

Kudos prof!

Quite interesting...

NaijaphiliaBlog:
Below is a list of the top 15 most linguistically diverse countries on earth (credit: World of Statistics on Twitter).

https://naijaphilia.com/blog/2023/06/25/did-you-know-nigeria-is-the-most-linguistically-diverse-country-in-africa-the-3rd-globally/

Razzmatazz indeed!

NaijaphiliaBlog:
With all the razzmatazz surrounding Artificial Intelligence, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, ChatGPT, etc, your friendly Nigeria-loving blog decided to try it out!

One of our editors went to the website, registered, logged in, and asked:
Do you have any idea what online business any person can start running from home?
Here is the chatbot’s response:


... click to see the other 7 suggestions from ChatGPT:

https://naijaphilia.com/blog/2023/04/02/online-biz-suggestions-for-you-from-chatgpt/

Way to go, Osimhen!

NaijaphiliaBlog:
For the first time in his career, 24-year-old Nigerian international Victor James Osimhen has won the UEFA Champions League (UCL) Goal of the Week award.

https://naijaphilia.com/blog/2023/03/17/football-osimhen-wins-ucl-goal-of-the-week-award/

Yes, tried it...they have some nice stuff but didn't enjoy them as much as Amazon Prime Videos.

JapaNinja:
What about Showmax?

Have you tried it?

IngeniousFunso:
My own preference is Amazon Prime Videos...they've got some fantastic stuff meehn!

Yes indeed, Amazon Prime has some good series.

This is a simple and straightforward way of comparing the cost of living in 1976 vs today.

Good one!

NaijaphiliaBlog:
Your proposal is insightful. Let's check it out:

(A). PURCHASING POWER IN 1976 VS COST OF 1976 HONDA CIVIC
In 1976, Nigeria's nominal minimum wage was ₦60 per month i.e. ₦720 per annum.

In 1976, the cost of a brand-new Honda Civic was ₦3,205

This was equivalent to 53.5 months' salary (or four and a half years' salary).


(B). PURCHASING POWER IN 2023 VS COST OF 2023 HONDA CIVIC
In 2023, Nigeria's minimum wage is ₦30,000 per month i.e. ₦360,000 per annum.

In 2023, the cost of a brand-new Honda Civic is ₦19.5m (approx).

This is equivalent to 650 months' salary (54 years' salary).

(C). INFERENCE
By this purely linear logic (not taking any other germane factors into account), the base-salaried Nigerian worker in 2023 is more than 12-fold worse off than his 1976 counterpart!

Your template captures the results well.

Nice one.

NaijaphiliaBlog:
The template below has been updated with the results as declared by INEC.


SUMMARY

APC (Bola Tinubu): 8.8m votes; Won 12 states, got 25% in 29 states total.
PDP (Atiku Abubakar): 6.98m votes; Won 12 states, got 25% in 21 states.
Labour Party (Peter Obi): 6.09m votes; Won 12 states, got 25% in 16 states.
NNPP (Rabiu Kwankwaso): 1.497m votes; Won 1 state, got 25% in 1 state.



SOURCE
https://naijaphilia.com/blog/2023/02/28/nigeria-decides-2023-presidential-election-dynamic-results-template/

BluntTheApostle:
The cost of food on that meal ticket was subsidized cost for students by the University of Ibadan. You could only get a full plate of food for that amount at the school canteen. If you went outside the University of Ibadan in 1972, you would get a full plate of food for more than that amount.

This is correct.

The meal tickets were not free, but the 25 kobo price per meal was a subsidized cost. In 1972, a similar plate
of food in a restaurant outside the University would have cost more than that.

43 years and counting... World's longest serving president...

What kind of record is this?

Hello everybody!

I've just joined Nairaland, after reading silently as a guest for a while.

This particular thread deals with a very important issue: developing trans-african infrastructure.

The future prosperity of African countries will surely depend to a large extent on deeper intra-continental trade.

Looking forward to seeing more of such infrastructure.