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Then Emir of Katsina & entourage admiring Hyde Park Traffic Lights in London on May 1st, 1933. Credit:Getty Images

Awolowo,then Premier of Western Region(arrowed),in the midst of Primary Sch'l pupils in Bomadi(in present Delta) 1952

Traffic on Carter Bridge, Lagos in 1963.

Earl of Plymouth (R) visiting then Oba of Benin,Oba Akenzua II in Benin City,circa 1938.

This is King's College, Lagos. It was founded in 1909 under the authority of the British Colonial Government led by Lord Frederick Lugard at that time, and is the first boys-only school in Nigeria

Abubakar Rimi as Kano State Gov' addresses his supporters at the Murtala Muhammed Square in Kaduna in 1981,Credit:AIH

Major Babangida,Major B Haladu, Captain B Dimka, Captain Y Kure, Major G Duba, Major Bako & Major MJ Vatsa Circa 1969

In 1969,while the civil war was still ongoing, Gowon got married to Ms.Victoria Zakari.Many considered it distasteful

Igwe Israel Iweka was one of the 1st Nigerian Civil Engineering contractors & built the massive Iweka Road at Onitsha

(L to R)Tanzania,Uganda,Rosalind Balogun(Nigeria's 1st Miss World Contestant)&Ghana at 1967 Miss World Beauty Contest

Dikko(then Emir of Katsina)was 1st reigning Emir to perform Hajj-1921,fly in a plane,visit UK &build school for girls

Dongreat:
(L to R)Tanzania,Uganda,Rosalind Balogun(Nigeria's 1st Miss World Contestant)&Ghana at 1967 Miss World Beauty Contest

3rd from left or 2nd from right, either is the Ghanaian .
thank you

Dongreat:
(L to R)Tanzania,Uganda,Rosalind Balogun(Nigeria's 1st Miss World Contestant)&Ghana at 1967 Miss World Beauty Contest

3rd from left or 2nd from right, either way is the Ghanaian .
thank you

don't know why...d past always has this pleasant, pleasurable and alluring appeal....like nigeria was a much better place then than it is now.

i wish i was a part of those days...the good old days

youngRx:
don't know why...d past always has this pleasant, pleasurable and alluring appeal....like nigeria was a much better place then than it is now.

i wish i was a part of those days...the good old days

U are not left out of that thought man. Me too

‎A Nigerian Police man, Sgt. Umaru Zaria in Kaduna in 1959. Credit: Eliot Elisofo

Prince Archibong II of Calabar, wearing his crown jewels and seated on his throne. 

Musa Yar'adua,former Minister for Lagos during the 1st Republic & Father to former President Umaru & former VP Shehu

Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, and then Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi at the inauguration of Daily Mail ,Kano in 1961

Then Major Ibrahim Babangida and Major Mamman Vatsa on March 21, 1969 at Okigwe (in present day Imo)

Lovebirds in 1982, Clarion Chukwura & Shina Peters on the cover of the original track of Owo L’Agba (Money Power)

Christmas in Badagry 1923

Kano Groundnut Pyramids in 1975.Nigeria was the world’s largest exporter of groundnuts in the 1970s
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In 1918,before new currency supplies could reach Nigeria, the Nigerian Authorities issued this emergency currency‎

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Obasanjo & Family; Mrs. Remi (2nd from Right), Iyabo (3rd from Left). Circa 1980s.

Azikwe with Felicia Obua,a local NCNC organizer,Orlu division during his campaign in Urualla in 1959

Argungu fishing festival in present Kebbi State

Maitatsine,was leader of the Yan Tatsine militant group,1972,they were responsible for Bloodbaths in Kano.

‎Aug 11,1979 Presidential Election Results NPN- S.Shagari UPN- O. Awolowo NPP-N. Azikwe GNPP-W. Ibrahim PRP-Aminu Kano‎
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Southern Nigeria Protectorate Flag (1900 - 1914)

Northern School boys at London Airport,entering British sch'ls under private arrangement in 1957

Nigeria's first political party was-Nigerian National Democratic Party founded by Herbert Macauley in 1922 .‎

1954 British West Africa 100 Shillings. Nigeria,Gold Coast (now Ghana),Sierra Leone & Gambia used this currency