Did You Know

There is a place called 'Sabo' in every state in Nigeria.

The National Youth Service Corps was inaugurated on May 22, 1973.

Plateau State’s striking hills and mountains were created by volcanic activity over 50 million years ago.

5 Nigerian heads of state were at one time pupils of Barewa College in Zaria, Kaduna State.

The first Nigerian national census took place in 1952-53. The population at that time was estimated to be 31.6 million.

The first election to form a legislative assembly in Nigeria was held in 1922.

Hogan 'Kid' Bassey was the first Nigerian to win a world boxing title. He defeated Cherif Hamia of Algeria to become the world featherweight champion in 1957.

Aliyu Mai Bornu was the first indigenous governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

King Sunny Ade was the first Nigerian to receive a Grammy Award nomination for his 1983 album Synchro System.

Holy Trinity Primary School in Lokoja, Kogi State, is the oldest primary school in Northern Nigeria. It was founded in 1865.

Amalgamation House

The Jos Plateau Indigobird is found nowhere else on the planet but Plateau State, Nigeria.

Zungeru in Niger State was the site at which the Northern and Southern Protectorates were amalgamated to form present-day Nigeria in 1914.

The British Government gave the Royal Niger Company (later the United Africa Company, and now part of Unilever) £895,000 in exchange for revoking the trade charter it held from 1886 to 1900, essentially giving the British control of Nigeria.

Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State is the second largest university in Africa.

The colonisation of Nigeria took over forty years for Britain to complete.

Nigeria is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites (the Osun-Osogbo Grove in Osun State and the Sukur Cultural Landscape in Adamawa State).

The River Niger is called orimili/orimiri (meaning "great water") in Igbo and Oya in Yoruba.

Mungo Park, who is believed to be the first Westerner to have explored the central region of the River Niger, is buried in Jebba, Kwara State.

In 1858, William Broughton Davies became the first Nigerian to qualify as a medical doctor.

Nigeria's population is expected to surpass that of the USA by 2050.

Nigeria currently has the most internet users in Africa.

Nigeria first participated in the Olympic Games in 1952.

Nnamdi Azikiwe served as a spokesperson for Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War.