President Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe





Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe sworn in as first President of Nigeria on October 1st 1963 at the Race Course in Lagos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPgbteWcBCY

Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Justice (Sir) Adetokunboh Ademola (Chief Justice of Nigeria), with his father, Oba (Sir) Ladapo Samuel Ademola (Alake of Egba Land)

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Sir Ahmadu Bello

(L-R) Otunba T.O.S Benson (Information minister), President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (President of the US), Alhaji (Sir) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Prime Minister of Nigeria), Dr Moses Majekodunmi (Minister of Health) & Alhaji Shehu Shagari (Minister of Internal Affairs).

Phone conversation between Prime Minister (Sir) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and President John F. Kennedy.

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-211-003.aspx#.T16zClJnoBU.facebook

@ naptu2

thanks for sharing these

Mustay: Nice collections. Some of us need to go back to the past so we know where we are coming from. May they read and learn before writing carelessly.

Thanks very much.

First break of the day.

Tis beautiful. Thanks for sharing these wonderful catalogue with us. The pictures made it fun to go through and that's the first time am actually reading such long article on nl

Thanks for making the 52nd Anniversary worth celebrating.. At least with this brief historical knowledge..

52 years of corruption , 9ja I hail thee

Good job.

Just wish d whites can come back again

very informative,do u have more info abt other regions not just lagos?balewa was really spartan and simple,so sad nigeria always destroys the good

Patriotic Job.
Happy Birthday Nigeria, Bless Nigeria And Nigerians.

ebamma: all this epistle for this kind early morning,joblessness no good oh

and i thought i had seen it all,is it possible that a person can be so dumb,you my friend,take the crown of king of fools.

naptu2: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Kids



Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa took his only annual leave in 1963, which he decided to spend in his village. A British photojournalist came down to Lagos to interview the Prime Minister, but was told that the P.M was on vacation. He asked to which country, but was shocked to hear that the P.M was in his village. On getting to the village, there was no evidence or paraphernalia to show that a “big man” was there; everyone was busy with their chores. He met a farmer with his donkey, carrying bales of sugarcane for the P.M’s home and he was utterly speechless when the farmer said, “I just left him. You will see him sitting on the floor with his kids, eating the sugarcane that I just gave them”. He met them like that and took this picture.

imagine!!
more than humble

ehie: very informative,do u have more info abt other regions not just lagos?balewa was really spartan and simple,so sad nigeria always destroys the good

exactly! He just concentrated mainly on the history of Lagos.Eremosele's history was more about his love life.it looked like a romantic story.

@naptu could you please kindly list from the past to the present Obas of Lagos? Nice pix though.

minudus: Thanks for making the 52nd Anniversary worth celebrating.. At least with this brief historical knowledge..

yes o, at least looking at this pictures I feel there is still hope for this our country, Nigeria is our home, we don't have another home. It has'nt been all that bad, let's still see the positive in this country.

ebamma: all this epistle for this kind early morning,joblessness no good oh

it's either u are just a kid who does not appreciate knowledge or a cyber-fraudster i.e yahoo-yahoo.

Wow. You all just rekindled my diminishing love for my country Nigeria. Happy independence great people of 9ja.

Aussie:
it's either u are just a kid who does not appreciate knowledge or a cyber-fraudster i.e yahoo-yahoo.

You got it right. But my friend, just feel sorry for the guy's parents for all the money wasted in educatin him

Very interesting!!! I wish we could have the history of Nigeria in pix like this too.

So, bitter rivalry among opponents is not a new thing in Nigeria's politics? I have learnt a lot, men

Great job NAPTU2

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa took his only annual leave in 1963, which he decided to spend in his village. A British photojournalist came down to Lagos to interview the Prime Minister, but was told that the P.M was on vacation. He asked to which country, but was shocked to hear that the P.M was in his village. On getting to the village, there was no evidence or paraphernalia to show that a “big man” was there; everyone was busy with their chores. He met a farmer with his donkey, carrying bales of sugarcane for the P.M’s home and he was utterly speechless when the farmer said, “I just left him. You will see him sitting on the floor with his kids, eating the sugarcane that I just gave them”. He met them like that and took this picture.

Can we still get a leader like dis my people nija go beta ooo if we can clean our homes and go back to family values

ebamma: all this epistle for this kind early morning,joblessness no good oh

you are stupid

Nice one

Great job naptu2.it good when you read about those people who had gave it all to make Nigeria better.
Just look at tafawa balewa spend his only annual leave of the year in his village.....how I wish our leader follow footsteps of some of our past leader!

naptu2: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Kids



Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa took his only annual leave in 1963, which he decided to spend in his village. A British photojournalist came down to Lagos to interview the Prime Minister, but was told that the P.M was on vacation. He asked to which country, but was shocked to hear that the P.M was in his village. On getting to the village, there was no evidence or paraphernalia to show that a “big man” was there; everyone was busy with their chores. He met a farmer with his donkey, carrying bales of sugarcane for the P.M’s home and he was utterly speechless when the farmer said, “I just left him. You will see him sitting on the floor with his kids, eating the sugarcane that I just gave them”. He met them like that and took this picture.

Can we still get a leader like dis my people nija go beta ooo if we can clean our homes and go back to family values