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Nnamdi Azikiwe

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Chief Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, PC, PhD (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe or Zik, was a Nigerian statesman who served as the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966, holding the presidency throughout the Nigerian First Republic. [1]

128 relations: Abubakar Olorun-Nimbe, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Abuja, Accra, Action Group (Nigeria), African Morning Post, African nationalism, American Anthropological Association, American Ethnological Society, American Political Science Association, American Society of International Law, Anambra State, Anti-Slavery Society, Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton, Awka, Baltimore Afro-American, Biafra, Black pride, British Science Association, British West Africa, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Calabar, Christianity, Chukwuma Azikiwe, Church Mission Society, Clement Attlee, Columbia University, Commonwealth Games, Crown colony, Daily Times of Nigeria, Dante Alighieri, Dar es Salaam, Dennis Osadebay, Dire Straits, Doctor of Philosophy, Dusé Mohamed Ali, Eastern Region, Nigeria, Electoral college, Elizabeth II, Enugu, Enugu State, Ernest Ikoli, Fabian Society, First Nigerian Republic, Flora Azikiwe, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Garveyism, Ghana, Gold Coast (British colony), Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, ..., Hausa language, Herbert Macaulay, Hope Waddell Training Institution, Howard University, Hugh Clifford, I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson, Ibadan, Igbo culture, Igbo language, Igbo people, Indian independence movement, Ivy League, James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, James Wilson Robertson, John Stuart Macpherson, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Kaduna, King's College, Lagos, Kwame Nkrumah, Lagos, Leader of the Opposition, Liberia, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria, List of heads of state of Nigeria, Methodist Boys' High School, Michael Imoudu, Michael Okpara, National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, Nationalism, Niger State, Nigeria, Nigeria Olympic Committee, Nigerian naira, Nigerian nationalism, Nigerian People's Party, Nigerian Youth Movement, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nobility, Northern Nigeria Protectorate, Northern Region, Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo, Onitsha, Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria, Osita Agwuna, Oxford University Press, Pennsylvania, Phi Beta Sigma, Philadelphia Tribune, Premier, President of Nigeria, President of the Senate of Nigeria, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Queen of Nigeria, Reuters, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Economic Society, Samuel Akisanya, Segun Toyin Dawodu, Sekondi-Takoradi, Storer College, Tanzania, The Right Honourable, Tribal chief, Uche Azikiwe, University of Lagos, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Pennsylvania, Warri, Washington, D.C., West African Pilot, West African Students' Union, World Digital Library, World War II, Zikism, Zungeru. Expand index (78 more) »

Abubakar Olorun-Nimbe

Abubakar Ibiyinka Olorun-Nimbe (1908–1975) was a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who was the first Mayor of Lagos.

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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, KBE (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician, and the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria.

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Abuja

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria located in the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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Accra

Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, covering an area of with an estimated urban population of 2.27 million.

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Action Group (Nigeria)

The Action Group (AG) was a Nigerian political party established in Ibadan on March 21, 1951, by Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

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African Morning Post

The African Morning Post was a daily newspaper in Accra, Gold Coast, published by City Press Ltd.

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African nationalism

African nationalism is an umbrella term which refers to a group of political ideologies, mainly within Sub-Saharan Africa, which are based on the idea of national self-determination and the creation of nation states.

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American Anthropological Association

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is an organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology.

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American Ethnological Society

The American Ethnological Society (AES) is the oldest professional anthropological association in the United States.

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American Political Science Association

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is a professional association of political science students and scholars in the United States.

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American Society of International Law

The American Society of International Law (ASIL), founded in 1906, was chartered by the United States Congress in 1950 to foster the study of international law, and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the basis of law and justice.

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Anambra State

Anambra is a state in southeastern Nigeria.

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Anti-Slavery Society

The Anti-Slavery Society was the everyday name of two different British organisations.

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Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton

Arthur Frederick Richards, 1st Baron Milverton (21 February 1885 – 27 October 1978), was a British colonial administrator who over his career served as Governor of North Borneo, Gambia, Fiji, Jamaica, and Nigeria.

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Awka

Awka is the capital of Anambra State, Nigeria with an estimated population of 301,657 Nigerian census.

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Baltimore Afro-American

The Baltimore Afro-American, commonly known as The Afro, is a weekly newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Biafra

Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in West Africa which existed from 30 May 1967 to January 1970; it was made up of the states in the Eastern Region of Nigeria.

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Black pride

Black pride is a movement in response to dominant white cultures and ideologies that encourages black people to celebrate black culture and embrace their African heritage.

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British Science Association

The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science.

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British West Africa

British West Africa was the collective name for British colonies in West Africa during the colonial period, either in the general geographical sense or the formal colonial administrative entity.

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C. Odumegwu Ojukwu

Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933 – 26 November 2011) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966 and the leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970.

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Calabar

Calabar (also referred to as "Canaan City") is a city in Cross River State, in south southern Nigeria.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Chukwuma Azikiwe

Chief Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe (February 1940 – 10 May 2015) was a Nigerian diplomat and political figure.

