"The second oldest storey building in Nigeria, St James Anglican Church, Ota, now in present-day Ogun State. Though construction started in 1842, the second storey came later in 1846, making it 177 years old.
It was in this building that Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther translated four books of the New Testament into Yoruba in 1852 and then the entire Bible into Yoruba, which he completed in 1884.
Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a significant influence on the English missionary Thomas John Dennis, who translated The Bible into Igbo for the first time in 1913 using material from the book, 'Vocabulary of the Ibo Language', published in 1882 by Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther." -Reno Omokri's post on X-platform (2023).
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"The first storey building in Nigeria. Built in 1845 at Badagry, in today's Lagos State. It is 178 years old and still in pristine condition." -Reno Omokri's post on X-platform (2023).
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The Sacred Heart Hospital, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
"This is Sacred Heart Hospital, Abeokuta, the first hospital built in Nigeria. It was funded by the Catholic Church through the Society of African Missions, also known as the SMA Fathers. It was conceived and constructed by Reverend Father Jean-Marie Coquard, who finished construction in 1895. He was able to beat Lagos colony by about a year. The second oldest hospital in Nigeria was the African Hospital, now known as General Hospital, Lagos Island. It was built a year after Sacred Heart Hospital, though some Lagosians argue that it was built in 1893, but records in the FCO in London, date it eleven months after Sacred Heart Hospital." -Reno Omokri's post on X-platform (2023).
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