HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT NIGERIA (PART 2)

1.      1922 – FIRST POLITICAL PARTY IN NIGERIA (NNPP) ESTABLISHED BY HERBERT MACAULAY

2.      1925 – FIRST AEROPLANE IN NIGERIA LANDED AT KANO

3.      1958 – CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ESTABLISHED

4.      1958 – THE NIGERIA FLAG DESIGNED BY TAIWO AKINWUNMI

5.      1960 – NIGERIA BECAME INDEPENDENT

6.      1963 – NIGERIA BECAME A REPUBLIC

7.      1972 – NIGERIA CHANGED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT HAND DRIVE

8.      1973 – NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (NYSC) ESTABLISHED

9.      1973 – NIGERIA CHANGED TO THE USE OF NAIRA AND KOBO

10.  1988 – NIGERIA CHANGED HER POLICE UNIFORM TO BLACK

11.  1991 – FEDERAL CAPITAL MOVED FROM LAGOS TO ABUJA

12.  JUNE 12, 1993 – NATIONAL ELECTION BETWEEN ABIOLA AND TOFA

13.  JUNE 23, 1993 – THE ELECTION WAS ANNULLED BY BABANGIDA

14.  JUNE 11, 1994 – M.K.O. ABIOLA DECLARED HIMSELF PRESIDENT

15.  JUNE 23, 1994 – M.K.O. ABIOLA WAS ARRESTED AND DETAINED

16.  SEPT 1, 1994 – NIGERIA’S FIRST INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION, RAYPOWER FM COMMENCED BROADCASTING

17.  JUNE 4, 1996 – KUDIRAT ABIOLA WAS KILLED BY ASSASINS

18.  JUNE 8, 1998 – GENERAL SANNI ABACHA DIED

19.  JULY  7, 1998 – M.K.O. ABIOLA DIED IN DETENTION

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