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Church Mission Society

The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly in Britain and currently in Australia and New Zealand known as the Church Missionary Society, is a mission society working with the Anglican Communion and Protestant Christians around the world.

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Clement Attlee

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British statesman of the Labour Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Crown colony

Crown colony, dependent territory and royal colony are terms used to describe the administration of United Kingdom overseas territories that are controlled by the British Government.

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Daily Times of Nigeria

The Dailytimes Nigeria is a newspaper with headquarters in Lagos.

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Dante Alighieri

Durante degli Alighieri, commonly known as Dante Alighieri or simply Dante (c. 1265 – 1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages.

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Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam (Dar) (from دار السلام, "the house of peace"; formerly Mzizima) is the former capital as well as the most populous city in Tanzania and a regionally important economic centre.

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Dennis Osadebay

Dennis Chukude Osadebay (29 June 1911—26 December 1994) was a Nigerian politician, poet, journalist and former premier of the now defunct Mid-Western Region of Nigeria, which now comprises Edo and Delta State.

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Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or Ph.D.; Latin Philosophiae doctor) is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most countries.

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Dusé Mohamed Ali

Dusé Mohamed Ali (Bey Effendi) (21 November 1866 – 25 June 1945) (دوسي محمد علي) was a Sudanese-Egyptian actor and political activist, who became known for his African nationalism.

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Eastern Region, Nigeria

The Eastern Region was an administrative region in Nigeria, dating back originally from the division of the colony Southern Nigeria in 1954.

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Electoral college

An electoral college is a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to a particular office.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Enugu

Enugu is the capital of Enugu State in Nigeria.

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Enugu State

Enugu, usually referred to as Enugu State to distinguish it from the city of Enugu, is a state in southeastern Nigeria, created in 1991 from part of the old Anambra State.

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Ernest Ikoli

Ernest Sissei Ikoli (1893–1960) was a Nigerian politician, nationalist and pioneering journalist.

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Fabian Society

The Fabian Society is a British socialist organization whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rather than by revolutionary overthrow.

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First Nigerian Republic

The First Republic was the republican government of Nigeria between 1963 and 1966 governed by the first republican constitution.

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Flora Azikiwe

Flora Ogbenyeanu Ogoegbunam Azikiwe (7 August 1917 – August 1983) was the first wife of Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first President of Nigeria.

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Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, MON (25 October 1900 – 13 April 1978), otherwise known as Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti, was a teacher, political campaigner, women's rights activist and traditional aristocrat in Nigeria.

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Garveyism

Garveyism is an aspect of black nationalism that refers to the economic, and political policies of UNIA-ACL founder Marcus Garvey.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.

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Gold Coast (British colony)

The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957.

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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States.

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Hausa language

Hausa (Yaren Hausa or Harshen Hausa) is the Chadic language (a branch of the Afroasiatic language family) with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by some 27 million people, and as a second language by another 20 million.

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Herbert Macaulay

Olayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay (14 November 1864 – 7 May 1946) was a Nigerian nationalist, politician, engineer, architect, journalist, and musician and is considered by many Nigerians as the founder of Nigerian nationalism.

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Hope Waddell Training Institution

The Hope Waddell Training Institution (HWTI) is a school in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria founded by missionaries from the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1895.

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Howard University

Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with higher research activity and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

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Hugh Clifford

Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, (5 March 1866 – 18 December 1941) was a British colonial administrator.

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I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson

Isaac Theophilus Akunna Wallace-Johnson (1894 – 10 May 1965) was a Sierra Leonean and British West African workers' leader, journalist, activist and politician.

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Ibadan

Ibadan is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Igbo culture

Igbo culture are the customs, practices and traditions of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria.

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Igbo language

Igbo (Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh), is the principal native language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria.

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Igbo people

The Igbo people (also Ibo," formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern Nigeria.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian independence movement encompassed activities and ideas aiming to end the East India Company rule (1757–1857) and the British Indian Empire (1857–1947) in the Indian subcontinent.

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Ivy League

The Ivy League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private universities in the Northeastern United States.

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James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey

James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey (October 18, 1875 – July 30, 1927) was an intellectual, missionary, and teacher.

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James Wilson Robertson

Sir James Wilson Robertson (27 October 1899 – 23 September 1983) was the last British Governor-General of Nigeria.

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John Stuart Macpherson

Sir John (Stuart) Macpherson, GCMG (25 August 1898 – 5 November 1971) was a British colonial administrator who served as the Governor-General of Nigeria from 1948 to 1955.

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Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi

Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (3 March 1924 – 29 July 1966) was a senior Nigerian military officer and the first Nigerian Military Head of State.

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Kaduna

Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River, is a trade centre and a major transportation hub for the surrounding agricultural areas with its rail and road junction.

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King's College, Lagos

King's College, Lagos is a secondary school in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah PC (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician and revolutionary.

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Lagos

Lagos is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos.

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Leader of the Opposition

The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)

Lincoln University (LU) is the United States' first degree-granting historically black university.

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List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria

This page contains a list of Governors and Governors-General of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, and later of the Federation of Nigeria; both as a British overseas possession and an independent monarchy.

