NIGERIA CURRENT AFFAIRS


NIGERIA CURRENT AFFAIRS
There are so many records about our past Heroes and below few of them:
·         Herbert Macaulay was the first man to own a Car in Nigeria.
·         Herbert Macaulay was the first President in Nigeria.
·         The Second President in Nigeria was Dr.Nnamdi Azikwe.
·         The first General Secretary was Dr.Nnamdi Azikwe.
·         The fist storey building in Nigeria was found in Badagry.
·         The five International Airport in Nigeria are: Muritala Muhammed Int. Airport, Lagos, Kano, Port-Harcourt, Abuja, and Calabar Int. Airport.
·         Coal was discover at Enugu in 1912.
·         The National Stadium in Lagos was Commissioned on Dec. 4th 1972.
·         Operation WETTIE happened after 1965 election
·         Lagos-Ibadan Railway line was completed in 1901
·         War against Indiscipline was inaugurated in March 20th 1984.
·         First wrestler Nigeria to win a world Belt is Mike Okpala.
·         The seat of the Federal Government was move from Lagos to Abuja on Dec. 12th 1991.
·         Queen Elizabeth visited Nigeria in 1956.
·         The firs discovery of oil came up in 1953.
·         Nigeria was name Nigeria in 1914.
·         Nigeria civil war started in 1967.
·         Osun State was created on Aug. 27th 1991.
·         Pound sterling was introduce as Nigeria currency in 1945.
·         First oil well in Nigeria is at Olobiri P.H Rivers state.
·         First motor road in Nigeria (Ibadan-Oyo) was completed in 1905.
·         The first woman to buy a car in Nigeria was Mrs. Efunroye Tinubu.
·         Taiwo Akinkunmi design the Nigeria National Flag in 1958.
·         University College Hospital Ibadan was established and headed by Dr. Kenneth Mallany in 1948.
·         Niger Dam (Kanji Dam) was opened in 1970.
·         Alhaji Shehu Shagari became the first Nigeria executive President on Oct. 1st 1979.
·         Slave trade was abolish in Nigeria between 1976-1898.
·         River Niger and River Benue join at Lokoja.
·         Prof. Wole Shoyinka became the first Africa and Nigeria to win the world Noble price for literature in Stock-ham Sweden on Oct. 16th 1986.
·         The first Nigeria Hospital was built by Father Coquard at Abeokuta.
·         Gen I.B Babangida became 1st Millitary President in August 27th, 1986.
·         Nigeria change into metric system of currency (Naira and Kobbo) on Jan. 1st 1958.
·         Central Bank of Nigeria was Opened for business on 1958.
·         The first Landing of Aeroplane in Nigeria took place in Kano in 1925.
·         The first woman Pilot in Nigeria was Chinyere Anayuchea.
·         Hitler War started in 1939.
·         The first chairman of P.D.P was chief Solomon Lar.
·          The first chairman of A.D was Mamman  A.D was Mamman Yusuf.
·         The first chairman of A.P.P was Alhji Yusuf Ali.
·         The first Political Party in Nigeria is N.N.D.P.

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