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TEN THINGS NIGERIAN

Greeting Style A new way of greeting has suddenly found its way into the Nigeria English vocabulary. Aside from the everyday greetings, we now have 'well-done.' A term used in complementing someone for something done. Curiously, the term has assumed a new meaning and nowadays it has become a trend to see people on the street and tell them well-done. A total stranger may pass by your home and instead of saluting you in respect to the time of day, will confidently tell you 'well-done' without thinking twice about the true application of the word at all. 50 Year Old Youth Leader Unlike in other countries where youth leaders are themselves young people, this is hardly true of Nigeria where an amusing situation, but with a daring implication has developed. The older generation of politicians of recent era have changed the rules to fit their selfish agenda, and by so doing have pushed the younger crop of people further away from representative roles to install themselves w