Nigeria, June 13 -- As soon as Ab Udofia, Uyo businessman, posted on his Facebook page photographs of a plate filled with fried winged termites - an edible insect - his friends came after him, they jokingly called him out for not inviting them to the dining table.

"I never knew it could be garnished like this-oo," one Facebook user commented on the photo.

"My brother, kindly reserve some for me," said another Facebook user.

Another person commended Mr Udofia for "going back to the root", for the reminder of what used to be a traditional practice among the people of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria's South-south region.

Every family in this part of the country, in the past, was always looking forward with some excitement to a time, during the ...