FIRST MUSEUM: This dictinction goes to Esie
museum, Kwara State. It was established in 1945
during colonial rule. It houses thousands of
soapstones and tombstones. Though the ages of the
soapstone have not been scientifically determined,
some locals believe that they are as old as creation. A festival is usually held every April at the museum.

FIRST ASYLUM was established in the city of Calabar
in 1904. It was essentially to house the mentally
challenged as there were no qualified psychiatrists.
Shortly afterwards, in 1907, Yaba Asylum came into
existence. These two are now full-fledged psychiatric hospitals.

FIRST PSYCHIATIC HOSPITAL was Aro Mental Hospital in Abeokuta. It was established by the colonial government in 1954. It is now called Aro
Neuropsychiatric Hospital.

FIRST MEDICAL HOSPITAL: Sacred Heart Hospital,
Lantoro, Abeokuta was established in 1895 by
Catholic Missionaries. Till date, the Catholic Church
still owns it.

FIRST PLANE CRASH happened in Ikogosi (famed for
its cold and warm spring) in 1942. It was a World War II plane carrying arms and ammunitions. It crashed into one of the surrounding hills of the town. It relics still lies there till date and there are talks of turning the place to a tourist site.

FIRST REFINERY was established in 1965 in Eleme,
near Port-Harcourt. It began with a capacity of 38,
000 barrels per day, which was increased to 60,000
after the Civil War. Now, it is comatose just like the
other 3 refineries in Nigeria.

FISRT INSURANCE COMPANY: The history of
Insurance began with the establishment of Royal
Exchange Assurance Agency in 1921. It was a foreign- owned company. In 1958 the first indigenous insurance company, African Insurance Company Ltd commenced operations.

FISRT BANK: The eponymous bank, First Bank Nigeria Plc began operations in Nigeria in 1894 as Bank of British West Africa. After several changes in name, it adopted its present name in 1979.

FIRST PLANE LANDING: No, it was not in Lagos! It
happened in Kano on a horse race course in 1925.
The plane was from Khartoum. During an intense
confrontation between residents and colonial
government personnel, the commanding officer of
the base in Khartoum was told to fly in and report onthe situation.

FIRST SATELLITE (NigeriaSat-1) was launched into
space on September 2003 by a Kosmos-3M rocket
from Russian Plesetsk spaceport. It was built by
Surrey Space Technology Limited (a UK firm) and cost Nigeria $30 million.

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Yes we are. The first country whose democratically elected president has no certificate.

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What about:

First embezzled fund
First police officer to collect bribe
First time Nepa took the light
First person to soak garri
First person to shout "UP NEPA!"
First boko haram bomb blast
First maga to pay online
First fake product
First lasma officer
First pirated cd
First fart

Etc

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