A Nigerian woman, Dr. Olusimbo Ige has been appointed as Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), thus becoming first black female to occupy the position. Mayor Brandon Johnson officially announced the appointment.
Dr. Ige received her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and her Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Ibadan. She also received her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.
Okada691: That is true, there has even been more thorough migrations into every nuke and cranny of Lagos state even . When Lagos state was created in 1967, it was still the capital of the fct for 24 years before it moved to Abuja, nothing changed. Lagos is just about 3000 km2. It’s a very small enclave.
Indeed it's a small enclave of 3000 km2 like you indicated... the smallest state in Nigeria, just next to Anambra.
But please NOTE that Lagos Island [NOT Lagos State] was the administrative capital of Nigeria from 1914 to 1991. The Lagos which is referred to as the capital of Nigeria or FCT is Lagos Island.
Some people [especially the younger ones who have not been paying attention to history] often mistake Lagos State as the capital or FCT, but it was Lagos Island that was the FCT.
Lagos Island infact played a DUAL ROLE as the capital of the newly created Lagos State on May 27,1967, AND the administrative capital of Nigeria. It was NOT until 1975 that the CAPITAL of Lagos State was moved from Lagos Island to Alausa in Ikeja.
You can read a more DETAILED info BELOW on Lagos Island being the DUAL capital of Lagos State and Nigeria in the past:
=> https://www.britannica.com/place/Lagos-Nigeria Lagos, city and chief port, Lagos state, Nigeria. Until 1975 it was the capital of Lagos state, and until December 1991 it was the federal capital of Nigeria. Ikeja replaced Lagos as the state capital, and Abuja replaced Lagos as the federal capital. Lagos, however, remained the unofficial seat of many government agencies.
Philipponzaghi: Chai, where did people now see the notion that the Igbos are the largest Nigerian ethnic groups in the USA and that the Yorubas are the largest in UK?
Like I always say, any sane thinking person living in USA will know the Yorubas are the largest West African Ethic group in the USA, they are clearly represented in universities, corporate America, African Restaurants, Self-Owned businesses and etc.
I am glad this data is straight from the USA government Census Bureau website, so this is an objective truth.
scholes0: American states by largest Nationalities present. 20 out of 50 U.S Sates in the USA have a Nigerian Majority. Mostly in the South , Midwest and Mid Atlantic/Northeast.
scholes0: And last but not least, here is a representation of the geographic spread of the 3 most represented Nigerian ethnicities/languages (Yorubas, Igbos and Edoid Languages/Peoples) in the top 10 U.S states with the largest Nigerian populations, starting with Texas (1st) and ending with Massachusetts (10th).
scholes0: Of the various African languages spoken in U.S Households, only a handful were statistically significant enough to obtain discrete codes and statistical representation.codification. Out of the West African languages represented, some such as Yoruba, Igbo and Wolof are stand alone languages, while others such as Edoid, Gbe and Manding languages are linguistic groupings of similar languages. The following are the 10 largest West African languages spoken in America. The big 3 are: Yoruba - 149,358
Akan Languages (Incl. Twi) - 141,583
Igbo - 94,788
The other 7 represented languages are:
Manding Languages - 30,381 Wolof - 26,255 Fulah - 18,563 Kabuverdianu - 18,451 Gbe Languages - 17,212 Edoid Languages - 16,699 Ga - 10,542
scholes0: Also, Nigerians represent the largest African Nationality by ancestry in the United states. Here are the top 10 African Nationalities represented in the U.S as of 2019.
scholes0: The American Community Survey (ACS) arm of the United States Census Bureau is the source for detailed population, linguistic, demographic and housing information about United States residents. Here are the statistical and graphical representations for various Nigerian/West African and African nationalities and ethnic populations by reported ancestries and languages in the U.S states.
According to the U.S Census Bureau 461,695 individuals reported Nigerian ancestry in 2019. The top 10 states with the largest number of Nigerians are in order:
eniade07: I was talking with a colleague an igala man from Kogi state, I later discovered during our conversation that most of their igala words are almost similar to yoruba words. Interestingly, the man told me that they're closer to the south eastern part of the country than the south west.I came across below quotation from wikipedia
"The Yoruba culture was originally an oral tradition, and the majority of Yoruba people are native speakers of the Yoruba language. The number of speakers is roughly estimated at about 30 million in 2010. Yoruba is classified within the Edekiri languages, and together with the isolate Igala, form the Yoruboid group of languages within what we now have as West Africa. Igala and Yoruba have important historical and cultural relationships. The languages of the two ethnic groups bear such a close resemblance that researchers such as Forde (1951) and Westermann and Bryan (1952) regarded Igala as a dialect of Yoruba"
"Also Igáláà is a Yoruboid language. It is spoken by the Igala ethnic group of Nigeria. In 1989 an estimated 800,000 spoke Igala, primarily in Kogi State, though current day estimates estimate upwards of 2 million Igala speakers. Dialects include Idah, Imane, Ankpa, Dekina, Ogugu, Ibaji and Ife. The Igala is related to Yoruba with which it shares a previous common ancestor, it remains unclear when both language split, mutual intelligibility in modern times is only marginal, although the sound/tonal systems remain the same, akin to the relationship between the various daughter languages of the Romance or Slavic language families. The Idoma and Bassa people use Igala in primary schools. The Igala language, as well as Igala culture and tradition, has influenced other languages and cultures around the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers".
