Nigeria News News Nigeria » History: Did You Know? The Fascinating History of Nigeria's Currency
Once upon a time, manilas, beads, salt, and cowries were the major forms of legal tender across cultures. Before the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) came into the picture, our ancestors had their own ...
News Nigeria » History: What Britain Did to Nigeria: A Short History of Conquest and Rule
In this readable history of British colonialism in Nigeria, Siollun traces a broad arc from the first links between British explorers and various West African precolonial states, in the sixteenth ...
News Nigeria » History: Will the study of History help Nigeria?
History is set to return as a subject in Nigeria’s primary and secondary schools. Barring any unforeseen hitches, the reintroduction which was mooted in 2016, will be actualised sometime in 2025.
News Nigeria » History: These organizations are preserving Nigeria's history. Here's how.
Cultural and historical resources have become more accessible in Nigeria following the internet's introduction in the country in the 1990s. Yet, while journalists, researchers and artists can more ...
News Nigeria » History: Nigeria and the Nation-State
Former Ambassador John Campbell illustrates the history and importance of Nigeria, a country too often overlooked by the West. American diplomacy currently fails to recognize the diffuse nature of ...
News Nigeria » History: The Dramatic Story of Nigerian Modernism
Scholar and curator Chika Okeke-Agulu talks about the meaning Nigeria's 1960s art upsurge. Uche Okeke, Fantasy and Masks (ca.1960). © The Prof Uche Okeke Legacy ...
News Nigeria » History: Nigeria football: A proud history, a broken present
The history of Nigerian football pre- and post-colonial is very well documented. In the colonial era, our affiliation was with the English FA, and their records and archives are intact. The Nigerian ...