31-54 incredible facts you didn't know about Nigeria

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 .