The Nigerian civil war witnessed the death of about one to three million Nigerians, with ...
In 1979, General Olusegun Obasanjo ditched the British-style parliamentary system and opted for the American-style ...
Shehu Shagari was the only democratically elected President of Nigeria’s Second Republic. The post-civil war ...
Ironsi's proclamation of Decree 34 on May 24, 1966, marked the beginning of the end ...
On January 1, 1973, the Nigerian Naira replaced the Nigerian pound with an exchange rate ...
Afonja was the sixth Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land after Oku of Jabata. His ...
Before Emeka Ojukwu declared the Republic of Biafra in May 1967, Isaac Adaka Boro had ...
At around 3:30 p.m. on August 26, 1993, Ernest Shonekan was sworn in as Nigeria’s ...
The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War or the Nigeria-Biafra War, was ...
Another of Nigeria’s founding fathers was Olayinka Hebert Macaulay who has been referred to as ...
Mobolaji Johnson was only 31 years old when he was appointed as the first military ...
Olusegun Obasanjo created the EFCC and the ICPC to combat corruption. He also ntroduced the ...
The Ogbunigwe was used in combat during the Nigerian civil war and at the height ...
Montréal was the first Canadian city to hold an Olympic Games in 1976. The 21st ...
The June 12, 1993, presidential election represented a break with past traditions of ethnic, religious, ...
After Abacha's death, Lieutenant-General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, was sworn in as ...
Lagos was the capital city of Nigeria for 77 years until the seat of government ...
On December 5, 1893, Herbert Macaulay became the first Nigerian to qualify as a civil ...
The West African country of Nigeria was never a nation. The country was bought and ...
Indirect Rule was a system of governance that was predominantly used by Britain to govern ...