On December 5, 1893, Herbert Macaulay became the first Nigerian to qualify as a civil engineer and a ...
Abeokuta was a sovereign nation for 20 years and 11 months before the British amalgamated her with the ...
Niger, Katsina, Kano and Ogun States are the only states to have produced two Nigerian leaders who have ...
A majority of Nigeria's 36 states got their names from rivers, urban legends, and acronym of major cities... ...
In 1995, after the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Time magazine named Abacha “Thug of the Year.” In 2004, ...
In 1953, Sir Ahmadu Bello referred to Nigeria as the "mistake of 1914". Interestingly, the country's Democracy Day ...
Ibadan was founded by the Yoruba people in 1750. It became a Yoruba military headquarters in 1829 and ...
Alvan Ikoku and his son, Samuel Goomsu Ikoku (1922–1997), were political rivals. Samuel won an election against his ...
Aguiyi-Ironsi adopted the name “Johnson” as his first name from his elder sister’s husband, Theophilus Johnson, who was ...
Shehu Shagari was the 6th child of his father, 6th Head-of-State of Nigeria, and also had 6 federal ...
Murtala Muhammed remains the youngest Nigerian Head-of-State to die in office at the age of 37, and the ...
Cross River State is the leading tourism state in Nigeria. Especially the capital, Calabar. Visitors from different parts ...