Pictures from different schisms throughout Nigerian History..... As ancient and as Modern as we can get..... Let the posts begin... :)

Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (Zik) meeting his wife Flora Azikiwe on return from the USA in 1953. :)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs892.ash1/180043_10150124457838488_119586108487_7901407_7585917_n.jpg


Students relaxing in new residence hall at University College.
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Date taken: April 1953
Photographer: Alfred Eisenshttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs065.snc6/167538_10150124457873488_119586108487_7901409_4023434_n.jpgtaedt


Medical students listening to a lecture at University College.
In the middle is Dr Florence Abiola Adeniran, née Martins
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Date taken: April 1953
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs277.snc6/180514_10150124457913488_119586108487_7901411_6663040_n.jpg

Kai!! Look at how Nigerians were so serious and attentive in class back then..... Things have changed o
This was the time Known as ''Pre-Aristo Era'' !! :lol: :)


Undergraduates holding a student council meeting.
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Date taken: April 1953
Photographer: Alfred Eisensthttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs076.snc6/168602_10150124457963488_119586108487_7901414_2445928_n.jpgaedt

Nice Haircuts I woiuld say :D.....hehehe


Bored student attending lecture at a university.
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Date taken: April 1953
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1391.snc4/164307_10150124457998488_119586108487_7901415_3973153_n.jpg

E don Tey wey Nigerian students dey bore for class....haha....:lol:
OMG!!! Wait is that guy wearing an Agbada in the lecture room? :lol: That is sooo ''Old school''

There is a thread like this on Nairaland I'll go and get some pic, but very nice:D

Musediku Adeniji-Adele (Oba of Lagos 1949-1964) introducing his chiefs to Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Nigeria in 1956
Photographer: Carl Mydans
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1384.snc4/163631_10150124458038488_119586108487_7901417_6163356_n.jpg
The chiefs look soo Regal!! :D

shot of Chief Okotie Eboh, Niger Delta
Photographer: Carl Mydans
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs273.snc6/180150_10150124458063488_119586108487_7901419_1130263_n.jpg....
:lol: OH!!! Poor servant :ohno:


This shows Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh (with his flamboyant wrapper) and his wife during Queen Elizabeth II visit to Nigeria in 1956
Photographer: Carl Mydans
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs886.ash1/179477_10150124458103488_119586108487_7901421_4527804_n.jpg
Now, Dont they both look cool,..... and Glamorous? :D.... :cheers:

There is a thread like this on Nairaland I'll go and get some pic, but very nice:D

Please do..... :)

Nigerias Independance day - with first Prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/50558094.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A1466F9DEB26E7878A743DDB576CC71428718CCCB97146764DCE30A760B0D811297

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zFw5lehsLhY/SxAI5rubj8I/AAAAAAAAADY/wOBj-LVyz7A/s1600/balewa1.jpg

My father told me he was known as the 'golden voice' or something like that - I hope the mature members remind me...SammyJay am I right?

Nigeria - Biafra war

http://www.usafricaonline.com/Biafra.Nigeria.Ojukwu.Gowon.jpg

http://madeofawesome95.edublogs.org/files/2010/10/biafran-war.jpg

Ken Saro Wiwa - activist for the Ogoni people of Niger Delta against Shell

http://www.ifg.org/img/pics/Ken_Saro-Wiwa_of_Greenpeace.jpg

The intellectuals/icons who put Nigeria on the map

Cinua Achebe - the first African to detail the effects of colonialism from an African peripheral - Things Fall Apart...the most prominent African literature to date and his first ever novel
http://students.ou.edu/A/Ayotunde.O.Akinleye-1/achebe.jpg

Wole Soyinka - Nobel lauterette also a political activist - cousin to Fela Kuti(not alot of people know that)

http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20100926/mostofi20100926204651890.jpg

Fela Kuti - inherited courage from his mother and studied music against his parents wishes who wanted him to be a doctor. The most prominent musican from Africa and fought alot for his country despite the torture and the witch hunt

http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/assets/images/artists/fela_kuti2.jpg?w=653&h=288&scale=fit&smileaction=image

Nigeria hosted the Festival of Arts(FESTAC) in 1977 the second of this event. The symbol Nigeria used to advertise this event was the mask of Queen Idia...thus the mask was later dubbed the Festac mask - and is one the great treasures of Nigeria...with controversy surrounding it's THEFT and potential auction

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZJUv2rjaGCc/SaHg1kxXP8I/AAAAAAAAAHM/hCFZTEE5z0s/s320/Festac+Mask+Ivory2.jpg

