On July 31, 1959, Nigeria was slightly more than a year away from full independence from Great Britain. On that day Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Premier of Eastern Nigeria and National President of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), gave a speech to … Read More … Read More(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Speaks on the Role of Nigeria and other African States in World Politics
Image Ownership: Udeagbala (CC BY-SA 4.0) The University of Nigeria is a federally-controlled public university located in southeastern Nigeria. The university has three campuses: Nsukka (the main campus), Enugu, and Ituku-Ozalla. It was the first university opened by newly independent Nigeria. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the … Read More … Read MoreUniversity of Nigeria (1960- )
Port Harcourt is the capital, largest city, and port town of Rivers state. It is located in southern Nigeria and is situated along the Bonny River. In 2006 Port Harcourt boasted a population of 1,005,904 people making it the 5th most populous city in Nigeria. … Read More … Read MorePort Harcourt, Nigeria (1912- )
View by Subject | View by Author | View Entire Bibliography This list is the contains all bibliographic subjects on the Blackpast.com tid)); $pole[]=Array (l($term->name, "taxonomy/term/$term->tid") . " ($count)", $term->depth, $count, $term->tid) ; } $depth =-1; foreach ($pole as $list) { if ($list[1] > $depth) … Read More … Read MoreBlackPast.org Comprehensive Bilbiography
Founded on October 4, 1962, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is a public university located in Zaria, Kaduna State in northern Nigeria. With over 35,000 students, it is the largest university in sub-Saharan Africa and the second largest on the African continent after the University of … Read More … Read MoreAhmadu Bello University (1962- )
On May 18, 1955 the Eastern House of Assembly, the regional legislature for Eastern Nigeria, moved a resolution to established the first university in Eastern Nigeria. Nnamdi Azikiwe gave a speech seconding the motion introduced by the Eastern Region Minister of Education. That eastern university … Read More … Read More(1955) Nnamdi Azikiwe, “The University of Nigeria Speech”
Nigerian nationalist, politician, lawyer, statesman, and chancellor, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo was born on March 6, 1909 in Ogun State, Nigeria, where he commenced his political career. Awolowo attended various local schools in Ogun State, Nigeria and later served as an editor of The Nigerian … Read More … Read MoreObafemi Awolowo (1909-1985)
Chinua Achebe of Nigeria was one of the most famous 20th Century African writers. He published his first novel Things Fall Apart in 1958 and has since published four more novels and a series of short stories, essays, and other literature. Much of Achebe’s work … Read More … Read MoreChinua Achebe (1930-2013)
By 1957 Nigeria was clearly on the path toward independence. In preparation the British Government named Abubakar Tafawa Balewa the first Prime Minister of the soon to be independent nation in a power sharing agreement among the colony’s three major political parties. In the following … Read More … Read More(1957) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, “First Speech as Prime Minister”
On Saturday, October 1, 1960, Nigeria became an independent nation. What follows is Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa’s speech delivered at Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos at the Independence Ceremony. Today is Independence Day. The first of October 1960 is a date to which for … Read More … Read More(1960) Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, “Independence Day”
