2. According to Forbes.com, Nigeria produces 4 of the 10 richest pastors in the whole world; Temitope Joshua [$10 Million], E. A. Adeboye [$39 Million], Chris Oyakhilome [$50 Million], and David Oyedepo [$150 Million] .
3. A dollar was 90 kobo at the beginning of Babangida’s regime in 1985.
4. The Federal Government of Nigeria officially changed the name of “Lagos” to “Eko” In 1973, because "Lagos" is regarded as a colonial name.
5. The Pidgin word ‘Sabi’ was derived from Spanish and Portuguese word ‘Saber’which means ‘to know’.
6. There are 196 countries in the world today and at least one Igbo person from Nigeria resides in each one of them.
7. Barewa College, Zaria (formerly called Katsina College) has produced five (5) Nigerian Presidents/Heads of States since it was founded in 1921 in Katsina.
8. The parents of Late MKO Abiola named him "Kashimawo" (Let us wait and see). He was the twenty-third child of his father, BUT the first to survive infancy.
9. Ogun State has nine registered universities, which makes it the state with the highest number of Universities in Nigeria.
10. 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
11. In 1929, When British Bank of West Africa (now known as First Bank) started operation in one of her branches in Kano, Dangote’s Grandfather (Alhassan Dantata) opened an account depositing 20 camel-loads of silver coins.
12. The biggest one-man library in West Africa is in Nigeria and it's owned by Jaja Wachuku.
13. Yoruba language was abolished in 1807 by the British due to slavery which took place in the Nigerian territory before the 15th century.
14. The name ‘Supreme Court’ was first used in 1863 by the colonial administration through the enactment of the Supreme Court Ordinance No. II.
15. MKO Abiola died suddenly on July 7, 1998, exactly one month after General Sani Abacha died mysteriously on June 8, 1998.
16. Agbani Darego was the only one to wear a maillot as opposed to a bikini during the Miss Universe contest in 2001.
17. The ‘Ankara’ material is not indigenous to Nigeria. Our indigenous textiles include the Akwete, Ukara, Aso-Oke and Adire.
18. Aloma Mukhtar is the first female lawyer from the North and went on to become the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.
19. The area known as Maroko town in Lagos was first a swamp, later sand-filled by the colonial government and served as the first bridge to the Island.
20. The first Museum in Nigeria is Esie Museum, and was established in 1945. Once reputed to have the largest collection of soapstone images in the world.
21. Aminu Kano formed the Northern Teachers’ Association (NTA) in 1948, the first successful regional organization in the history of the North.
22. George Goldie, who played a major role in founding Nigeria, placed a curse on anyone who attempts to write his biography.
23. In 1996, John Ogbu, a Nigerian Anthropologist firmly advocated for the use of African-American Vernacular to teach in the U.S
24. Hausa Language indigenous to Northern Nigeria is spoken in 11 African States. German, French, U.S., and British International radio stations broadcast in Hausa.
25. The surgeon who ‘killed’ Stella Obasanjo was sentenced to a year in prison, disqualified for three years and fined €120,000.
26. The word ‘asiri’ means ‘secret’ in Hausa, Yoruba, Nupe and Igarra. It also means ‘gossip’ in Igbo.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. The first TV broadcast in Nigeria and Tropical Africa was on October 31, 1959.
30. Albert E. Kitson discovered coal in Enugu in 1909. This discovery led to the building of Port-Harcourt town in 1912.
31. Today, only Nigeria has a larger black population than Brazil. More than 3.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved and transported to Brazil.
32. Groundnut pyramids were the invention of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata to stack bags before export.
In 1967, old traditional ruler, Oba Akran and A. Ademiluyi were jailed for 14 years (7 each) for stealing £504,750 (#2.5b).
33. Since 1960, Nigeria has been either ruled by an ex-lecturer/ex-teacher or military man. The only exceptions are Azikiwe and Shonekan.
34. If you visited Lagos in 1975, you could spend a day at the Presidential Suite of Federal Palace Hotel for N100, single room for N19.
35. The first aircraft to land in Nigeria landed in Kano
