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19. Business ranking from 146th to 131st and is now rated as one of the top ten performing countries. Nigeria has risen by 25 places on the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business ranking from 146th to 131 and is now rated as one of the ten top performing countries.

Me: 146 - 131 = 15.

Why 25 places instead of 15

I received this message today after answering a call from the same number:

You are hereby invited for an interview tomorrow 17th May 2017. Time: 10:30am. Venue: Star Academy, Nigerian Breweries Plc 1 Abebe village road, iganmu.

Is there anyone that received the same invitation?
How real is this address?

you have saved lives before, I need you to do it again.
your candid contribution will help.
I stay around ajah.

God bless you.

Many people speak English as their first language. It is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world.
Nigerians are very good at a number of things and one of them is inventing their own version of English which has become popular overtime.
Some of the words and phrases we use often cannot be found in the dictionary. Some are words you picked up from others and they have become quite a norm.
It is not only the uneducated folks that are guilty of using these wrong words as the very educated Nigerians also use the English language inappropriately.
Below are words Nigerians use that don’t exist in the English dictionary.

1. Go-slow: When Nigerians say go-slow, they mean congested traffic, which is wrong. The meaning of go-slow in the English dictionary is, a form of industrial action in which work or progress is deliberately delayed or slowed down.

2. Disvirgin: This word is used on a daily basis by many Nigerians when they intend to say a woman has lost her virginity. There is no word like disvirgin. The correct word to use is deflower. Disvirgin simply does not exist.

3. Trafficate: Nigerians use the word to describe a situation where a driver indicates to other drivers that he/she wants to take a turn. It is used so often, that it has started to sound like proper English.

4. Flashing: Every Nigerian knows “flashing” to mean when someone calls your mobile phone and cuts off before you answer. The word ‘flash’ is so common among Nigerians and its used at least once daily by many. Flash has different meanings but none has anything to do with a phone call. The word doesn’t exist in that sense in English.

5. Installmentally: Don’t be tempted to use the word ‘installmentally’. Though it sounds correct, it isn’t. There is no such word in the English dictionary as it exists only in the Nigerian edition of English language. The correct thing to say is ‘in installments’.

6. Opportuned: What exists in English dictionaries is ‘opportune,’ without ‘d’ at the end. Opportune means ‘timely’ or ‘well-time, especially convenient or appropriate for a particular action or event. Opportuned is only common in Nigerian English.

7. Cunny: This is a word which Nigerians use to describe someone that is being deceitful or crafty. The right word is cunning not cunny.

8. Next tomorrow: Most Nigerians generally use “next tomorrow” but there is not such word as next tomorrow. Instead you should say, “a day after tomorrow."

9. Packer: Nigerians probably got the word from pack. The right word is dustpan. Since dustpan packs dirt, Nigerians like to call it packer.

10. Pepperish: It is common to hear Nigerians describe a meal that has too much pepper in it as pepperish. The proper word should be ‘peppery’. No native English speaker uses the word pepperish” to describe the burning sensation we feel from eating pepper.

Which of these words are you guilty of?
Not too late to learn something new,I learnt too..

Ameanux:
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Am using infinix hot 2, and I just upgraded to the new version 6.0. After that I have not been able to access my internal memory files (videos, pictures, musics) except the external memory files. It sucks! What can I do?

Imo State Batch C 2015... Let's meet here oo. My people, my people, my people.

I am a Batch C 2015 corp member newly posted to Imo state. My fellow nairaland members, I need your help as to where I can board a vehicle to imo state, how many hours or days will it take me to get there from Kogi State. And every other useful info are welcome. Thanks

olrotimi: there are two options: you either go maraba motor park or u go with kwara express @sango park(@d market where those mallams sell gold, jewelries & ankara). At either park, go a day earlier to book. For maraba park, bus is 4k, car is 4k5. For sango park bus is 3k5 - 4k, car is 4k-4k5. Bus is roughly 11hrz journey, car is 9hrz. Take off tym is 6.30am - 7am

my question is 'if we leave kwara on monday, where are we going to sleep since camp opens on tuesday?'

Share your idea on camping and service year in SOKOTO state.