5 Mind Blowing Fun Facts Every Nigerian Should Know

Your Name Can Have A Ridiculous Impact On Your Life

Most African parents, especially Nigerians, give their children names with deep spiritual, social and cultural meaning. It is believed that names impact on the life of the bearer, either positively or negatively.


It's not surprising that most Nigerian parents now give their children names like: Victory, Goodluck, Success etc.

This is almost certainly not true in other climes especially in the western world. If it Is true, Steve Jobs will most certainly be the President of American Job Seekers' Association while Bill Gates should have been a gate-man in probably Bill Clinton's house. And "Barrack" Obama? I will leave that to your imagination.

Sex Toys On The Increase

Given their supposed puritanical nature, most Nigerian girls will give you the impression that they have never 'heard' of sex toys. Just don't go and search their cupboards, you may find skeletons.

Many of our society ladies use them, this girl uses it, that 'innocent' girl next door uses it. Maybe that explains the increasing surge of sex toy shops in Nigeria. Who patronizes them?

If You Are A Female And Successful,  You Have A Slim Chance Of Finding True Love

Being a female and successful, you'll have many men, women, elderly, and going of all ages telling you that you are one of the nicest and sweetest persons they have ever met. But that is as far as it goes.

While success attracts women to a man, it chaseS men away from a woman. Being a successful female makes it increasingly difficult to find true love.

It's either the eligible men are not ready,  struggling to make ends meet, or you are wasting too much time looking for Mr Right and in some cases, you are surrounded by #LagosBigBoyz, click the clink to check out their latest prices.

Your Life Worth Less Than You Know

If the worth of every Nigerian's life will be valued in Naira and kobo, you'll be shocked to find out how much your life is worth.

Nigeria is fast turning into a country of blood, sweat and tears. Instead of being proactive, the Nigerian government have always  preferred the reactive approach; a case of medicine after death.

An average Nigerian life is exposed to the danger of death on a daily basis:

• Death caused by the carbon and smoke fumes from some neighbours' generators
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• Death caused by the rejection from hospital because you couldn't afford registration fee
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• Death caused by over speeding on the highway
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• Death caused by a tanker falling off the bridge.

The Richer You Are, The Better Your Chances Of Getting Away With Stealing

I really do not know which I find more disturbing; the ease at which the rich and powerful people get away with stealing and corruption or the way average Nigerians are prosecuted if they are lucky to escape lynching on mere suspicions of theft. The ALU incident of 2013 easily comes to mind.

People hide under corruption to get away with stealing in Nigeria. And Yes! Corruption pays because the system is unwilling and ill prepared to tackle it.

Corruption pays because the proceeds of crime are warmly embraced by the society, including the church and the mosque.