I_Rep_Naija

The most common sickness is malaria. Its a much bigger problem than AIDS. Seriously. The commonest injuries are head injuries following road traffic accidents or domestic accidents. Or the occasional fight.

Those fraudsters play on greed. As they used to say on Hustle, "You can't scam an honest man". If the deal looks too good to be true, then it is.

The one thing I'm proud of is the Nigerian family. No matter how old you are or how far you go, your family's got your back. You can always find your way home. When I was much younger my dad or my friend's dad used to sit us around their feet and tell us folk tales. We also used to sit under the moonlight and just dream. Of course that kind of thing is rare now, what with X-box and PS3 and Facebook and Twitter, but the memories are still with me. That, I'm proud of. Our football team is a plus, btw.

Most of the victims are indeed under 5. Usually, when their parents notice the symptoms they keep the child at home, feeding them all kinds of concoctions, and then when they're nearly dead they rush the kids to the hospital. The most annoying part is that the government has provided free malaria treatment for children, yet these parents refuse to take advantage of this opportunity. Severe malaria is usually treated with intravenous quinine, but otherwise we use the Artemisinin Combination Therapy.

FGM is now illegal in Nigeria. Every part of it. Edit: FGM is not as common as it used to be because of the legal repercussions, and with increased education it's becoming unaccepted culturally. There's no denying that it still exists though.