Proverbs - Collections Of Historic Nigerian Wise Sayings

In the course of history, most of these sayings, originally from Nigeria, have been wrongly ascribed to foreigners and other Nigerians.
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Only a courageous woman can fry a bunch of plantain without tasting any - Albert Einstein (1932)
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He who says nothing lasts forever has never tried Hausa perfume - Isaac Newton (1804)
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He who fully unwraps a sharwama before eating it cannot keep a secret - Abraham Lincoln (1864)
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Any man that uses his teeth to cut shaki from pepper-soup with his eyes wide open is not afraid of anything - Martin Luther King Jr. (1940)
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Anyone who thinks he has many enemies has never been with a mountain-of-fire member - William Shakespeare (1788)
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Anyone who graduated without experiencing strike probably has never been to Nigeria - Lord Lugard (1904).
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Drinking Garri doesnt mean you're poor, but allowing the garri to swell-up b4 drinking is Poverty- Queen Elisabeth (1993).
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Any man who drinks alomo bitters without squeezing his face,is capable of murder....obasanjo(1999)
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Nigeria was never on the map when God said LET THERE BE LIGHT _buhari 1980
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Anyone who puts stew on jollof rice has trust issues. Fela Kuti (1979)
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No mata hw hot ur temper is,it cannot cook yam.Goodluck jonathan (2013)
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He farts and farts and farts without odour never tries Ewa aganhin"- Herbert Macually (1806)
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Any Nigerian dat has never taken gala n lacasera has never experienced hold up in Lagos - Nelson Mandela
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He who completely unties an agege bread nylon before eating with agoyin beans is 100percent patient.(Kwame Nkrumah 1846).
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“The average woman outlives the average man because women don't have wives.” - Sir Pete Edochie, 2009
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Those who eats indomie as dinner are easily defeated in their dreams..,.........Aristotle 1806
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anybody wey say nofin dey happen for dis country will be shot 9 time (2face 2006)
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he who fnds a mosquito resting on his testicle wil understnd dat there are better ways of solvin a prblm oda dn usin volenc- Bruce lee(1934)
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He who refuses 2classify Agege bread and Akara as a type of sandwich is a racistFidel Castro (1990)
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Any lady who has bin dating a guy 4 8years nd stil wore an engagment ring frm him,has neva watch d lord of the rings before-Lt ojukwu (1966)
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Na wen soldier slap u na den u go knw say police is ur friend -anini (1984)
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sitting down and creating stuffs like this shows how jobless nigerians are.- sunusi lamido(2014)
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the beautiful ones are nt yet born, nd the ugly ones refuuse to die (queen elizabeth)
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No food for a lazy man is nt for him whose mama dey sale 'mama put' (Robert mugabe 1982)
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When a man opens a car door for his wife, it is either d wife is new or d car is new,,, Unknown
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Corruption + silience =9JA, but he who blow wistle is a state enemy---IT bomb
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if u buy bible nd olive oil as valantine gift if she vex jst leave am na witch..obasanjo{2005}
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anyone that collect bread from Nigerian mad man and goes scott free he neva meet original were be that - Yar'adua 2009
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he who loses presidential election thrice should make the country ungovernable... gen buhari 2011
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Da world is a small place does'nt mean u can treck from Nigeria to italy (Oba of Benin. 1914)
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No matter how ur house far, person house must dey ur back yard.… Nelson Mandela(1990)
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A woman that want twins does not sleep with pant on. Laundry Berber (1864)
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no matter the adverts garri will stil sell more than indomie Sound sultan 1997
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He who watched the whole season series of 24, without putting on a generator is either a worker at NEPA or he didn't watch it at all. IBB 2012
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