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MONDAY QUARTERBACKING
NIGERIA FROM 1000-1999 - An Update
By: Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD
Burtonsville, MD, USA
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January 1, 2001
1000 - 1799 |
The 1800's |
1900 - 1939
The 1940's |
The 1950's |
The 1960's
The 1970's |
The 1980's |
The 1990's
Exchange Rates 1970 - 1999
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In the 1940s |
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1943 |
Sir Arthur Richards (later Lord Milverton of Lagos and Clifton) becomes Governor; introduces the first Federal form of constitution worked on earlier by Sir Bernard Bourdillon |
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1944 |
National Council of Nigerian and Cameroon (NCNC) formed August 26; Herbert Macaulay is president and Nnamdi Azikiwe is General Secretary. In December, Sir Richards lays out constitutional reforms (December) |
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1945 |
Sir Richards' constitutional reforms laid on table of
Legislative Council (March)
May 7: World War II ends
June 22: General Workers' Strike, lasting 45 days
This year: Nigeria Football (NFA) founded
Egbe Omo Oduduwa, a Yoruba cultural organization, is founded in London by Obafemi Awolowo |
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1946 |
May 7: Herbert Macaulay dies; Zik succeeds him as NCNC president |
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1947 |
The Action Group is founded; NCNC delegation of seven, led by Dr. Azikiwe, travels to London to protest Macpherson Constitution
This year: Daily Times newspaper founded |
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1948 |
Sir John Macpherson becomes Governor
The University College, Ibadan, is established |
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1949 |
Nigerian Tribune newspaper founded by Chief Obafemi Awolowo
In the North, the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC), originally non-political, is formed
Nov. 18: Coal Miners' Strike (Iva Valley, Enugu), over pay raise demand, 21 miners massacred |
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