Iconic Lagos postcard in the 60s

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4493829286_5af1970097.jpg

Prince Nico Mbarga - the singer behind 'Sweet Mother' it is believed this was the most successful song out of Africa to date

http://ponytone.com/Images/PrinceNicoMbarga.jpg

dis be the song wey teach us pidgin before lol

Naija its gone?! I just looked at it like a day ago and its missing? And pictures were really good they had King Opopo photos and Gowan....ugh

Sokoto, I dont need videos in my thread , Unless u rilly have to post one {Unless u really need to/It is the only illustration} This is a PHOTO THREAD!!.... :)

Naija its gone?! I just looked at it like a day ago and its missing? And pictures were really good they had King Opopo photos and Gowan....ugh

:cry:- What happened?! :lol:

I dont know:dunno: it was 7 pages and now nothing i'll look on my own but it would have been nice for one stop shopping :(

potential auction


Prince Nico Mbarga - the singer behind 'Sweet Mother' it is believed this was the most successful song out of Africa to date


I thought he was Cameroonian?.... no? :dunno:

I dont know:dunno: it was 7 pages and now nothing i'll look on my own but it would have been nice for one stop shopping :(

:lol: :lol:

@Sokoto, Are u serious about the Soyinka, Fela Thing??
If that is true, then the IQ that runs in their family must be blistering high!!! ...Infact, I wouldnt mind a DNA graft! :lol:

Niger Delta struggle
The Niger Delta is the worlds third biggest Delta with massive oil reserves...after the peacful protests of Ken Saro Wiwa a new movement began - more violent and a frustrated one that fought both the oil companies and Nigeria for the damages to their environment and allocation of Deltas resources.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GrDAQ4MFcs4/THYiYLPwu-I/AAAAAAAAB10/cCRmNhXgJVQ/s1600/niger-delta-militants.jpg

http://www.unitedijawstates.com/images/2009/04/nigeria-niger-delta-map.jpg

The famous former Groundnut Pyramids - during Nigerias agriculture days Nigeria was the top exporter of Ground nut and palm oil. These groundnut pyramids were once considered for being inducted into the one of the wonders of the world

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FtuG0ZOGjI4/SfZVc-VJbtI/AAAAAAAABAU/_ONu9SrS54k/s400/2665702.jpg

http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/hausa-groundnut-pyramid-pile.jpg

http://thirdplanetfood.com/tidbits/wp-content/uploads/image/peanut1(1).jpg

I thought he was Cameroonian?.... no? :dunno:

Naija/Cameroonian even though he identified as a Nigerian due to being raised there

LOL Naijaborn so u no sabi Fela and Wole be kith and kin before? na wa o
they have rebel blood in their veins lol, they family have always fought against Nigerias 'leaders'. Even Fela's mother slapped the Oba of Lagos or is it Benin because he was not catering to the people - I'm sure that's where Fela got his wildness from:lol:

The groundnut pyramids were such a great sight...
Too bad they are gone now :(
Curse Crude Oil.....:lol:

A parting gift from our former colonial 'fathers':
NIGERIA’S OLD NATIONAL ANTHEM [Adopted 1960]
Nigeria, We Hail Thee!

This anthem was adopted as our official national anthem until 1978 from October 1, 1960 when Nigeria obtained its independence from Great Britain. Lillian Jean Williams, a British expatriate that lived in Nigeria at the time, wrote the words and the music was composed by Frances Berda.

Nigeria we hail thee
Our own dear native land
Though tribe and tongue may differ
In brotherhood we stand
Nigerians all and proud to serve
Our sovereign motherland

Our flag shall be a symbol
That truth and justice reign
In peace or battle honour
And this we count as gain
To pass unto our children
A banner without stain

O God of all creation
Grant this our one request
Help us to build a nation
Where no man is oppressed
And so with peace and plenty
Nigeria may be blessed

http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20071008135944zg/sections/spotlight-focus-on-issues/star-information-nigeria-s-national-anthems-current-and-old/

Nigerias colonial flag

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_British_Colonial_Nigeria.svg/800px-Flag_of_British_Colonial_Nigeria.svg.png

Closet of college coed (Dr Florence Abiola Adeniran, née Martins) showing European-style dress and native costumes.
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Date taken: April 1953
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs258.snc6/180624_10150124458128488_119586108487_7901423_4829857_n.jpg
This one is Soo funny :lol:

Medical student (Dr Florence Abiola Adeniran, née Martins) studying at her desk in dormitory room.
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Date taken: April 1953
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs893.ash1/180112_10150124458158488_119586108487_7901424_92887_n.jpg
''Igi Iwe'' AKA Serious girl....lol

These trumpers heralded the arrival of airplanes in Kano in the early days of air travel in Nigeria.!!! :shocked:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1396.snc4/164888_10150124458248488_119586108487_7901428_3756756_n.jpg
I think that Aeroplane was from Egypt..... At a time When Egypt and Syria were still unified as a single nation in Union...... A blast from the past Indeed :)

Wow first time seeing that flag..

