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| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Ofodirinwa: 12:30am On Jun 11, 2025 |
fulani can mumu pass |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Ofodirinwa: 12:35am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:List of Nigerian states by GDP Rank State GDP 1 Lagos State ₦61.17 100.01 266.55 6,614 17,282 2 Rivers State ₦7.96 19.72 51.52 2,277 5,949 ![]() 3 Akwa Ibom State ₦7.77 19.25 50.30 2,962 7,739 4 Imo State ₦7.68 19.02 49.69 2,996 7,828 ![]() 5 Delta State ₦6.19 15.33 40.05 2,306 6,025 ![]() 6 Anambra State ₦5.14 12.73 33.26 2,002 5,231 ![]() |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Ofodirinwa: 12:43am On Jun 11, 2025*. Modified: 1:03am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:All‑time best-selling (physical & claimed) ![]() 1. “Sweet Mother” by Prince Nico Mbarga (1976) – Often called Africa’s “national anthem,” this song reportedly sold around 13 million copies across Africa, in Nigeria alone, claimed sales are about 500,000 units 2. CKay – “Love Nwantiti” (2019) ![]() RIAA certified for 8+ million units sold in the U.S., making it the highest-certified Nigerian single there 3. Wizkid – “Essence” (feat. Tems) Over 6.5 million certified units in the U.S. 4. Rema – “Calm Down” (with Selena Gomez remix) ![]() Certified for 5 million units in the U.S.; reached #3 on Billboard Hot 100 - en.wikipedia.org - medium.com - pulse.ng - ChatGPT |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Ofodirinwa: 12:45am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:Highest Streaming Nigerian Songs in History 1. Kizz Daniel feat. Tekno – “Buga (Lo Lo Lo)” (2022) ![]() Topped Apple Music Nigeria, Spotify, and TurnTable charts; amassed 57.9 million streams in Nigeria[yearly record] youtube.com 2. Rema – “Calm Down” ![]() Over 1.6 billion global Spotify streams, including remix 3. CKay – “Love Nwantiti” ![]() Multiple remixes; first Afrobeats video to surpass 300 million on YouTube |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Ofodirinwa: 12:50am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:🇳🇬 Top Nigerian Industrialists 1. Aliko Dangote Industry: Cement, Sugar, Flour, Salt, Petrochemicals Company: Dangote Group Notable: Africa’s richest man; built the largest cement plant in sub-Saharan Africa and Africa’s largest oil refinery. 2. Abdulsamad Rabiu Industry: Cement, Sugar, Real Estate Company: BUA Group Notable: Billionaire industrialist; built BUA Cement and BUA Foods into major Nigerian manufacturers. 3. Oba Otudeko Industry: Manufacturing, Oil, Banking Company: Honeywell Group Notable: A major figure in Nigerian industry; linked to flour, real estate, and oil investments. 4. Tony Elumelu ![]() Industry: Power, Finance, Hospitality, Agriculture Company: Heirs Holdings, Transcorp Notable: Though primarily known in finance, he’s invested heavily in industrial power generation and agro-processing. 5. Femi Otedola Industry: Oil, Power Company: Geregu Power, formerly Forte Oil Notable: Major investor in power generation; formerly a major figure in Nigeria’s oil marketing sector. 6. Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma ![]() Industry: Automobile manufacturing Company: Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) Notable: Built Nigeria’s first indigenous car manufacturing company. 7. Cosmas Maduka ![]() Industry: Auto assembly, Technology, Agriculture Company: Coscharis Group Notable: Major auto dealer and local assembler of Ford and BMW; diversified into agriculture and ICT. Dr. Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi – Nestoil Group (Oil services, Engineering) ![]() Austin Avuru – Co-founder of Seplat (Oil & gas) ![]() Chinedum Anthony Okereke – CEO of Niyya Group (Agro-processing) ![]() Dr. Samuel Maduka Onyishi – Peace Mass Transit & PMT Manufacturing (Transport + industrial expansion) ![]() Cletus Ibeto – Ibeto Group (Cement, Automotive, Oil blending) ![]() |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Ofodirinwa: 12:57am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:Highest Selling Nigerian Authors 1. Chinua Achebe ![]() Major work: Things Fall Apart (1958) Sales: Over 20 million copies sold, translated into 57 languages nairaland.com en.wikipedia.org +1 allafrica.com +1 2. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ![]() Key titles: Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah, Purple Hibiscus Achievements: Half of a Yellow Sun won the Women’s Prize (2007); among Africa's best-selling authors allafrica.com +1 tripfiction.com +1 3. Ben Okri ![]() Famous work: The Famished Road (1991) Awards: Booker Prize-winning novelist; globally acclaimed 4. Wole Soyinka Works: Aké: The Years of Childhood, plays, essays Honors: Nigeria’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature (1986); critical global presence en.wikipedia.org 5. Buchi Emecheta ![]() Works: Second Class Citizen, The Joys of Motherhood Sales & legacy: Widely published; first significant black woman novelist in Britain 6. Akwaeke Emezi ![]() Notable works: Freshwater, The Death of Vivek Oji Popularity: Favorites on Goodreads among Nigerian authors 7. Chigozie Obioma ![]() Books: The Fishermen, An Orchestra of Minorities Recognition: Two Booker Prize finalists; translated into 30 languages 8. Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ![]() Works: I Do Not Come to You by Chance, Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree Awards: 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Africa); major YA appeal 9. Nnedi Okorafor Known for: Akata Witch, Binti Impact: Popular speculative fiction, with strong Goodreads support 10. Sefi Atta Notables: Everything Good Will Come (2006) Accolades: Winner of Wole Soyinka Prize & Noma Award Goodreads pantheon.world en.wikipedia.org ChatGPT |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Ofodirinwa: 1:10am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:Obafemi Awolowo’s free primary education policy in Western Nigeria, launched in 1955, was partially discontinued in the early 1960s, specifically after he left office in 1960 and following the crisis in the Western Region in 1962. Timeline of Discontinuation: 1960: Awolowo resigns as Premier to become Leader of the Opposition at the federal level. 1962: The Action Group splits; political instability leads to a state of emergency in Western Nigeria. Post-1962: Successive governments in the region rolled back or scaled down free education and other welfare programs due to financial constraints and political realignment. While some form of subsidized education continued, the universal, fully free model championed by Awolowo was no longer fully maintained after the early 1960s. - ChatGPT |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by NairaLikes: 1:28am On Jun 11, 2025 |
Why always the Igbos |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by MoneyMan5: 2:05am On Jun 11, 2025 |
Ofodirinwa:So CKay love Nwatiti you want to use to compete with Yoruba in entertainment with multiple Grammy awards are you even using your this br.ai.n? ![]() |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by MoneyMan5: 2:08am On Jun 11, 2025 |
Ofodirinwa:So you think free education is the only Awolowo legacy? |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by MoneyMan5: 2:14am On Jun 11, 2025 |
Ofodirinwa:You tried with your compiling of Igbo authors now where is your Pulitzer and Nobel Laureate? |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by MoneyMan5: 2:24am On Jun 11, 2025 |
Ofodirinwa:You mean Yoruba only have oba otudeko, Femi Otedola and Mike Adenuga? And where are your Forbes billionaires? Iyinoluwa Aboyeji – Co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave. Olugbenga Agboola – CEO of Flutterwave. ... Tunde Kehinde – Co-founder of Lidya and Africa Courier Express. ... Sijibomi Ogundele – CEO of Sujimoto Construction. Adenike Ogunlesi – Founder of Ruff 'n' Tumble. ... Olugbenga Olutoye (GB) – Co-founder of Cars45 |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by MoneyMan5: 2:29am On Jun 11, 2025 |
Ofodirinwa:So what's your GDP stats suppose to prove? Yoruba have 3 state in the top 10 GDP and Lagos alone is enough to pummel all of you. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by kettykin: 3:12am On Jun 11, 2025 |
Ofodirinwa:So igbo still rule the entertainment world. If Nigeria was an ecosystem, igbos will be occupying the tip of the pyramid or food chain. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by kettykin: 3:16am On Jun 11, 2025 |
To be honest igbos should be having 94% male 93% female, anything short of this requires a review of our educational program |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by 9japride(m): 3:22am On Jun 11, 2025 |
How has the education helped in making the country great? At the end those who are highly educated are relegated to the background. China and other developed countries make use of their bright minds in developing their countries. But down here, the main focus is who can play dirty politics effectively. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Ofodirinwa: 4:42am On Jun 11, 2025 |
kettykin:Even in the US, Shaboozy is has the record for most time at #1 on the billboard charts of any artist in history. So even in the global ecosystem... Shaboozy - Bar Song Digital Sales 7.343M US downloads Streaming 912.6M U.S., ~1B Spotify Hot 100 19 weeks at #1 Radio Songs 27 weeks at #1 Canadian Chart 25 weeks at #1 First‑week Album Units 50K Awards Multiple nominations & wins Shaboozey’s "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has indeed made history. Alongside Lil Nas X’s "Old Town Road", it holds the record for the longest time spent at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, with a remarkable 19 weeks at the top Here’s a clearer breakdown: 19 weeks at #1: "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) in 2019 "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey in 2024 So they currently share the all-time lead for the longest-running song at the top of the Hot 100 chart. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by OfoIgbo: 4:54am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:Nwokem UNICEF just revealed that Igbo literacy is higher than Yoruba literacy and you are here yarning. There is a reason why Igbos are the most successful African group. It starts with literacy. Please go and argue WITH UNICEF. Leave Igbos alone |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by OfoIgbo: 5:08am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:Rema and CKay are Igbos and have had their fair share of success. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by MoneyMan5: 5:35am On Jun 11, 2025 |
