Do 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.

Hmmmmm. That of PGEJ though...

That nembe guy is dangerous! No wonder militancy.just cook 40 white men chop
Chai

Very informative and educative

Fran6ik:
Do 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.

Hmmm!
I was thinking Fati Abubakar was the first(abdulasami's wife) and patience GEJ most educated? Hope u re jokin

Front page pls.. b4 i post abt snake...lol

Patience may possess the highest number of certificates, but this does not make her the most 'educated' first lady. Unfortunately Nigeria is full of semi-illiterates that amass degrees/certificates, but lack the intellect to compete with some WAEC holders.

No. 2 should never be forgotten by Nigerians, i wonder how she even passed all papers to get all that certificate, especially english!