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What makes Nigeria so unique?
Answered Sep 22, 2018 Osazua Iruedo, Manager (2014-present)
We have a lot of things that makes Nigeria unique. But I will list just a few.
1.Nigerian pidgin/ English. Everyone in Nigeria might not be able to speak English. But am sure everyone understands our pidgin English . It's the easiest means of communication. A general language amongst all the tribes in Nigeria. Though we are still taught in schools with the queens English, the pidgin English has been accepted to. We have a radio station that speaks only pidgin (wazobia FM).
2. Food. We have various types of food and dishes in Nigeria. And they come in different taste. Every tribe has their own native food. Which makes Nigeria unique.

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‘She is taller than me’, is this sentence correct?
Answer
Technically, no. Add the second verb and you can see this clearly:

She is taller than me (am). No no no.

She is taller than I (am). Yes.

Adding the finishing verb, which has been left out as understood, is a way of sorting out whether you want the subject form (I) or the object form (me).

In casual conversation in America, very few people will notice if you say “She is taller than me.” Casual means chatting with personal friends. In more formal contexts, it’s nice to get this right because you don’t know who may be silently judging your grammar.

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*How do I use "you and I" and "you and me"?*_
In English
One way I learned to help remember whether to use “you and I” or “you and me” is to simply remove the “you and” and see if the sentence works. For example, should it be:
1. You and me went to schiol
2. You and I went to school

Well, simply remove the “you and” and see which sentence is correct now:
In this case, I hope you can clearly see that #2 is correct. So in this case, the correct answer is “you and I”. Let’s try one more:

1. Me went to school
2. I went to school

Well, simply remove the “you and” and see which sentence is correct now:
1. The teacher gave me and you me homework
2. The teacher gave you and I homework

In this case, I hope you can clearly see that #2 is correct. So in this case, the correct answer is “you and I”. Let’s try one more:

1. The teacher gave me homework
2. The teacher gave I homework

Again, let’s take out the “you and” and see which one sounds correct:

This time, I hope it’s obvious that #1 is correct - *“you'* and *me”.*
Technically, the rule in play here is that while *“you”* can be used either as the subject or the object of a sentence, “I” can only ever be the subject, and *“me”* can only ever be the object.

However, most people don’t think about sentences in terms of breaking down the parts of speech, so knowing that rule isn’t usually very helpful in the moment when you want to say or write something. Right.

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Did you ever walk in on your child playing with themselves? Besides the embarrassment, how did you handle the situation?

I have 5 kids. I have walked in on a 16 year old boy. He was in the living room. I wasn’t embarrassed. He was. I just casually explained there was nothing wrong with his behavior, only his choice of location.

That it is a private act that needs to be in a private place while he lives at home. He is now 24 and about to become a father. We never had a repeat of the incident. I have also seen all of my
kids play with themselves as smaller children (1–5 yrs or so.) As with my older child I say it’s ok and natural. And then I explain that it’s an activity that is for private time while either in the bathtub or in bed.

I explain that while it is natural and not bad at all, some folks might become embarrassed to see and that it is not appropriate to do in front of others for that reason and decorum as well. I have 2 girls and 3 boys and this answer seemed to work for all of them.

Some asked other questions after to which I answered as honestly as I could using scientific terms. If kids understand the whys and how’s, usually they have no problem adjusting their behavior to follow social rules. They just have to be educated in a non confrontational way so they don’t feel guilty or ashamed. I have been asked if I do it, which I also answered truthfully, yes I do. And then I reiterated that I only do it in private, where and when it is appropriate. Kids are curious and the more info you can give them, the less misinformation they will get from friends and television.

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In English, why do we say "go home" instead of "go to home"?

I see it as quite an exception. I go to school, go to work, go to hospital, but go home not "go to home". What is so unique about "home"?

In English, the word "home" can be both a noun and an adverb of place* (or location). In this example it is being used as an adverb of place, so it does not need the preposition "to."

Note: By mentally adding the suffix "-ward" to the word, you can see how it operates as an adverb, not a noun: e.g., "I'm going home(ward)." “The wind is blowing south(ward).” Note that

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Why Is Nigeria Called Giant of African?

ANSWER
There are 3 reasons for this
The 1st is population. You may have heard that 1 in 4 Africans is a Nigerian. That may no longer be factually correct. Current (2017/2018) estimates are Africa = 1.27bn, Nigeria = 195m. Ratio is 1.27bn/195m = 6:1. Roughly 1 in 6 Africans is Nigerian.

2nd reason is wealth . Given a population that is hardworking, fantastic agriculture, unbridled drive to succeed and strong GDP, Nigeria was an economic superpower. In the 1970s and up to 1985, the currency was much stronger than the US dollar at an average of N0.65 kobo to N0.90k for USD 1. In 1986, Nigeria implemented the Structural Adjustment programme which required a reformation of the foreign exchange system as required by the IMF/World Bank et al, and things went downhill from then. In 1986 the FX rate declined to over N2 to USD1. In 1987 the decline doubled as the FX rate fell further to N4 to USD 1. Guess who benefited from this and who lost overall.
The discovery of crude oil made Nigeria very rich and we were able to build strong infrastructure, Universities, Telecoms, TV, Arts (Nigeria hosted FESTAC 77), Music, Poetry and other literary works, national airline (Nigeria Airways) that was the best in Africa, sports (Nigeria dominated the All Africa Games for years) military, etc. We helped other countries in terms of food aid to famine ridden countries, resolution of internal conflicts and award of scholarships to Africans. Not so much now! Gone are the glory days of Nigeria. Corruption has brought the country to its knees today. Shame!!

3rd reason was and still is political influence . This is tied to 2 above as the wealth made it possible for Nigeria to exert political influence in the world and at the UN, particularly independence for the rest of Africa through the OAU (now called AU). This enabled Nigeria to engage actively with the pan Africanism movement that swept across the continent. Nigeria was also very