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
countries’ 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 Muhammad 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
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
countries’ 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 Muhammad 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
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