Nigeria made Olympic football history by becoming the first African and non-European and South American team to win the gold medal.

Atlanta '96
August 3rd 1996 was a day alot of Nigerians will never forget. It was the day that enemies became friends, drinks were freely given, landlords forgot their rent money, bank MD's embraced their drivers, Monarchs kissed their boy-in-waiting, police and thieves shook hands. It was a day a nation jubilated and celebrated like never seen before in our history. Every Nigerian felt like a winner. The under-23 soccer team, led by Kanu Nwankwu put Nigeria in the world map by winning and making us the first African country to win the gold medal in a football event at the olympics

AGBANI DAREGO

The first African black miss world

Agbani won the title of Miss World 2001 pageant held in South Africa. This made her the first-ever black African winner of the title. The show was hosted by US talk show host Jerry Springer, and Agbani Darego's victory was widely hailed in Nigeria as a welcome bit of good news. Nigeria was just getting out of an extended stretch of military dictatorships, the economy was largely in the dumps, and people were eager for some good news. The surprise win gave fresh impetus to the beauty pageant industry in the country, and vindicated the optimistic prediction of the organizer of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria competition, who had said that his aim in starting the competition more than 10 years earlier was to produce a Nigerian winner of either Miss World pageant or Miss Universe.

Agbani Darego becoming Miss World
On Novenber 16 2001, a nineteen year old girl single handedly put Nigeria on the world map by winning the 2001 Miss World pageant in South Africa, beating 92 other girls and setting a world record as the first black African Miss World. It was a day Nigerians openly celebrated and every one felt proud to call themselves Nigerians

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Wole Soyinka - first African-born Nobel Prize winner

First African writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Also known for being in exile from the Nigerian government under Abacha. When Abacha was gone, and Abubakar took over, Wole Soyinka finally came home for a visit towards the latter part of October 1998, and many are hoping he will return permanently

pultizer prize


Award winning photo, this image was shown worldwide by every media house around the world. Barcelona '92 Olympics. 4 by 100m relay final. The Nigerian quartet was made up of Faith Idehen,Beatrice Utondu,Christy Opara-Thompson and Mary Onyali. Nobody gave our girls a chance. USA won. Nigeria took the bronze medal(our first medal ever by women in track&field) and these girls went wild with jubilation that captivated the world. They didn't kno where they were comin' from, God bless Nigeria.
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This IOC 'Celebrate Humanity' ad captures one on the iconic moments of the Barcelona Olympics- the celebration of the Nigerians women's quarter who even though won a "mere" bronze, celebrated as if they had won the gold!

Chinua Achebe and things fall apart

Achebe has been called "the father of modern African writing"

It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first African novels written in English to receive global critical which is the most widely read book in modern African literate

hes the first  African to win  the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, an Honorary Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1982), a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002),[184] , the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.[185]. The Man Booker International Prize 2007and The 2010 Dorothy and

Achebe is the recipient of over 30 honorary degrees from universities in England, Scotland, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria and the United States, including Dartmouth College, Harvard, and Brown University. the Nigerian National Order of Merit (Nigeria's highest honour for academic work)

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Fela Kuti

most successful African musician

Fela! was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical for Bill T. Jones, Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Sahr Ngaujah, and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Lillias White

chimamanda adichie

the first african woman to win Orange Prize for Fiction (2004) and was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (2005).

The winner of 1994 African Cup of Nations was the 19th edition of the African Cup of Nations,

The 1994, the 19th edition of the African Cup of Nations was hosted by Tunisia. On April 10th, the finals was played between Nigeria and Zambia. Nigeria won 2-1. Nigeria went crazy. We celebrated like we had never done befoe. It was a day that brought us closer as a people. A day that made us forget our problems. A day that every Nigerian can say that they were trully happy.

Oluchi the first winner of Nokia face of Africa and the most Successful winner

dangote aliko

With an estimated current net worth of around US$ 13.8 billion, he was ranked by Forbes 2010 as one of the richest Nigerian citizens[4] and richest person of African descent in the world toppling Mohammed Al Amoudi ($12.3 billion) and Oprah Winfrey ($2.7 billion.)[5]

big brother africa

Nigeria has won Big brother Africa 3 times in a row

kevin chuwang pam 2009

Uti Nwachukwu 2010

Karen Igho 2011

David Oyedepo

Oyedepo has been seen as one of pioneers of the Christian charismatic movement in Africa and has been referred to as one of the most powerful preachers in Nigeria.[4] He was named in 2011 by Forbes magazine as being the richest pastor in Nigeria and Africa, worth around $150 million[5].

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In April 2006, Nigeria became the first African country to fully pay off its debt (estimated $30 billion)
Nigeria settles Paris Club debt

Despite great oil wealth, Nigeria is one of the world's poorest nations
Nigeria has paid off its multi- billion dollar Paris Club debt, becoming the first African nation to settle with its official lenders.
The move may clear the way for greater government spending on infrastructure, healthcare and education, and is hoped will prompt greater foreign investment.

Nigeria has undertaken a programme of economic reforms and the oil exporter has been helped by record crude prices.

The Paris Club is a group of 19 lenders including the UK, Russia, and Germany.

"The central bank has converted the currencies in advance so it's procedural now," Mansur Muhtar, director general of Nigeria's Debt Management Office, told Reuters.

Phillip Emeagwali

Philip Emeagwali (born in 1954) is a Nigerian -born engineer and computer scientist/geologist who was one of two winners of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, a prize from the IEEE, for his use of a Connection Machine supercomputer to help analyze petroleum fields.

