Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi
Died: 1996 AD, at 91 years of age.
Nationality: Nigerian
Categories: Presidents
1904 - Azikiwe was born in Zungeru, Nigeria on the 16th of November.
1930 - Attended Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia but he transferred and graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
1934 - Founded the newspaper "The African Morning Post".
1946 - He is the co-founder and president of National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons.
1954-1959 - Became the first Premier of Eastern Nigeria.
1960-1963 - He was the last Governor-General of Nigeria.
1963-1966 - Became the first and only ceremonial President of Nigeria. He was overthrown by a military coup on January 15, 1966.
1967-1970 - He was appointed as spokesman for the nascent republic and an adviser to its leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
1972-1976 - He became the Chancellor of Lagos University.
1978 - Became a member of the Nigerian People's Party.
1996 - He died at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu on the 11th of May.
Related Books
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What is right not who is right: Being text of "satellite" interview by Nnamdi Azikiwe (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1981) |
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Zik of new Africa by Vincent Chukwunyelu Ikeotuonye (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1961) |
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Respect for human dignity by Nnamdi Azikiwe (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1966) |
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Zik: The last campaigns by Godson Offoaro (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1994) |
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Matchless past performance: My reply to Chief Awolowo's challenge by Nnamdi Azikiwe (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1979) |
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A letter to Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe: A dissent remembered by Mokwugo Okoye (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1979) |
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