OfoIgbo:How is Rema from Edo State Igbo? |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by MoneyMan5: 5:55am On Jun 11, 2025 |
OfoIgbo:Stats is not always 100% accurate and say the whole story and this stat is just for a small group 18 - 24, what's literacy ? People that can read and write, for example the stats put literacy rate for Yoruba women 18-24 at 56% which is ridiculous, there's no Yoruba woman at that age that can't read and write at worst they may not be fluent in English but they will still be able to do so in Yoruba, which is still literate in Yoruba standard because we are not English. So far so good it is still the same Yoruba women that have the most female CEO in Nigeria Banking You guys think if you propagate falsehood a lot of times it will become true. Most Successful African groups in what? Can you even boast the number of professionals Yoruba have? With not even a single rated Igbo billionaire, if being delusional is a group all you know is loud empty noise. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Dalohad: 6:36am On Jun 11, 2025 |
That Yoruba woman lecturer of LASU will never let you graduate with a first class if you are Igbo,even if you merit it.. We need to start investigating all our lecturers who are tribalist. That woman should be selling akara by the roadside and not be in our classrooms spreading hate. If I were Igbo and her student, I will fear for my CGPA. She must be marking down the scripts of non-yorubas in her faculty. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by OfoIgbo: 9:24am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:From your analysis above, we should also conclude that Hausas are richer than Yorubas because the first and second richest Nigerians are Hausas. Why do you think Yorubas plotted to destroy the educational future of Igbo kids in the just-concluded JAMB exercise? Simple answer, to keep the Igbos down and hopefully destroy Igbos. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by OfoIgbo: 9:25am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:Rema is an Igbanke son in Edo state. Igbankes claim to be Ika-Igbos, after all they speak Igbo and practice Igbo culture. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by arsenalgunners: 10:18am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:Lagos is the number one in GDP because Yorubas contribute nothing to it compared to other Yoruba states below Lagos and other states |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by MoneyMan5: 10:34am On Jun 11, 2025 |
OfoIgbo:You guys created conspiracy theories and run with it, who plotted to destroy Igbo kids? How are you sure it wasn't Igbo hackers that wanted to manipulate results that cause the glitch? |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by uvie66: 10:45am On Jun 11, 2025 |
ibechris:......and how have this transformed Biafran Land to the most developed in Nigeria ? or is it that most of the indigenes have fled to Bayelsa and Lagos to these areas because of insecurity? |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by uvie66: 10:50am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:.... Okay with all the Grammys Yoruba have won how have this transformed the Yoruba society, is it that kidnappinghave totally disappeared in Ondo and Ekiti or the yorubas with their highly educated indigines have been able to solve the epileptic power supply in the south west? |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by LagosOrigin: 10:53am On Jun 11, 2025*. Modified: 1:21pm On Jun 11, 2025 |
Warrior99:Fake stats because it's obvious to you that awolowo free education in South west has turn out to be a huge mistake Many of your youths in Lagos are either agbero or bus conductor |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by uvie66: 10:55am On Jun 11, 2025 |
MoneyMan5:..... Lagos with its high GDP have not been able to solve its epileptic power supply, unable to provide drinkable water or motor able roads....am I missing something here ? |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by ibechris(m): 11:03am On Jun 11, 2025 |
uvie66:There is no place in Yoruba land that can Match biafra land...if that is what u want to know aside Lagos that was built by Nigerians. Our people have unmatched HDI which can't be compared with any region in this country. |
| Re: Most Educated Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by uvie66: 11:09am On Jun 11, 2025 |
ibechris:....so in essence what you are saying is that Biafran Land is now first world with good roads, 24hr electricity, good security ![]() well they say the fear of Simon Ekpa and Kanu is the beginning of wisdom....no more Monday lockdown |
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? or is it that most of the indigenes have fled to Bayelsa and Lagos to these areas because of insecurity?