FACTS ABOUT NIGERIA YOU MAY NEVER HAVE KNOWN

You may already know that Nigeria is the largest black nation in the world and the most populous nation in Africa.

Here are unbelievable facts about Nigeria that will make you duff your cap for her;


1. Are you aware that all over the world Nigerians are setting the pace and becoming the standard by which others measure themselves?
2. In the US, Nigerians are the most educated immigrant community. Type it into Google and you’ll see it. Not one of the most educated, the most educated.
3. 60% of Nigerians in the US have college degrees. This is far above the American national average of 30%.
4. Nigerians in US are one of the highest earners, typically earning 25% more than the median US income of $53k.
5. In Ivy League schools in Europe and America, Nigerians routinely outperform their peers from other nations.
6. A Nigerian family, The Imafidon family, have officially been named the smartest family in the UK.
7. The designer of the famous car, Chevrolet Volt, Jelani Aliyu, is a super talented Nigerian from Sokoto State.
8. The World’s fastest supercomputer was designed by a world renowned inventor and scientist, Philip Emeagwali, a full-blown Nigerian whose patency was awarded in 2015. This means Nigeria has the patency to the world’s fastest computer: a Black Nigerian.
9. The wealthiest Black man and woman on earth are Nigerians, Aliko Dangote and Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. Both have no trace of criminal record of any kind.
10. South Africa couldn’t have ended apartheid & achieved Black rule if not for the leadership role Nigeria played.
11. Of the 3 South African Presidents who ruled after apartheid, two of them once lived in Nigeria under asylum. Both Nelson Mandela (60s) and Thabo Mbeki (70s) lived in Nigeria before becoming President of South Africa. We gave financial support, human support, boycotted an Olympics and
our politicians, musicians and activists campaigned relentlessly.
12. Nigeria spent over $3 Billion and lost hundreds of soldiers to end the wars in both Liberia and Sierra Leone which the world ignored because they have no oil.
13. When there was a coup in São Tomé and Príncipe in 2003, Nigeria restored the elected President back to power.
14. Before there were street lights in European cities, ancient Benin kingdom had street lights fueled by palm oil.
15. 500 years ago, Benin cast metal alloys to create magnificent art including the world famous Queen Ida Mask.
16. Amina was a warrior queen who ruled Zaria Emirate in Kaduna state, Northwestern Nigeria 400 years ago in 1610. Google and see what she means to Africa.
17. We gave monetary gifts to Ireland during our oil boom and built a statue for France free of charge. We are not poor blacks. Nigeria is rich and don’t be lied to.
18. The first television station in Africa was NTA Ibadan (1960) long before Ireland has their RTE station.

Here is what CNN, BBC, Aljezeera and western media will not tell you about Nigerians:
19. On the 7th May, 2016 at Howard University in Washington D.C history was made. Out of 96 graduating Doctor of Pharmacy candidates, 43 of them were Nigerians and out of 27 awards given, 16 went to Nigerians. The entire world still envies our uniqueness as a NATION with living together despite our ethnic diversity. One single country with over 400 languages. They will only tell you how Nigerians are scammers and cheats, how Nigerians are into drugs overseas et al. If you don’t blow your trumpet, no one will blow it for you.
20. There are over 180,000,000 Nigerians world over and only less than 250,000 of this figure have traceable criminal records.This is about 0.14% of our entire national population in the last 20 years: nothing close to 1%. Shame on global media. Listen Nigeria, don't let anybody woo you into believing that you are a criminal just because you are a Nigerian.
Nigerians are NOT criminals.


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How Smart Are You

How smart do you think you are? Very smart? Then answer the following questions...

1. The inner part of an orange is called _________.

2. In the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty", Humpty Dumpty is _________.

3. The world most influential person is ____________.

4. The world richest black man is and from which country _______ and ________.

5. Who won the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup __________?

6. The World Bank Headquarters is located in which country? ________________.

7. The Movie Franchanise of all time is _____________.

8. The youngest person to ever climb Mount Everest is ____________.

9. The largest political party in the world is ______________.

10. 2018 FIFA World Cup will be hosted in _____________.