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti - The mother of Fela Kuti and the first female driver in Africa. If you thought Fela was a rebel lol well the apple does not fall too far from the tree, bearing in mind she was a female living in 19th Century Nigeria with very 21st century views...girl power!!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bDcpR_wJ7hk/S4KoJutYtaI/AAAAAAAADJA/a5bZAoF8IjE/s400/funmilayo+kuti2.jpg

Old currency of Nigeria
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_CaRlZksSCRQ/RtbIF7VvnPI/AAAAAAAAAHc/BLNshl9Hy7I/central-bank-of-nigeria-ten-shillings.jpg

Aparting gift from our former colonial 'fathers':
NIGERIA’S OLD NATIONAL ANTHEM [Adopted 1960]
Nigeria, We Hail Thee!

http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20071008135944zg/sections/spotlight-focus-on-issues/star-information-nigeria-s-national-anthems-current-and-old/

Nigerias colonial flag

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_British_Colonial_Nigeria.svg/800px-Flag_of_British_Colonial_Nigeria.svg.png

Do I see Morocco in that Flag???!! :eek: :lol:
:jk:

Good Job @ Sokoto Caliphate :)

Food inspector sir.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bDcpR_wJ7hk/SoJRWgqkOUI/AAAAAAAABg4/5lZQ6Zq77Jc/s400/foo.jpg

Naija/Cameroonian even though he identified as a Nigerian due to being raised there

LOL Naijaborn so u no sabi Fela and Wole be kith and kin before? na wa o
they have rebel blood in their veins lol, they family have always fought against Nigerias 'leaders'. Even Fela's mother slapped the Oba of Lagos or is it Benin because he was not catering to the people - I'm sure that's where Fela got his wildness from:lol:

Whaaat!!!!?
Tell me something!!! :shocked:
JEEZ!!!! :lol:

Africa is primitive? :hahano: think again....
The sculptures of the Kingdom Ile Ife shocked the Europeans at the time that they were said to have found the lost kingdom of ATLANTIS in Western Nigeria :hilarious:

http://www.ligali.org/images/torso_of_a_king.jpg

http://img.thenigerianvoice.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XHRoYXRfdGhlLnBuZ3wyMjB8MS80LzIwMTE=

http://www.ligali.org/images/head_of_obalufon.jpg

Talking drum - invented by the Yoruba people, it makes the craziest and funkiest sounds. It actualy talks in the yoruba language:shifty:........well it does mimic the Yoruba tones hence the name

http://newworlddrumming.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/MEINL+TALKING+DRUM.jpg

http://www.allwestafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/TalkingDrum.jpg

GOSH!!!
Sokoto, Those Ife Terracotas are Majestic!!!! :drool:
I really dont blame the Europeans :lol:

When the artistes introduce that drum in the middle of any performance, the audience instantaneously lose composure.. love it

Omowale Malcolm X visits Nigeria in 1964 - there he was given the name Omowale by the Yoruba people meanining...the child has returned home (R.I.P)

http://www.sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/malcolm-x-in-africa-1964.jpg

Mr Thomopulus, a popular Greek rubber buyer based in Benin City and Sapele in the '20s. He created lots of job opportunities at the time, including rubber tappers, buyers, processors and exporters. He was then the sole financier of that industry. His Rubber factory, Spiropolus, is still in Ugbeyiyi in Sapele.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs025.snc6/165517_10150124458313488_119586108487_7901432_272622_n.jpg

1974. The car in the background is a vauxhaul. L-R, Engr. Martins Izevbizua, Dr. Johnny Uhunmwangho and Mr. Ewean Osadolor, Staff BIU Benin City

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs061.snc6/167103_10150124458433488_119586108487_7901440_188008_n.jpg
Just have a look at their pants :D/ ....lol

The Carter bridge, Lagos
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs796.ash1/168680_10150124458628488_119586108487_7901450_7664765_n.jpg

On MV Aureol July 1957 Chief Obafemi Awolowo is seated center.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs253.snc6/180170_10150124458853488_119586108487_7901458_2336316_n.jpg
Very nice picture :cheers:
I think That was the Western Nigeria parliament{Not too sure though} :)

Selling the Union Jack during Queen Elizabeth II visit to Nigeria in 1956.
Photographer: Carl Mydans
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs272.snc6/180044_10150124458923488_119586108487_7901461_2533527_n.jpg
cheerful......

