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Education / Re: 9 Bizzare Sentences That Are Perfectly Accurate by Orobo2Lekpa: 4:17pm On Aug 16, 2017
Interesting but it may be a bit too complicated for many Nairalanders for it to make frontpage
They prefer short words like Zoo, Ipod, Afonja, Flats etc

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Health / Re: Overweight Man Rummages Through Rubbish Dump For Food In Cameroon(photos) by Orobo2Lekpa: 4:07pm On Aug 16, 2017
Maybe he is a blogger trying to attract traffic to his rubbish site grin
Phones / Re: Freetel: Japan’s Smartphone Enters Nigerian Market by Orobo2Lekpa: 4:05pm On Aug 16, 2017
is TD Mobile owned by TD Jakes?
Agriculture / Re: Donkey Skins For Pick Up In Kaduna Only by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:22pm On Aug 16, 2017
please what are donkey skins used for? educate me on the commercial value
Agriculture / Re: My Experience As A Produce Marketer by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:20pm On Aug 16, 2017
Nice. You should have done proper paragraphing if you wanted to make it to FrontPage
Better luck next time
FTC
Properties / Re: 3.5M House Around Ikotun-abaranje Lagos by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:19pm On Aug 16, 2017
Mouth123:
I have a well structured Bungalow

* 2bedroom Flat
with a

* one room self contain

*With enough space for car park

* that has Extension for shops

Located in Abaranje Ikotun

10-15 minutes drive to Iyana Ipaya (2 different axis)

25 minutes drive to Isolo/Oshodi

Reason for sale

The Owner children wants her to retire in Uk next month September

Does it have a picture or we have to guess what it looks like
Autos / Re: Buy A Superclean 2011 Fordranger Forsale Selling Cheap 1.350 by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:18pm On Aug 16, 2017
does the car drive on its sides?
Food / Re: The Civet I Bought N7,000 On My Way To Work Yesterday by Orobo2Lekpa: 12:08pm On Aug 16, 2017
That is an African Civet. Its called Edi Abani in Igbo.
It is not a Raccoon

FTAC (First To Answer Correctly)!

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Education / Re: You Will Be Shocked To Find Out That You Do Not Know 99% Of These: by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:24pm On Aug 15, 2017
OYERINDEJ:
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.

I knew all of them except for number 23. I have always had a problem with it
Sports / Re: Want To Learn Swimming? Come In Lets Teach U! by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:21pm On Aug 15, 2017
are you people from Bayelsa?
Autos / Re: Toyota Camry 2007 For 1.5m by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:20pm On Aug 15, 2017
the outside looks neater than the inside and they should have cleaned up the engine a bit. A little oil will go a long way
How much will you cut for me for that free advise
Religion / Re: The Missionaries by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:15pm On Aug 15, 2017
for a moment I thought this was about missionary style

FTC by the way
Politics / Re: Kabiru Adjoto Is New Edo House Speaker by Orobo2Lekpa: 5:05pm On Aug 14, 2017
maxiuc:
Edo man bearing kabiru



Kabiru is an Arabic name. Its the Same thing as an Igbo man bearing Livinus or a Yoruba man bearing Taofeeq

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Politics / Re: Kabiru Adjoto Is New Edo House Speaker by Orobo2Lekpa: 5:02pm On Aug 14, 2017
How do I post more 10 pictures if I create a thread. I am a new nairalander, please help.

Use Iphone 7 or Samsung 8
Sports / Re: Jay-jay Okocha Celebrates His 44th Birthday Today by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:04pm On Aug 14, 2017
dtruth50:
dis is d type of people Nigeria suppose to make minister of sport not someone dt doesn't know anything abt sport

What does Jay Jay know about sports administration?
Celebrities / Re: Denrele: "Bobrisky Hasn't Reduced My Relevance" by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:00pm On Aug 14, 2017
SinaMike:
Abeg which Industry Bobrisky dey? Yes, you are a media guru @derenle. But which kind guru Bobrisky be?

guGuru
Celebrities / Re: AY Makun, His Brothers & Sisters At Their Parents Remembrance Service (Photos) by Orobo2Lekpa: 12:58pm On Aug 14, 2017
Are they remembering or are they slaying?
Celebrities / Re: Yungjeff Survives Attack In Lagos; Robbed At Gunpoint by Orobo2Lekpa: 4:39pm On Aug 11, 2017
what did he sing?
Celebrities / Re: Pics Of 24years Boy Marries 20years Girl - Youngest Couples In Nigeria by Orobo2Lekpa: 4:16pm On Aug 11, 2017
Sharp Shooter, he has scored even before the match has started
Politics / Re: Nnewi:the Small Town Of The Super Rich By Forbes by Orobo2Lekpa: 4:12pm On Aug 11, 2017
raker300:
9 billionaires in one town..isn't that awesome?

Are they real billionaires? it is possible that for some of them, Liabilities outstrip Assets but as they are big men, they may not acknowledge their Liabilities

This goes for all businessmen not just Nnewians
Crime / Re: How The Ritualist Den At Ile-Zik Lagos Was Uncovered. Photos by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:24pm On Aug 11, 2017
what kind of rituals were they carrying out there, Money, Power, vengeance or Sex machine?
Celebrities / Re: Lol...meet A Facebook Slay Queen, Slaying In Her Local Bathroom (photos) by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:23pm On Aug 11, 2017
this Picture look pornographic, Has it been signed off by the admins?
Properties / Re: Accres Of Land For Sale @ Ogun State by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:21pm On Aug 11, 2017
please do you have a map of goon state, pinpointed where WASIMI OGBERE is?
Autos / Re: Tokunbo Nissan Long Bus For 4.5m Call 09025128983 by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:20pm On Aug 11, 2017
how many people can this carry? it looks like a staff bus
Politics / Re: Nnewi:the Small Town Of The Super Rich By Forbes by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:19pm On Aug 11, 2017
I counted only 9 and not 10 Billionaires
Romance / Re: Politician Caught In A Compromising Situation With A LADY (photos) by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:16pm On Aug 11, 2017
I just wasted 30 seconds of my life that I will surely get back in one way or the other before the day is over
FTC
Autos / Re: Toks Toyota Corolla 2007 Model For 2.5m (negotiateable) by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:14pm On Aug 11, 2017
2.5m for 2007 Corolla? How much will you sell 2017 Range Rover Sport??
Fucking Ayaya!!
Romance / Re: Adanna The Mysterious Aba Girl by Orobo2Lekpa: 1:12pm On Aug 11, 2017
this story is not front page material
keep on trucking tho
FTC BTW
Fucking Ayaya
Travel / Re: Air Peace Begins Flight Operations From Lagos To Akure Tomorrow by Orobo2Lekpa: 11:33am On Aug 10, 2017
Kizyte:
10K

How much is God Is Good to Akure?

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