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Did 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. #Copied

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The only recent picture there is the first one the rest are old and not Benue,I was on ground in benue

They should drop those placards and go and apply for npower

When Yoruba's donate fayose to my lefelendum guys down east to continue from where their ohamadike stopped

Sentiments aside he speaks truth
We cannot be doing what we have been doing for decades and expect a different result

Some of us that schooled in the north like ABU has first hand experience

Sex starved malo chicks gets hold of you!!!


Was wanking three at ones,kept asking myself " na me be this?" I no gree grad on time

I've gone round this country
1.IMO
2.Enugu
3.Ibom
4.kano

The rest like Lagos has fine girls but the ugly ones plenty pass

My opinion

My state girls na them ugly pass

You just lost your mum and first thing to do is snap and post on Facebook, we are loosing it

Is AC working?
Is your standby generator working 247 if there is no NEPA?
Intercom working?
Swimming pool?
Sound proof doors and windows?
TV sets working?
Refrigerators nko?
Bar kwa?

Etc etc neglect these questions and regret your stay,I remember when mosquitoes nearly finished me at abuja Sheraton, I call them tire them no show face

Nobody is talking about our able Nigerian doctors who removed someone's brain and kept it somewhere so that the person can recover quickly, its either they are Benin doctors or Guinness record holders

What has innocent bottles of beer got to do with this now eh?

Steal an Mtn mast with pliers tester and that small wrench?

Mynd44:
True. The thermodynamics is just off due to heat losses between the body of the container and the environment which will be made worse by the distance between the flame and the pot. It would be better if the entire body is insulated, and the space between where the wood burns and the pot needs to be reduced

your type will never attempt to do anything meaningful but go about criticizing others who at least are trying.

Now clap for your self and gerrarahere before I sand you there

Once dear revered nairaland has turned into a play ground for touts and psychos,just read comments above

JasonScolari:
Nice one from those big foreheads ladies from Zambia.




I love the South African ladies for their unceasing passion to their Football league.... Kazier Chiefs female fans are too sexy and beautiful... Some of Our passionate Nigeria slay queens are busy sucking different Alhaji's dick, waving their pants in the air, and spreading their legs wide like Wellington Hotel bedsheet



BTW, I will love to have a personal chat with that lady raising her two fingers in the air.

for your mind only you like better thing abi

LessNoise:
How did we sink this low in life? Can you just see the thrash up there been spewed by Nigerians....we so messed up

nairaland has been taken over by psychos I can only imagine,go through all the topics you will hardly find meaningful discussion,the hate,bitterness,hopelessness,tribalism,inferiority complex,anger,pain and ludicrousness is so alarming

Calabar is no mans land too

Meanwhile the rest of us from the east are busy chanting zoo up and down while our leaders are looting in comfort

gabazin080:
u

me

When the catholic church finished bringing them out...then the big tithers take over from there and smile to the bank

EarthXmetahuman:
point is, you shouldn't feel offended by that.
like its a bad thing to be called Yoruba Muslim.

OK thanks bro

EarthXmetahuman:
what happened to bein called a Yoruba Muslim.

I'm Yoruba atheist with Yoruba Christian and Yoruba Muslim in my family.

nothing wrong bro my best and coolest friend is a Yoruba Muslim,

Don't just know why I keep being called a Yoruba Muslim by some people on nairaland once my reasoning does not match their own

How can you diss your guy because you made it and he didn't, it's only reasonable to diss a guy who made it but refused to help just like the way he is doing now.besides buying a car and renting a house is not success I hope he doesn't end up running to that guy for help in the end karma has so many sides

So 2015 was a mistake! How? Democracy in Nigeria itself is a mistake, we have never had it better

These guys are Cunny motherfu!Ker's !!! While others are busy chanting zoo! And shithole! They just busy working at night,God bless eko!




Let no ass!holl call me Yoruba muslim,cos am stating the obvious

sholatech:
Old news reproduced. This was in 2016.

see them

Catalyst4eva:
If u are looking for a phone with durable battery, then go for itel 1556plus. The battery is superb, 5000MAh, it can last for 3 days after charge.

Please note that any battery below 4000MAh is not durable. Again check that it is a lithium battery (i.e Li-ion)

op this is your best bet I have also used it,its less than 22k the fone battery na die

Khd95:
i tried it once i nearly get stroke for nyash

oh my God who be this idiot that made me spill my glass of kronenburg

Op iam tempted to say your post is rubbish like every other person above me after carefully reading and memorising it





No need hiding