Random Facts About Nigeria IV

Here is another amazing list about Nigeria. Enjoy!

Chances are that you know of somebody who pronounces orooro (Yoruba word for vegetable or animal oil) awkwardly. For people who still don’t get it: chances are that you know of somebody who cannot pronounce ‘error’ properly. These people have a faulty pronunciation of ‘r.’ What is it called? Rhotacism.

What is Neem? Well, it is a plant. What about it if I may ask (some Nigerian readers may say)? Neem is the English name for Dogonyaro—virtually every Nigerian should have heard that name before.

 

Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson hails from Okene in Kogi State and she is from a family of 7 children.

The Third Mainland Bridge (in Lagos State) connecting Lagos Island to the mainland is the longest bridge in Africa—it measure about 11.8km.

Nigeria shares its international border with four countries: Chad, Cameroon, Benin, and Niger. 

Abeokuta (capital city of Ogun State, South-western Nigeria) means ‘under the rock,’ derived from the Olumo Rock, the town's most famous landmark. At the top of the rock, one can get a great view of Abeokuta and the Ogun River. 

Lord Lugard, Governor-General of Nigeria (1914–1919), married Flora, daughter of Major-General George Shaw, in 1902. She worked for the Times. The marriage produced no issues, so Lugard’s barony died with him in 1945.

Louis Orok Edet (1914-1979) was the first indigenous Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force (1964-1966).  He was from Calabar, South-eastern Nigeria.

Nigeria is the largest producer of sweet in OPEC—oil that contains little sulphur.

Oil was first discovered in commercially viable quantities by Shell at Oloibiri(now in Bayelsa State in 1956. Note that Oloibiri no longer lies in River State.

The first Europeans to make contact with a Nigerian tribe were the Portuguese.