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Some facts you may not know


1. There is a town in Jamaica called
ABEOKUTA. It was founded by former slaves
from present-day Ogun State who were
brought to a plantation in that part of
Jamaica.
2· In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is
called "Hindi" ("from India". In India, it's
called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called
"Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French
chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian
chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of
these places.
3· The letter 'i' that Apple uses (in their
products iPhone, iPad, iMac, iPod) stands for
"Interactive".
4· Edward James Roye, the fifth president of
Liberia, was of Igbo descent.
5· President Robert Mugabe is Africa’s
oldest Head of State and the world’s
second oldest Head of State. He was born in
1924.
6· The name"Nigeria" was coined by Flora
Shaw, the wife of Lord Lugard, Nigeria's
Governor-General from 1914 to 1919.
7· There is a high school in Kingston,
Jamaica named CALABAR High School, the
capital of Cross River State.
8· Queen Elizabeth II is the only person who
travels to any country without International
Passport.
9· Ebun House, located at 85 Odunfa Street,
was the first three-story building built in
Lagos. It was constructed in 1914.
10· The city of Port Harcourt (capital
ofRivers State) was named after Lewis Vernon
Harcourt in 1913 by Frederick Lugard. It was
originally known as Iguocha.
11· There are 3 things the Human Brain
cannot resist noticing –Food, Attractive
People and Danger.
12· The CMS Grammar School in Lagos,
Nigeria is the oldest secondary school in
Nigeria. It was founded on June 6, 1859.
13· The first book written in the Igbo
language (Isoama-Ibo :A Primer) was by
Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the renowned Yoruba/
Creole bishop.
14· Gatwick Airport in London, which is not
that far from Heathrow Airport also in London,
England is owned by Nigerian businessman
Adebayo Ogunlesi.
15· The Naira, Nigeria’s currency, was
named by Obafemi Awolowo.
16· Nigerian staple food cassava was
brought to West Africa from Brazil by the
Portuguese.
17. The Official Residence of the President of
Barbados, a Caribbean country, very close to
Jamaica and Bahamas, is called Oronna
Court. The name Oronna was used by two
Barbadorian Citizens close to a decade in
tracing their origin to Ilaro in Ogun state. One
was named Odewale and the other was named
Aramide Oronna( the German Shephard man)
was one of the hero/founders of Ilaro town
alongside Iya Ala. Oronnais just like the likes
of Lisabi and Shodeke in Egbaland.

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