"Aso Ebi" for Queen Elizabeth II visit to Nigeria in 1956.
Photographer: Carl Mydans
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs276.snc6/180467_10150124458968488_119586108487_7901462_7850017_n.jpg
Na waa O!!
So it has been long that Yorubas' have been doing this ''Aso-Ebi'' thing..... :lol:

Omowale Malcolm X visits Nigeria in 1964 - there he was given the name Omowale by the Yoruba people meanining...the child has returned home (R.I.P)

http://www.sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/malcolm-x-in-africa-1964.jpg

WOW!!
That is one Priceless SH!T Right there .... :)

Nollywood - Nigerian cinema....lol is the first word that comes to mind when I quietly think and cringe of this production. Albeit my ever curious mind dug up the history behind this second biggest industry in the world.

If anybody ever doubted the ingenuity of the Igbos then quickly direct them to Nollywood. After the Biafra war the Biafrans or Igbos were ostracised despite Nigeria wanting them to stay in the forced union. Well if the jobs are not coming your way you might as well create them...thus one of the first Nollywood movie was produced with a digital recorder and a very low budget. Today there is some improvement thankfully to the movies and there appears to be a growing participation of cast from both the West and the North of Nigeria.

Genevieve Nnaji - the biggest star in Nollywood

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/___lfxOzRvDs/TRozu9EGfUI/AAAAAAAABCU/OQr4MEYobN4/s1600/genevievennaji.jpg

http://www.jamati.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/enter-vid-nigerian-2-fl.jpg

http://www.ladybrillemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Figurine.jpg

Waiting for Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Nigeria in 1956.
Photographer: Carl Mydans
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs040.snc6/167022_10150124459053488_119586108487_7901467_8073759_n.jpg
Awwwww, so cute :D

Waiting for Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Nigeria in 1956.
Photographer: Carl Mydans
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs275.snc6/180389_10150124459148488_119586108487_7901472_8016716_n.jpg
:hilarious:

EDNA PARK, MISS NIGERIA AT THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT (MIAMI, 1964)
Twenty-year-old Edna Park was the first Miss Nigeria to represent her country in the Miss Universe pageant, and she impressed all in attendance with her regal bearing and unflappable confidence.

(Photo from Ebony magazine, October 1964)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs749.ash1/164064_10150124466723488_119586108487_7901584_2786733_n.jpg

And here she is again :)
EDNA PARK, MISS NIGERIA AT THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT (MIAMI, 1964)
One of the questions on the forms for the contestant biographies required the contestants to state what they hoped to gain from their participation in the competition. Most of them replied with typically insincere, faux-inspirational pageantry cliches like "To represent my country," "To make friends" and "To travel." Edna Park however, stated in no uncertain terms, " To win the crown."

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs895.ash1/180366_10150124466768488_119586108487_7901585_1157982_n.jpg

And guess what Happened after ,:

EDNA PARK, MISS NIGERIA AT THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT (MIAMI, 1964)
When the names of the finalists were announced, Edna Park was not among them. Ms. Park immediately collapsed in tears and had to be carried off the stage. When she failed to stop crying after two hours, she was administered sedatives by a physician and admitted to the hospital for overnight observation before eventually returning to Nigeria. To her dismay, she found that the incident had earned her much ridicule in the Nigerian press.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs057.snc6/168760_10150124466813488_119586108487_7901586_892558_n.jpg

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
:hilarious:

Nollywood Today there is some improvement thankfully to the movies and there appears to be a growing participation of cast from both the West and the North of Nigeria.


Westerners actually make their own movies in the Yoruba Language, and not in English. That movie poster u have up there ''The Figurine Araromire'' is actually one of these..
The English language movie market however is dominated by the Igbo..

Kannywood - the Northern(Kano) version of er.......let's say Bollywood;) It took a while for the more open South to start employing intimacy and affection in their movies and it will obviously take the more conservative North much much longer probably never:dunno:

As an ommision of love scenes the North has gone the traditional Bollywood route and employed music to highlight their romance lol. The story also differes from Southern plots lol there are no jujus mostly issue of marriage and family and such...not too controversial. The movies are normally conveyed in Hausa.

