CURIOUS FACTS CONTEST #8: 4 Curious fact about Nigeria

michaelwrites (54)in #curiousfacts • 7 years ago (edited)

Nigeria is home to seven percent (7%) of the total languages spoken on earth. Taraba state alone has more languages than 30 African countries. (No wonder my neighbor is always crazy, but i don't understand him.)
The Walls of Benin, in present day Edo State, are the longest ancient earthworks in the world, and probably the largest man-made structure on earth. They enclose 6500 square kilometers of community lands that connected about 500 communities. At over 16000km long, it was thought to be twice the length of the Great Wall of China, until it was announced in 2012 that the Great Wall is about 21,000km long.
Adele @officialadele hails from Ede, Osun State. Full name Adeleye Adetokunbo.

Ile-Ife, in present day Osun State, was paved as early as 1000AD, with decorations that originated from Ancient America suggesting there might have been contact between the Yorubas and the Ancient Americans half a millenium before Columbus ‘discovered’ America. (It is great I am a Nigerian.!)