11. The official name of the 2014 FIFA World Cup ball is ______________.

12. Nollywood is to Nigeria as ___________ is to Ghana _____________.

13. Who wrote the declaration of Independence for the United State of America? _____________

14. Who is the CEO of Nurturessence International? ________________

15. What does it mean to retweet? _______________

16. What is the greatest Scientific Invention of all time and by who? ___________ and ___________

17. Windows operating system is owned by _______________.

18. Which Nigerian Artist was nominated at the 2009 Grammy Awards? _________

19. Who is the first music artist to get a plane named after him? _____________

20. Who has the highest Facebook fans? ______________

21. Who scored Nigeria's first ever world cup goal? ______________

22. The official sponsor of UEFA premier league is _______________.

23. Who is the first African Artist to be nominated for Grammy Awards? ________

24. The first Doctor to separate co-joined twins is ______________.

25. In one world, how do you feel answering these questions _____________.

Stay INFORMED.
Thanks for your time.

Do All Angels Fly?

A 5 year old girl asked her Mother
''Mummy do all angels fly''?
Her mother replied , ''yes..... they do and why do you ask''?
The girl said, ''when you went to the saloon yesterday to make your hair, Daddy called our housemaid 'My Angel'. Mummy will she fly?
Mummy replied......... ''Yes dear! She will fly back to her Village tomorrow and she will never return again.

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Today: The Most Important Day in the History of Man

“Making the simple complicated is a commonplace, but making the complicated wholesomely simple is creativity.” – Anonymous

 

It’s an irrefutable fact that it takes process to achieve one’s goal and makes one’s vision a reality. It amazes me how we are most times so drenched in the reality of our dreams/visions that we forget that it took even God process to make the heaven and the earth. It is high time we understood that the road to success is like a ladder on which an attempt to skip a rung rather affords a slip, of course, to the ground.

There is one consciousness I have come to realize that is common to every great achiever; “The power of today”. They understand that every present moment counts. They realize that by taking proper care of “today”, they would have taken care of yesterday and the day to come. Making the most of “today” is not just a priority to them but a lifestyle.

How? You may want to ask. It’s simple and it’s not a kind of new lifestyle I invented. It had been here long before now. It’s the lifestyle that generated the testimonies of people like Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and in our present day, people like Bill Gate, and Aliko Dangote. The issue with many today is the simplicity of this lifestyle. The world culture had thought them, if it must produce desired results it has to be complex. Thus, they major in the minor. They forget that complexity does not equate productivity. David Oyedepo said, “Only fool doubt proofs”. Let me take you on a ride through this lifestyle that brought out the great scientist in dullard like Einstein and turned the dumb like Ben Carson to a great Neurosurgeon.

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The Untold Mission of Mark Zuckerberg in Nigeria

For the fact that Nigerians are used to the publicity stunts often create by politicians whenever they go to inspect a project or visit a place, the Wednesday 31, 2016 unannounced arrival of the 6th richest man in the world, Mark Zuckerberg to Lagos, Nigeria became the major stunning buzz of the moment creating a publicity stunt online and in news media.

Just like me – very inquisitive, many might have wondered about this visit of the Facebook founder to Nigeria at this time. Nigeria as country is battling with security issues, economy recession among other woes. However, one might want to give credence to the recent fight against corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari. Notwithstanding, I still want to believe the visit of the Facebook founder to Nigeria, is more than a random visit by a billionaire to a country of interest.

No doubt, Mark Zuckerberg visit will have far reaching positive implications for the Africa most populous nation and her people; from both social and economic viewpoints, even far more than can be seen right now. As he himself said; his mission to Nigeria was meant to help tech startups and raise entrepreneurs. Before now, in May this year the Facebook founder invested about 24 million dollars in Andela – a move aimed at replicating the Silicon Valley miracle in African cities. This will not only create jobs but will also launch the country onto the threshold of becoming a technology hub. Besides, one cannot overemphasize the huge morale booster his visit will be to the entrepreneurs and tech developers, considering this is a man who, out of nothing had made huge life for himself.

Though the problem stated was not infrastructure, Lagos, Nigeria according to the Global livability index was recently ranked the 3rd worst city in the world to live in. The basis for the rank is no other than security. For real, the 6th richest man in the world now in Nigeria mingling freely, jogging without bodyguards/security detail on the Third Mainland Bridge and walking down the road in Yaba like any other person. This is a message to the world, that Lagos, Nigeria is as safe as any other city in the world. Moreover, over time the international news media lump the entire Africa together as one destination. Certainly, with the 6th richest man in the world visit to Nigeria at this time, it will be clearer that any news media that cannot locate Nigeria on the world map, is doing that for reasons best known to them.

