Friday 13 May 2016

FACTS AND HISTORY:You need to know this! Did you know that Nigeria's Olaoluwa Okelola is Mark Zuckerberg's (facebook ) engineer?

Nigerian born Olaoluwa Okelola is one of Mark Zuckerberg's most trusted and Facebook's Software Engineer?  



That the Dufuna Canoe is the oldest boat in Africa and 3rd Old west Worldwide, and it was discovered in Yobe by a Fulani Herdsman in 1987? -
That Flora Nwapa's 'Efuru', published in 1966, is Africa’s first novel written by a Nigerian woman to be published internationally?. More  facts.....



That CMS Grammar School in Lagos is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, and it was founded in June 1859? That's 257 years of existence



That in 1976, 75 kobo exchanged for one British Pound and 60 kobo for one US dollar?

 That in in 1975, you would buy a brand new car for N2000, and a ticket to London was less than N100?

The Saros, migrants from Sierra Leone introduced Kola farming, and the first kola trader in Nigeria was Mohammed Shitta Bey, a Sierra Leone born Nigerian businessman?

'Saros' & 'Amaros' were names given to migrants and Liberated "returnee" Africans from Sierra Leone and Brazil? They are the Aguda people of Lagos today

That Edna Park was the first Miss Nigeria to represent the country at Miss Universe, 1964?



 She is famous for collapsing on stage when she wasn't named among the top 15



 Did you know???

Source: Laila


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