History Alert: Do you know that...?

DO YOU KNOW THAT?

• 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 Oldest Worldwide, and it was discovered in Yobe by a

Fulani Herdsman in 1987?

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

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

• That Flora Nwapa's 'Efuru', published in 1966, is Africa’s first novel written by a Nigerian woman to be published internationally? 

• 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 got famous for collapsing on stage when she wasn't enlisted among the top 15 .

Now You Know!!!