Ali Nuhu - one of the most popular Kannywood actors...he sometimes features in Nollywood movies also

http://www.myhimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Untitled-Image.jpg

Hauwa Katanga

http://bp1.blogger.com/_TSO9pVBcnnU/R3zqUO-DavI/AAAAAAAAAAU/_S4E-vXLzHU/s320/Hausa_Q1.jpg


P.S. All this wood is starting to grate on my ears:lol:

Do you know Ali Nuhu is Yoruba? :D
@Sokoto.

Wow first time seeing that flag..

and it's very ugly:lol:

Do you know Ali Nuhu is Yoruba? :D
@Sokoto.

and Hauwa Katanga is Fulani so.....? I'm just posting Kannywood actors. To tell you the truth I have never heard he is Yoruba can you give me a link?

And guess what Happened after ,:

EDNA PARK, MISS NIGERIA AT THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT (MIAMI, 1964)
When the names of the finalists were announced, Edna Park was not among them. Ms. Park immediately collapsed in tears and had to be carried off the stage. When she failed to stop crying after two hours, she was administered sedatives by a physician and admitted to the hospital for overnight observation before eventually returning to Nigeria. To her dismay, she found that the incident had earned her much ridicule in the Nigerian press.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs057.snc6/168760_10150124466813488_119586108487_7901586_892558_n.jpg

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
:hilarious:

She was expecting a party at the airport?

:booze::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::pepper::drunk:

and Hauwa Katanga is Fulani so.....? I'm just posting Kannywood actors. To tell you the truth I have never heard he is Yoruba can you give me a link?

A liknk to Ali Nuhu's origins..... really? :lol:
Where in the world do u want me to find that.... ?
Anyways, I think he is one of those Yoruba peeps from Kwara/Kogi or something.

She was expecting a party at the airport?

:booze::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::pepper::drunk:

probably :lol:

Thatching the roof of a house in Igboland circa 1921.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs774.ash1/166432_10150124466838488_119586108487_7901587_4100766_n.jpg
Communism and collective effort is the best :D

Igbo young men circa 1921.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs260.snc6/180805_10150124467008488_119586108487_7901591_377660_n.jpg

An Igbo Girl Wife circa 1921.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs013.snc6/166360_10150124467153488_119586108487_7901596_7289154_n.jpg

A liberated Brazillian Slave from Bahia in Lagos circa 1910
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1375.snc4/164744_10150124467233488_119586108487_7901598_8313622_n.jpg

Bale Sunmonu Apampa (Olubadan of Ibadan 1907-1910) with his "courtiers" circa 1910.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1362.snc4/163464_10150124467358488_119586108487_7901602_4776808_n.jpg

Oba Gbadebo the First (The Alake of Egbaland 1898-1920 ) circa 1910.
Note the Beaded Crowns worn by some of the "Officials".
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs049.snc6/167935_10150124467408488_119586108487_7901604_7373127_n.jpg

Kai!!!
Some of these Pictures are as Ancient as Galilee :D

Thatching the roof of a house in Igboland circa 1921.

Communism and collective effort is the best :D



hehe Communalism?

hehe Communalism?

Oh!! Yeah, Communalism :D

Eyo Masquerade circa 1910.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs060.snc6/169074_10150124467188488_119586108487_7901597_2792502_n.jpg

Bini Chiefs infront of the new Court House in Benin City circa 1911.

Note the absence of the Oba of Benin Ovonramwen Nogbaisi who was in exile in Calabar at this time.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs258.snc6/180629_10150124467318488_119586108487_7901600_4833484_n.jpg

Oba Eshugbayi Eleko (Oba of Lagos 1901-1925 & 1932) and Council circa 1912.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs065.snc6/167548_10150124467333488_119586108487_7901601_3163837_n.jpg

Does someone notice the Foreign looking Antiques in his palace??
Especially that Mirror on the Background palace wall..
Hmmmn, I wonder what that is really there for :D.....Dont say I didn't tell u... :shifty:

Members of the (American) Superet Light Church, Oko Ita branch (at the ordaining of one of their own, Simon Mkpatt) -- In what is the present day Akwa Ibom 1957.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs021.snc6/165146_10150124467513488_119586108487_7901607_2279217_n.jpg

Brothers and Sisters ''In the lord''... lol

The First Family of Nigeria.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs744.ash1/163636_10150124467563488_119586108487_7901608_4742711_n.jpg

