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Learning to read & write in a small village near Gwandu, Sokoto Province (1953)

A Nigeria Federal soldier stands guard over food boxes, Lagos Airport, Sept 12, 1968.

Men being transported in mammy Wagon, Maiduguri (1978)

Emir of Katsina and his fellow countrymen admiring Hyde park traffic lights, London, May 1933.

Nigeria Airways' stewardesses

Enugu Airport 1960. At that time the tarmac was of grasses, a small airport.

Photo of a man next to a series of posters, Lagos 1967.

NTA college students training session, Jos 1981.

Kwame Nkrumah's motorcade driving down Nnamdi Azikiwe street, Idumota, Lagos in 1959.

Aerial view of the East side of Ibadan (1970)

Street Scenes, Enugu. (1959)

Children Attending school without desks nor chairs in Awgu, Enugu state, Nigeria 1970.

Shell Service station, Hughes Avenue, Lagos (1955).

Shopping at Kingsway, Lagos 1975

Workers at Enugu Coal mine (1959)

View of a village, Afikpo, Nigeria (1953)

The Buhari administration identified indiscipline as the bane of the nation's ills and therefore decided to fight it in all its ramifications. Hence the launching of the different phases of War Against Indiscipline (WAI). There were 5 phases of WAI, namely

1- Queuing (March 20, 1984)

2- Work ethic (May 1, 1984)

3- Nationalism & Patriotism (August 21, 1984)

4- Anti- Corruption & Economic sabotage (May 14, 1985)

5- Environmental Sanitation (July 29, 1985)

Aspects of this campaign included public humiliation of civil servants who arrived late to work while guards were armed with whips to ensure orderly queues at bus stops.

Lagos Traffic (1982)

Lagos Traffic (1975)

We lost the game! July 5, 1994: Zola of Italy is shown a red card after fouling Augustine Eguavoen during the 1994 world cup. Italy 2 vs. Nig 1 in extra time.

Picture of Super Eagles at France 1998.

Kainji Dam under construction. Construction began in 1964 and was completed in 1968.

Have you ever heard of the phrase "Ajala travel"? meet Olabisi Ajala, psychology student of New York University, running around the world with his scooter in the 70s.
Ebenezer Obey even composed a song in his honor, with part of the lyrics saying, "Ajala travels all over the world".

Lagos, Ikorodu Road (1947)
(There was no Obanikoro, Onipanu, Anthony, Palmgrove etc then)

National Theatre Lagos under Construction, 1975.
The construction was completed in 1976 in preparation for Festival of Art and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977.

Kano Central Mosque, Nigeria. (1973)

Kano Central Mosque (1973)

Okay! Next News.

**Faints**

This is really sad.. RIP to the innocent lives. Its time we all come united to fight those rag-heads.