Emeagwali was voted the "35th-greatest African (and greatest African scientist) of all time" in a survey by New African magazine.[10] His achievements were quoted in a speech by Bill Clinton as an example of what Nigerians could achieve when given the opportunity.[11] He is also a frequent feature of Black History Month articles in the popular press.[12][13]

How did Oyedepo get on this list?!

Secondly, isnt this supposed to be about Nigerias golden moments and not Nigerias richest people,

onila:

pultizer prize


Award winning photo, this image was shown worldwide by every media house around the world. Barcelona '92 Olympics. 4 by 100m relay final. The Nigerian quartet was made up of Faith Idehen,Beatrice Utondu,Christy Opara-Thompson and Mary Onyali. Nobody gave our girls a chance. USA won. Nigeria took the bronze medal(our first medal ever by women in track&field) and these girls went wild with jubilation that captivated the world. They didn't kno where they were comin' from, God bless Nigeria.

I can never forget this scene and these heroines.

This IOC 'Celebrate Humanity' ad captures one on the iconic moments of the Barcelona Olympics- the celebration of the Nigerians women's quarter who even though won a "mere" bronze, celebrated as if they had won the gold!

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Tears still flood my eyes when I remember that day or see this picture.

Classic!

Another iconic scene at Barcelona that year (though not involving Nigeria, unless the guy is somehow of Nigerian descent), is that of Derek Redmond who despite a hamstring injury completed his race with the help of his dad who came down from the stands to walk him to the finish line. In Interestingly, Sunday Bada of Nigeria featured in that same race.

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Great thread Onila!

johnie:

I can never forget this scene and these heroines.

This IOC 'Celebrate Humanity' ad captures one on the iconic moments of the Barcelona Olympics- the celebration of the Nigerians women's quarter who even though won a "mere" bronze, celebrated as if they had won the gold!

[flash=600,600]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RrQaZM3zys[/flash]

Tears still flood my eyes when I remember that day or see this picture.

Classic!

Another iconic scene at Barcelona that year (though not involving Nigeria, unless the guy is somehow of Nigerian descent), is that of Derek Redmond who despite a hamstring injury completed his race with the help of his dad who came down from the stands to walk him to the finish line. In Interestingly, Sunday Bada of Nigeria featured in that same race.

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thanks for the video

Okija_juju:

How did Oyedepo get on this list?!

Secondly, isnt this supposed to be about Nigerias golden moments and not Nigerias richest people,

its also one of  Nigerians golden moments. when it was announced dangote and oyedapo were the richest people in Africa I could remember how Nigerians on facebook and twitter were so happy about the news especially abt dangote being the richest black man in the world

will def be back with my list

Tuface mobo awards and MTV Africa awards-the first African to win the best African act @ the MTV EUROPE AWARDS

onila:


its also one of Nigerians golden moments. when it was announced dangote and oyedapo were the richest people in Africa I could remember how Nigerians on facebook and twitter were so happy about the news especially abt dangote being the richest black man in the world

Im sorry but your thread will lose credibility once you start featuring the achievments of crooks and thieves on it. So keep your thread on track cos I was enjoyinging it until you started to deviate from real achievments.

^^^

Second that.

abacha

Abacha died while in the company of two Indian prostitutes. Though the official cause of his death was a heart attack, according to a widely held belief amongst Nigerians and Western diplomats he overdosed on Viagra or Burantashi, on June 8th, 1998. Almost every Nigerian can remember where they were when they heard the 'happy' news. Market women went into the streets singing and dancing. Nigerians were happy to hear of his death. There was even a story that went around at the time that armed-robbers didn't operate for a while in celebration of the death of Nigeria's most hated leader of all time.

Beijing Olympic 2008 -Nigeria Olympic Football Team Silver Medal

Nigeria thrash Belgium to reach Olympic football final

Nigeria reached the Olympic football final with a 4-1 victory over Belgium, getting goals from Emmanuel Ekpo, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Olubayo Adefemi and Chinedi Ogbuke Obasi.

The once 1996 Atlanta Olympic champions -the first African country to win the gold @ olympics and the first to reach the finals @ the 2008 olympics

@ OP
Why are you representing the poisoning of our serving head of state as a Golden Moment.

Do you realise that had Abacha lived our country would have progressed?

Ileke-IdI:

will def be back with my list

Pls don't flood this thread with your trashy list. Like you did the other time.

@Onila Nwanne

Well done.

Pls endeavour to keep Pastors off this thread.

afam4eva:

Pls don't flood this thread with your trashy list. Like you did the other time.

@Onila Nwanne

Well done.

Pls endeavour to keep Pastors off this thread.

Why were they trashy? Because most of the Golden moments were Yorubas or of Yoruba heritage?

Dont be foolish now.

I will be back with my list.

GenBuhari:

@ OP
Why are you representing the poisoning of our serving head of state as a Golden Moment.

Do you realise that had Abacha lived our country would have progressed?

because people jumped her for mentioning a pastor.

onila:

- Nigeria is the first and ONLY black country to manufacture motor vehicles including cars, buses, trucks, and suvs:

http://innosonivm.com/en/index.asp

Remove that mutherfuvcker out of the list.

GenBuhari:

@ OP
Why are you representing the poisoning of our serving head of state as a Golden Moment.

Do you realise that had Abacha lived our country would have progressed?

And you stfu.

^
Abacha's government achieved more than Obasanjo and Yara'Dua 's government combined

There has been a lot of misinformation to mislead Nigeians about who the real enemies of the country are.

It is a matter of public record that

Abacha reduced inflation from 54% to below 9%
Abacha never devalued the Naira
He set up the PTF to improve infrastructure