Though, beyond I look yet deeper I search, Mark’s visit might hold more…

The Man Who Mapped The World

Hitherto, you have wondered “what is life? How can I make something good out of my life? I bet you; by the time you are through with this piece something must have changed in you…

Geradus Mercator was born 1512 in Rupelmonde, Belgium. After graduating from the University of Louvain, he studied the teachings of the philosophers and discovered they did not conform to the Moses version of the creation of the world. In respect of this, Mercator started a quest which he was on throughout his life.

In 1534, Mercator began to study Mathematics, Astronomy, and Geography. By 1536, he had greatly evolved and worked as an engraver with Gemma Frisius and Van der Heyden in the production of a terrestrial globe. By 1537, Mercator made his first map – the map of the Holy Land, which identified more than 400 places and showed the route followed by the Israelites on their journey through the desert after the Exodus. In 1538, this time when mapmakers knew little about North America, calling it the Unknown Distant Land. Mercator published a world map that made him the first to apply the name “America” to both North and South America.

In February 1544, Mercator was accused of heresy and convicted. On his release after 7 months of imprisonment, all his belongings were confiscated (but not his mind and vision). In his search for more tolerant religious climate, in 1552, he moved to Duisburg, Germany.

Mercator continued in his quest, devoted to making a synthesis, or overview, of the entire creation of heaven and earth. In his aim to help readers understand their place in time and history, in 1569, Mercator published the first part of his synthesis, entitled Chronologia. In the years that followed, Mercator devoted much time to develop drawings and engraved plates for the maps of his new geography.

In his days, the major problem faced by mapmakers is how to project the globe on a flat map. Mercator, a diligent and unyielding trendsetter solved the problem by introducing a system that is known as the Mercator projection (used in ocean maps and modern Global Positioning System). In 1590, Mercator suffered a stroke that made it extremely difficult for him to continue his work. However, he still continued till he died at the age of 82 in 1594. His son Rumold completed his five unfinished maps and the completed collection of Mercator’s maps was published in 1595. It was the first collection of maps to bear the name atlas.

Today, whenever we consult an atlas or switch on a GPS, we are benefiting from the labours of Mercator, a trendsetter who programmed his life to seek to know his time and place in God’s creation. No wonder he called titled his study “The Goal of My Labour”.

What is your goal? What is your vision? What do you want to be remembered for? Map out your life today and live by the map, then you are great.

Idris Elba: What You Don't Know About Him

Date of Birth	6 September 1972, Hackney, London, England, UK
Birth Name	Idrissa Akuna Elba
Nickname	DJ Big Driis
Height	6' 2¾" (1.9 m)

An only child  of African immigrants living in England. His father was from Sierra Leone and his mother was from Ghana, Idris Elba was born and raised in Hackney, London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at a Ford motor factory. His mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting. He gained a place in the National Youth Music Theatre - thanks to a £1,500 Prince's Trust grant. Currently he resides in New York City.

He worked as a disc jockey in nightclubs under the nickname DJ Big Driis at age 19. However, he began auditioning for television roles in his early twenties. He has starred in both British and American productions. The soap opera Family Affairs (1997) and the television serial Ultraviolet (1998) were his first acting roles. His best known roles are as drug baron Russell "Stringer" Bell on the HBO series The Wire (2002) and as DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther (2010). He also starred in the movies Daddy's Little Girls (2007), Prom Night (2008), RocknRolla (2008), The Unborn (2009) and Obsessed (2009). He also appeared in the films American Gangster (2007), Takers (2010), Thor (2011), Prometheus (2012), Pacific Rim (2013), and Thor: The Dark World (2013). Idris Elba also starred in Beast of No Nation (2015), The Jungle Book (2016) and a host of other movies. However, For his role in Beasts of No Nation, he's the first (and, as 2016, the only) winner of the SAG award for Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture not to receive an Oscar nomination for the same performance.

However, it may interest you to know that Idris Elba has no formal acting training. He is a father of two; Winston Elba from his first wife Hanne "Kim" Norgaard and Winston Elba from his girlfriend Sonya Nicole Hamlin. Idris Elba is a big time Arsenal Football Club fan since age 15 while is father is a  Manchester United Football Club supporter (interview on arsenal.com website February 2010).