16. At the point death in 1989, Sam Okwaraji was a
PhD candidate and qualified lawyer with an LL.M in
International Law (University of Rome)
17. When British Bank of West Africa (now First Bank)
opened a branch in Kano in 1929, Alhassan Dantata
(Dangote’s Grandfather) opened an account depositing
20 camel-loads of silver coins.
18. Jaja Wachuku is reputed to have owned the biggest
one-man library in West Africa. Balewa sometimes
referred to him as “Most Bookish Minister
19. The colonization of Nigeria took more than 40 years
to achieve and the territories were integrated by the use
of force.
20. Yoruba is spoken as a ritual language the Santeria
cult in Carribean and South-Central America.
21. Slavery existed in the Nigerian territory before the
15th century and was abolished in the 19th century-
1807 by the British.
22. At least 55 women were killed in South-East Nigeria,
in 1929 when the women forced the Umuahia warrant
chiefs to submit to their rule.
23. The coinage ‘Supreme Court’ was first used in 1863
by the colonial administration through the enactment of
the Supreme Court Ordinance No. II.
24. MKO Abiola died suddenly on July 7, 1998, exactly
one month after General Sani Abacha died mysteriously
on June 8, 1998.
25. Agbani Darego was the only one to wear a maillot
as opposed to a bikini during the Miss Universe contest
in 2001.
26. The ‘Ankara’ material is not indigenous to Nigeria.
Our indigenous textiles include the Akwete, Ukara, Aso-
Oke and Adire.
27. Aloma Mukhtar is the first female lawyer from the
North and went on to become the first female Chief
Justice of Nigeria.
28. The area known as Makoro town in Lagos was first
a swamp, later sand-filled by the colonial government
and served as the first bridge to the Island.
29. Esie Museum is Nigeria’s first museum, established
in 1945. Once reputed to have the largest collection of
soapstone images in the world.
30. Aminu Kano formed the Northern Teachers’
Association (NTA) in 1948, the first successful regional
organization in the history of the North.
PhD candidate and qualified lawyer with an LL.M in
International Law (University of Rome)
17. When British Bank of West Africa (now First Bank)
opened a branch in Kano in 1929, Alhassan Dantata
(Dangote’s Grandfather) opened an account depositing
20 camel-loads of silver coins.
18. Jaja Wachuku is reputed to have owned the biggest
one-man library in West Africa. Balewa sometimes
referred to him as “Most Bookish Minister
19. The colonization of Nigeria took more than 40 years
to achieve and the territories were integrated by the use
of force.
20. Yoruba is spoken as a ritual language the Santeria
cult in Carribean and South-Central America.
21. Slavery existed in the Nigerian territory before the
15th century and was abolished in the 19th century-
1807 by the British.
22. At least 55 women were killed in South-East Nigeria,
in 1929 when the women forced the Umuahia warrant
chiefs to submit to their rule.
23. The coinage ‘Supreme Court’ was first used in 1863
by the colonial administration through the enactment of
the Supreme Court Ordinance No. II.
24. MKO Abiola died suddenly on July 7, 1998, exactly
one month after General Sani Abacha died mysteriously
on June 8, 1998.
25. Agbani Darego was the only one to wear a maillot
as opposed to a bikini during the Miss Universe contest
in 2001.
26. The ‘Ankara’ material is not indigenous to Nigeria.
Our indigenous textiles include the Akwete, Ukara, Aso-
Oke and Adire.
27. Aloma Mukhtar is the first female lawyer from the
North and went on to become the first female Chief
Justice of Nigeria.
28. The area known as Makoro town in Lagos was first
a swamp, later sand-filled by the colonial government
and served as the first bridge to the Island.
29. Esie Museum is Nigeria’s first museum, established
in 1945. Once reputed to have the largest collection of
soapstone images in the world.
30. Aminu Kano formed the Northern Teachers’
Association (NTA) in 1948, the first successful regional
organization in the history of the North.
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