Nigeria Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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419 elections n. I recall that immediately after the polls last year, I had written a piece titled “Between 4/19 and 9/11” where I stated that the elections were as catastrophic in terms of its fraudulent nature (using the coincidence of date, April 19) as the September 11 (9/11) attack in United States. That was how the phrase, 419 elections, was coined and it has proved to be so apt now with the tribunal ruling that some people merely sat somewhere and wrote figures. [English Nigeria Politics] [full cite] (Dec. 24, 2004)

agbero n. Despite the pull and push that has made Lagos a city of first choice for many who seek a good head-start in life, Lagos has its unique draw-backs, one of which is the menace of social miscreants otherwise known as Area Boys and motor park touts called Agberos in local parlance. [Nigeria Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Jun. 17, 2005)

agbero n. Lagos is suchlike text, only more baffling, more amorphous.…Where else would you encounter the inventive ribaldry of the agbero (motor park tout)? [Nigeria] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2005)

agbero n. Samson Baba Agbero.…King of Touts! Champion of motor park! [Nigeria] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2005)

agbero n. The Yoruba word for bus conductor is agbero, the one who collects fares from the passengers. We sometimes also call them touts. They are as terrible as you’ll ever get. Maybe we have the prime selection of bus conductors and touts anywhere in the world for their cantankerousness. I mean, they’re always talking and talking and making trouble. [Nigeria] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2005)

agbero n. These smoke joints are said to be responsible for the increasing rate of miscreants popularly called Agbero in the area. [Nigeria] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2005)

agbero n. While the officials were preventing drivers from making unnecessary U-turns, the agbero was said to be encouraging them and even directing them to drive against traffic. The excesses of the miscreant reached such a point that he was stopping vehicles on the middle of the bridge, molesting and extorting money from drivers and conductors, thereby compounding the already chaotic traffic situation. [Nigeria] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2005)

area boy n. Despite the pull and push that has made Lagos a city of first choice for many who seek a good head-start in life, Lagos has its unique draw-backs, one of which is the menace of social miscreants otherwise known as Area Boys and motor park touts called Agberos in local parlance. [English Nigeria Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Jun. 17, 2005)

area boy n. Sporadic riots continued for several days, especially in the big Idumota market on the central island of Lagos, where local thugs known as “area boys’” sought to extort protection money from traders. [English Nigeria Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Jun. 17, 2005)

area boy n. Markets, shops, stalls and businesses remained closed in most of the mainland while the densely-populated area of the island reported violence, mainly by miscreants known here as “area boys.” [English Nigeria Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Jun. 17, 2005)

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