Murtala Muhammed remains the youngest Nigerian Head-of-State to die in office at the age of ...

As of the time of his death in 1955, Alhaji Alhassan Dantata was the richest ...

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912- January 15, 1966) was Nigeria's first Prime Minister. He was ...

Major Kaduna Nzeogwu was the first Nigerian to become an officer in Military Intelligence. Born ...

In his No Victor, No Vanquished speech on January 15, 1970, General Yakubu Gowon asserted ...

Flora Nwapa (1931–1993), was the first African woman to publish a novel in the English ...

The first church service which ushered in Christianity to Abeokuta took place on Sunday, January ...

Professor Kenneth Onwuka Dike was the first Nigerian Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan and ...

Sam Henshaw Ibiam did not concede a single goal in eight of the nine years ...

In January 1866, Iwe Irohin appeared in two versions; one in English and the other ...

As Minister of Defence, Muhammadu Ribadu presided over a rapid expansion of the Nigerian Army, ...

Cross River State is the leading tourism state in Nigeria. Especially the capital, Calabar. Visitors ...

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, with thousands of Egba women, led a two-year protest against the Alake of ...