Victor Uwaifo (1972)
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John Hannah walks on the campus of University of Nigeria, 1960

President John A. Hannah (third from front) marches in the opening convocation procession of the University of Nigeria at Nsukka in Eastern Nigeria, in 1960. For many years, Michigan State University worked closely with the Nigerian government in the total development of the University of Nigeria in the eastern section of the West African nation. This promising institution was cut short by Civil War in 1967.
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OGUNDE AND HIS WIVES (1969)
Theatre don Chief Hubert Ogunde and eight of his twelve wives in London during a tour of Britain with his Ogunde Dancers group.
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Head of State Yakubu Gowon at his first press Conference as H.O.S., Aug 1 1966.
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Original caption: New Chief of State Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon (C) holding a press conference with other officials.
Yakubu Gowon's maiden press conference as head of State, Aug 1 1966

Sitting L- R: Col Adeyinka Adebayor, Commodore J.E.A. Wey, Lt.Col Yakubu Gowon, Alhaji Kam Salem, Maj. Mobolaji Johnson

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16 Dec 1959, Lagos, Nigeria --- Cheer election results. Lagos, Nigeria: A forest of waving arms is created as a crowd applauds election results posted at the Lagos racetrack during the Nigerian general election. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was reappointed Prime Minister of the Federation of Nigeria, which will achieve independence from Great Britain next Oct. 1st. Abubakar's party, the Northern people's congress, emerged from the election with the largest number of seats in the New House of Representatives. Abubakar said that Nigeria would remain within the British Commonwealth after Oct. 1st, adding that he favored closer ties with Britain and the United States. He expressed hope that the United States would provide economic aid.
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Most of these Kids are probably Grown ass men now..... :)
ca. April 25-27, 1979 Kano, Nigeria --- End of Ramadan Celebrated in Nigeria ---End of Ramadan Celebrated in Nigeria. The faithful leave for the Jihad. Seven centuries ago, Hausas and Peuls fought together to conquer Islam, which has become the official religion of Nigeria. The tradition has gone on since then once a year, at the end of the Ramadan.
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The MV AUREOL, delivered to Apapa.
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Ahmadu Bello Zaria Student Demonstration about 1968...
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THE NIGERIAN-BIAFRAN WAR -CIVIL WAR!

New head of state Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu in Enugu shortly after the declaration of independence and formation of the new state of Biafra, June 10 1967 takes the oath of office.
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Major General Yakubu Gowon at Dodan barracks, stands before a map of Nigeria as he tells reporters at a press conference that the war will be over in 4-8 weeks - Sept 13 1968.
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Federal Nigerian police push back crowds of demonstrators outside the French Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, Sept. 16, 1968 - They were demonstrating against French assistance to Biafra.
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An Army of genocide against the unarmed Igbos, Northern Nigeria, circa 1966.
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Company of Biafran soldiers leave their positions to advance on a Nigerian position 100 yards away during the Aba offensive, Aug. 1968.
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Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu at Nigerian-Biafran peace talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where the Emperor Haile Selassie is chairman of the committte Aug 5 1968.
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Biafran women and children outside White House in an effort to see first lady Lady Bird Johnson Oct 5 1968 about starving countrymen back home in war-torn Biafra.
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Original Caption: An Igbo soldier captured by Nigerian troops near Owerri in Biafra throws up his hands in anguish as his captors tell him he will die as a traitor, Sept. 1968.
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A federal Nigerian soldier holding an anti-tank bazooka is seen covering the end of the Aba-Umuahia road where Biafran troops hold positions, Sept. 21, 1968.
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A Biafran doctor hands out cups containing the daily ration of powdered milk to a line of children at a refugee camp in Anwa, Biafra, Aug. 5, 1968.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe at the Nigerian High Commission Office in London, Aug. 28, 1969, as he urged Biafra to abandon its fight against the federal Nigerian government.
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Reports from Montreal Gazette in September 1967 on the Biafran occupation of the Mid West.
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Original Caption: 1962-Lagos, Nigeria- Parliamentary democracy has another chance in Nigeria, which gained independence from Britain 10/1/1960. The country is divided into 3 distinct regions, all of which gained self-government before Nigeria's independence, and have a large measure of power. Shown here (L-R) are the leaders of the 3 regions: Sir Ahmadu Bello, north Nigerian premier; Chief Abafemi Awolowo, western leader; and Dr. Ndamdi Azikiwe, eastern chief
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amazing ancient city
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Harry potter glasses :)