EmmaxKeys: Yes, you can. Since you said the thief is still using your Sim and phone actively, then
Go to google and search for "Google Find my Device", then check the first website and login. Make sure you login with the Gmail account in your stolen phone. It will use your Gmail address to tell you the location of the thief, provided he hasn't formatted the phone.
It was useful when my friend's phone was stolen last year.
There are things you can do. You can lock the phone, make it ring out etc. Just go and try.
javaRookie: I was scrolling through Facebook when I bumped into this post. Seems like the poster hit a nerve as 90% of the ladies where attacking him brutally.
Puss360: Lol... My dear it goes both ways.... See as mostly guys are against the idea of going down there on a girl... But they are quick to remove their rod for a girl to suck....
Omo, this game na "Do Me I Do You"... If u can't lick my plate, I can't polish your rod also... So we just fvck Nd go out separate ways....
Catapault: Pakistan, roughly the same population as Nigeria, is struggling with a 700,000 backlog in passport applications, with 45,000 new applications PER DAY, as people desperately try to flee the crumbling economy of the country, for 'greener pastures' in US, UK, Canada, Germany, France etc..
The country's passport office cannot print the passports fast enough to meet demand, and has now run out of PAPER to make the passports!
The Nigerian Oil Tycoon is giving away N1Billion Naira to 500 Nigerian business owners through her Flourish Africa initiatives that supports Women, the Community & the Vulnerable.
• Majority of the Selected winners would be Women . • Men and Women who have joint ownership as in a Family Business can apply too. However in this case the Wife has to have 51% ownership.
•Singles, other businesses with no partnerships & 100% ownership can apply directly.
garriguy: DO YOU REALLY NEED THE GARRI AUTOMATIC FRYING MACHINE?
The stainless steel Automatic garri frying machine is an expensive piece of machinery, no doubt, but we are here to see, if it is actually necessary to acquire this machinery for the price of N600,000 (six hundred thousand naira only) or N700,000 (seven hundred thousand naira only), instead of buying the stainless steel manual garri frying trays for just 480,000 (three pieces, with chimney).
adamusuleiman1: As shared on X by popular influencer and adviser to former president of Nigeria, GEJ.
Dear @sleyany,
Thank you for your feedback. You call me over sabi? Okay, let me over sabi you some history. Do you see this your 'traditional cap' on your head? Do you know the origin? When British and Irish Christian missionaries came to a part of Nigeria, they realised that they had no need for their winter caps, known as head warmers or beanies, because of the humid heat of the area. So they threw them away. And the local butt naked natives picked them up and began wearing them. And now, it has become their 'traditional' cap. In the blistering heat. And the offspring of such a people is calling me 'over sabi'. Who is the real over sabi? Neither me or my ancestors would wear someone's reject and call it traditional dress. If I show you photos of some of your ancestors, you will delete all your social media posts and never show your face again in public.
Okada691: for a fact i know that guy acts delusional, he wants his feelings to become reality , but truth is different from feelings, the facts that the igbos alone had 11% of the population of Lagos in 1964 reveals all their lies. I saw the text too and sincerely i was shocked. I had to download the whole material
The guy would argue with his life that there are more Yoruba than Igbo in the north , where? North wey i don go? You are in ilesha there talking about North, like you have been there, you that has not left ilesha all your life, at most to Lagos on visitation
Here is another revealing point that concerns my previous argument with him
It is Lagos Island (Lagos for short) that is being refered to in the screenshot that you attached here.
That's an estimated 11 percent of the 1964 population of Lagos Island (NOT Lagos State which has a larger landmass). Lagos State only came into existence for the very first time out of the 12 new states the General Yakubu Gowon's government created on May 27,1967.
More than 95 percent of the total landmass of what is now Lagos State was carved out of Western Region (Which later evolved into Western State on May 27, 1967) and merged with majorly Lagos Island to form Lagos State for the indigenes.
Zigzagman: With the current financial difficulties in Nigeria, everyone is struggling to make ends meet. This is affecting the dating pool as now more girls are being lured into hookup out of survival.
The Young men on the podcast discuss the dilemma they face with selecting a good girl from the current shark-infested dating pools filled with hookup girls and single moms
So, nairalanders- over to you. Are you faced with a similar dilemma? Why?
And if you're married, how would you advice the young men to proceed?
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