FACTS WITH PENDUSKY (MID-WEEK EDITION)

        I.            Did you know In 1984, you didn’t need a visa to travel to the United Kingdom as a Nigerian?

      II.            The Nigerian Movie Industry also known as Nollywood is the second largest producer of movies in the world after Bollywood.

    III.            The Igbos found in the South Eastern part are the most industrious of the tribes in the country

 IV.            Cross River State in Nigeria has the largest diversity of butterflies in the world

   V.            The Ibeno Beach located in Akwa Ibom is one of the beaches on the Atlantic Ocean along the shorelines of Ibeno. It is the longest sand beach in West Africa

 VI.            The Third Mainland Bridge was the longest bridge in Africa until 1996 when the October 6 Bridge was built in Cairo

VII.            In 1976, 75 kobo exchanged to one British pound and 60 kobo to one US dollar.

VIII.            The total number of languages in Nigeria comprises 7% of the total languages in the world.

  IX.            The walls of Benin are the longest ancient works in the world enclosing 500 communities at a distance of 6500 sq.km

    X.            Nigeria has the 10 th largest crude oil reserve in the world

  XI.            Agbani Darego, a Nigerian University undergraduate was the first African to win the Miss World Beauty Pageant

XII.            The name Nigeria is derived from West Africa’s longest river – River Niger

XIII.            The Nigerian Government was converted from his parliamentary system to a presidential system of government by The Obasanjo civilian regime.

XIV.            Nigeria is home to the single largest monument in Africa (Sungbo’s Eredo), which is also the largest city of the medieval world.

XV.            Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria and Africa.

About the Author: Ubong Effiong.

 Ubong Effiong also known as Pendusky is a Customer Experience Management Personnel with Sterling Bank Plc.