NaijaAbsolute: Historical Facts About Nigeria (PART 1)

Here are some very interesting facts about Nigeria.

1. 1000AD – FIRST ISLAMIC SCHOOL STARTED IN BORNO

2. 1450 – ARABIC SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED IN SOKOTO, KANO AND KADUNA

3. 1472 – BENIN KINGDOM ESTABLISHED BY PORTUGUESE

4. 1500 – ISLAMIC RELIGION STARTED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

5. 1777 – SOCIETY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVE TRADE ESTABLISHED

6. 1802 – FULANI JIHAD WAS LAUNCHED UNDER USMAN DAN FODIO

    7.      1805 - USMAN DAN FODIO CONQUERED BORNO

8.      1841 – METHODIST CHURCH ESTABLISHED AT BADAGRY LAGOS

     9.     1859 – FIRST SECONDARY SCHOOL IN NIGERIA ESTABLISHED (CMS GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LAGOS)

10. 1860 – FIRST NEWSPAPER IN NIGERIA PUBLISHED (IWE IROYIN)

11. 1895 – FIRST NIGERIA HOSPITAL BUILT IN ABEOKUTA (SACRET HEART HOSPITAL)

12. 1898 – THE NAME “NIGERIA” WAS GIVEN BY LADY LORDLUGARD

   13. 1861 – REV. SAMUEL AJAYI CROWDER ORDAINED AS THE FIRST BISHOP   14. 1891 - REV. SAMUEL AJAYI CROWDER DIED

    15. 1899 – THE FIRST GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL ESTABLISHED IN BADAGRY, LAGOS

    16. 1901 – COMPLETION OF LAGOS-IBADAN RAILWAY LINE (123 MILES)

     17. 1905 – COMPLETION OF FIRST MOTOR ROAD IN NIGERIA (IBADAN-OYO ROAD)

18. 1906 – FEDERAL CAPITAL OF NIGERIA MOVED FROM CALABAR TO LAGOS

19. 1914 – NOTHERN AND SOUTHERN NIGERIA AMALGAMATED

20.1918 – PAPER MONEY -CURRENCY- BECAME A LEGAL TENDER IN NIGERIA

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