1. Igbo ladies wearing brass anklets. Circa Early 1900s

2 & 3. Original copy of John Hinde's photo of Milk maids at the back of the N10 note

4 & 5 . Book was designed in honour of Emmanuel Ifeajuna,1st African to win a Commonwealth Gold,he was executed in Enugu,1967

6. Central mosque in Northern Nigeria in the 1900's

7. Cappa & D'Alberto,early construction company in Nigeria,won 1st contract in 1932.Built Queens College,Kingsway Stores

8. Kano central Masjid, built in 1920's or thereabouts

4th picture....Wole Soyinka and his sister, Tinu in 1940

Wole Soyinka receiving the Nobel award for Literature in 1986. Source: YouTube/Wale Micaiah

Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) in the sci-fi action -The Matrix trilogy was born in Ibadan,Oyo State on April 4, 1960

Gowon leaving the meeting hall in Kampala Conf' Ctr July 29, 1975 on hearing of his overthrow

Segun Arinze's album cover (Dreams) under the Premier Music label in 1982

In 1986,J P Clark, Achebe & Soyinka were at Dodan Barracks to plead with IBB to spare Vatsa. Vatsa was still executed

Taiwo Akinkunmi's (Nigerian Flag Designer) original flag design selected as the best out of 2,870 entries in the 1959

Then Alake of Egbaland, Oba Ladapo Ademola II attending the coronation of King George VI of England. London, May 1937

Shell Service Station Station, Hughes Avenue, Lagos in 1955... Now Conoil in Alagomeji, Yaba...


Shell Service Station Station, Hughes Avenue, Lagos in 1955

Then Burkina Faso Head of State,Thomas Sankara visits Fela,Circa 1987,he was assassinated on fela's birthday in 1987

Nojim Maiyegun at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics won Nigeria's 1st Olympic Medal(Bronze).Currently blind & lives in Austria

Balewa on the University of Ibadan Campus in Nov 1963 to install Kenneth Dike(L) as Nigeria's 1st VC. Credit:Golding

Police Court, Lagos. Circa 1910. Credit: Lim Yap

World's 1st black pilot 1916, Ottoman Pilot- İzmirli Alioğlu Ahmed's grandmother is from Borno (in present Nigeria)

4-time Grammy Award Winner,Sade Adu (being carried by her dad-Adebisi Adu)with her mom & brother in Ibadan,Circa 1959

Nnamdi Azikiwe could only converse in Hausa until age 8,when moved to Onitsha & became fluent in Igbo & later Yoruba

Nigerians who raised money for England to buy weapons in WWII were given Kill Hitler Certificates'41,Credit:Bee News'

Oliver De Coque in 1976. He recorded more than 73 albums during his lifetime

Mr.Bellingham traveling in Northern Nigeria, being carried by his servants. Circa 1900s. Source:Auckland Weekly News

An Elegant Nigerian Lady in 1968. Credit: J. D Okhai Ojeikere

The day before Wole Soyinka received the Nobel Prize for Literature,with other 1986 Nobel Laureates

King Duke IX of Calabar,(1895). wore 2 crowns,to show that he was crowned by the British as well as the Efik people.

19-yr old Musician,Victor Uwaifo as a body builder(now a Professor),at Obalende,near St Gregorys College,Lagos 1960

A Nigerian Police man, Sgt. Umaru Zaria in Kaduna in 1959. Credit: Eliot Elisofo

Sa'adu Zungur ,1st Northerner to attend Yaba Higher College,Lagos,Circa mid 1930s,became a poet & political activist

Nigeria has come a long way..
That Nigerian flag, why was the sun removed??
Segun Arinze
Hugo weaving born in Nigeria is the most unbelievable of them all
The first five facts was awesome, as in awesome
Nice job op, this will certainly be flexing on the fp soon

A Village Court in Uyo,1949:A Colonial District Officer presides aided by his interpreter. Source:Bimbola Babarinde

Delegates at a Nigerian constitutional conference in the 1950s in England. Source:Unknown

Before the War: Gowon & Ojukwu sharing a meal at Aburi,Ghana,while Ghana's Head of State Joe Ankrah watches, Jan 1967


Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Great ife

Children in a school at Awgu, Enugu State in 1970

Then Emir of Katsina & entourage admiring Hyde Park Traffic Lights in London on May 1st, 1933. Credit:Getty Images

Awolowo,then Premier of Western Region(arrowed),in the midst of Primary Sch'l pupils in Bomadi(in present Delta) 1952

Traffic on Carter Bridge, Lagos in 1963

Earl of Plymouth (R) visiting then Oba of Benin,Oba Akenzua II in Benin City,circa 1938.

This is King's College, Lagos. It was founded in 1909 under the authority of the British Colonial Government led by Lord Frederick Lugard at that time, and is the first boys-only school in Nigeria.

Major Babangida,Major B Haladu, Captain B Dimka, Captain Y Kure, Major G Duba, Major Bako & Major MJ Vatsa Circa 1969


Igwe Israel Iweka was one of the 1st Nigerian Civil Engineering contractors & built the massive Iweka Road at Onitsha

(L to R)Tanzania,Uganda,Rosalind Balogun(Nigeria's 1st Miss World Contestant)&Ghana at 1967 Miss World Beauty Contest

British West African currency were replaced by the Nigerian Pound in 1958

Prince Archibong II of Calabar, wearing his crown jewels and seated on his throne. Circa 1900s

Lovebirds in 1982, Clarion Chukwura & Shina Peters on the cover of the original track of Owo L’Agba (Money Power)

More to come..

I really enjoyed this throwback images! Thank you OP

Nice..

Awesomeeee!

Chukky86:
(L to R)Tanzania,Uganda,Rosalind Balogun(Nigeria's 1st Miss World Contestant)&Ghana at 1967 Miss World Beauty Contest

British West African currency were replaced by the Nigerian Pound in 1958

Prince Archibong II of Calabar, wearing his crown jewels and seated on his throne. Circa 1900s

Lovebirds in 1982, Clarion Chukwura & Shina Peters on the cover of the original track of Owo L’Agba (Money Power)

why do you always make mistake on this?
Miss Ghana 1967, Martha Vroom is 3rd from left or 2nd from right.
get your facts well!
happy holidays n I'm expecting a Box from you.lol

These are the kind of educative posts I love reading on Nairaland, not Linda Ikeji cooking in her kitchen.

Nice

Chukky86:
1. Igbo ladies wearing brass anklets. Circa Early 1900s

2 & 3. Original copy of John Hinde's photo of Milk maids at the back of the N10 note

4 & 5 . Book was designed in honour of Emmanuel Ifeajuna,1st African to win a Commonwealth Gold,he was executed in Enugu,1967

executed by Ojukwu out of envy