Herbert Macaulay's evolution from a civil engineer to a formidable Nigerian nationalist leader underscores a life dedicated to ...
On January 1, 1914, Lagos became Nigeria's first capital city after the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern ...
The middle class which ought to be the backbone of the Nigeria’s economy and the driving force behind ...
As of 2023, Nigeria is the sixth most dangerous country in the world to live in as a ...
As the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello is still venerated by millions of Nigerians, especially among his ...
Obafemi Awolowo rose to become the first Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria and the leader of ...
Popularly known as "Zik" or "The Great Zik of Africa", Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria’s first president at the ...
Before Emeka Ojukwu declared the Republic of Biafra in May 1967, Isaac Adaka Boro had declared the Niger ...
At around 3:30 p.m. on August 26, 1993, Ernest Shonekan was sworn in as Nigeria’s new Head of ...
Lagos was the capital city of Nigeria for 77 years until the seat of government was moved to ...
Jonathan Adagogo Green was Nigeria’s first known professional photographer and one of the earliest documented West African photographers. ...
Ore Green worked in London, before returning in 1917 to Lagos where she first worked as a Midwife ...
Kashim Ibrahim was the first and last indigenous civilian governor of the Northern Region of Nigeria until the ...
Josiah Ransome-Kuti was also the first Nigerian to release a record album after he recorded many hymns (in ...
Hadiza Oboh was the first and only female pilot of the defunct Nigeria Airways in the 1990s. She ...
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was described in 1947 as the "Lioness of Lisabi” for her leadership and campaign against arbitrary ...
Adegoke Adelabu is often mentioned in Yorùbá and Nigerian history as the author of "penkelemesi", a Yorubanisation of ...
When the swine flu spread to Lagos in 2012, Ameyo Adadevoh was the first doctor to diagnose and ...
Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti holds the record of the longest-serving president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (23 years) ...
It took five attempts to hang Ken Saro-Wiwa before he spoke his last words and his body went ...