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List of heads of state of Nigeria

This is a list of the heads of state of Nigeria, from independence in 1960 to the present day.

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Methodist Boys' High School

Methodist Boys High School, Lagos (MBHS Lagos) is a secondary school for boys located in Victoria Island, Lagos.

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Michael Imoudu

Michael Athokhamien Imoudu was a Nigerian labour union leader.

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Michael Okpara

Michael Iheonukara Okpara (25 December 1920 – 17 December 1984) was a political leader and Premier of Eastern Nigeria during the First Republic, from 1959 to 1966.

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National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons

The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), was a Nigerian political party from 1944 to 1966, during the period leading up to independence and immediately following independence.

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Nationalism

Nationalism is a political, social, and economic system characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining sovereignty (self-governance) over the homeland.

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Niger State

Niger or Niger State is a state in Central Nigeria and the largest state in the country.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Nigeria Olympic Committee

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is the National Olympic Committee for Nigeria, responsible for co-ordinating and supporting Nigerian competitors in the Olympic Games.

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Nigerian naira

The naira (sign: ₦; code: NGN) is the currency of Nigeria.

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Nigerian nationalism

Nigerian nationalism asserts that Nigerians are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Nigerians.

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Nigerian People's Party

The Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP) was one of the major political parties that contested elections in the Nigerian Second Republic.

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Nigerian Youth Movement

The Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) was Nigeria's first genuine nationalist organization, founded in Lagos in 1933 with Professor Eyo Ita as the founding father and many others including Samuel Akisanya.

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Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport is an international airport serving Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.

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Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium

Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Enugu, Nigeria.

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Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka is a Federal university in Nigeria.

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Nobility

Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.

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Northern Nigeria Protectorate

Northern Nigeria was a British protectorate which lasted from 1900 until 1914 and covered the northern part of what is now Nigeria.

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Northern Region, Nigeria

Northern Nigeria was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures.

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Obafemi Awolowo

Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo, GCFR (6 March 1909 – 9 May 1987), was a Nigerian nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement, the First and Second Republics and the Civil War.

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Onitsha

Onitsha (or just Ọ̀nị̀chà) is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Nigeria's Anambra State.

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Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria

Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of Nigeria every year.

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Osita Agwuna

Osita Agwuna (December 22, 1921 - 2007) was a Nigerian activist who was deputy president of the Zikist Movement in 1947.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Phi Beta Sigma

Phi Beta Sigma (ΦΒΣ) is a social/service collegiate and professional fraternity founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students with nine other Howard students as charter members.

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Philadelphia Tribune

The Philadelphia Tribune is the oldest continuously published African-American newspaper in the United States.

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Premier

Premier is a title for the head of government in some countries, states and sub-national governments.

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President of Nigeria

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of the national executive of Nigeria.

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President of the Senate of Nigeria

The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate of Nigeria, elected by its membership.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Queen of Nigeria

From 1960 to 1963, Elizabeth II was Queen of Nigeria: Nigeria was an independent constitutional monarchy.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) is a long-established anthropological organisation, with a global membership.

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Royal Economic Society

The Royal Economic Society (RES) is a professional association that promotes the study of economic science in academia, government service, banking, industry, and public affairs.

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Samuel Akisanya

Samuel Akisanya, (1 August 1898 – 1985) was a Nigerian trade unionist and nationalist based in Lagos, Nigeria during the colonial era, one of the founders of the Nigerian Youth Movement.

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Segun Toyin Dawodu

Segun Toyin Dawodu (born October 13, 1960 in Nigeria) is currently an Attending Interventional Physiatrist with the WellSpan Health, and was previously an Associate Professor of Pain Medicine at Albany Medical College.

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Sekondi-Takoradi

Sekondi-Takoradi, a city comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi, is the capital of Sekondi – Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western Region of Ghana.

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Storer College

Storer College was a historically black college located in Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a sovereign state in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (The Rt Hon. or Rt Hon.) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and to certain collective bodies in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, India, some other Commonwealth realms, the Anglophone Caribbean, Mauritius, and occasionally elsewhere.

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Tribal chief

A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.

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Uche Azikiwe

Uche Ewah Azikiwe, (born 4th, February 1947) is a Nigerian academic, educator and author.

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University of Lagos

The University of Lagos – popularly known as Unilag – is a federal government research university in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.

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University of Nigeria, Nsukka

The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.

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Warri

The city of Warri is an oil hub in South-South Nigeria and houses an annex of the Delta State Government House.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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West African Pilot

The West African Pilot was a newspaper launched in Nigeria by Nnamdi Azikiwe ("Zik") in 1937, dedicated to fighting for independence from British colonial rule.

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West African Students' Union

The West African Students' Union (WASU), founded in London in 1925 and active into the 1960s,, The WASU Project.

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World Digital Library

The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zikism

Zikism is the system of political thought attributed to Nnamdi Azikiwe, one of the founding fathers of modern Nigeria and the first democratically elected President of Nigeria.

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Zungeru

Zungeru is a town in Niger State, Nigeria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnamdi_Azikiwe

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