{"id":46085,"date":"2016-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmp-blog.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/17-interesting-historical-facts-about-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:01:36","slug":"17-interesting-historical-facts-about-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/17-interesting-historical-facts-about-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Interesting Historical Facts About Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria the &#8216;giant of Africa&#8217; is the seventh most populous nation in the world. Located in the southern coastal part of West Africa with Abuja as its capital city. It is one of the liveliest places in Africa that continues to attract visitors from different parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s journey as an independent nation may have begun on October 1, 1960, but its history dates back far before the colonial era. Many aspects of modern life in Nigeria were established in the 16th century during the colonial era but by the middle of the 20th century the desire for Africans to end all forms of foreign control and influence grew. Most countries were fighting for the right to take charge of their political, social and economic affairs which eventually led to Nigeria to be granted independence on 1 October 1960 under a constitution with parliamentary government and a favourable degree of autonomy for the country. Nigeria marked total independence from Britain when it became a federal republic after a new constitution was adopted on 1 October 1963 with Nnamdi Azikiwe as its first president.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria comprises of unique people, culture and ethnicity with over 500 ethnic groups of which the three largest are Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa brought together by circumstances and colonialism. Nigeria comprises of 36 states with beautiful beaches, ultra-modern city centres, houses built with opulent luxury, great architecture, scenic attraction sites, universities, museums, national parks, zoos, hotels, resorts and many other amenities. Her culture and tradition had its influence ranging from the pre-colonial era to the legacy of tribal conflict and the slave ports before its independence in 1960.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37936\" style=\"width: 1014px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Broadstreet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Broadstreet.jpg\" alt=\"Old Broadstreet Lagos,1960-travelstart-nigeria\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Broadstreet Lagos,1960 (source:nairaland.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37941\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/catar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/catar.jpg\" alt=\"Cater Bridge-travelstart-independent day\" width=\"900\" height=\"583\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Carter Bridge (source:nairaland.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37938\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37938\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/nigeria-airways.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/nigeria-airways.jpg\" alt=\"Nigerian Airways-travelstart-nigeria\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nigerian Airways(source:lagosat50.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>17 Interesting historical facts you should know about Nigeria;<\/h2>\n<p><strong>770 A.D<\/strong>. \u2013 Early Ijaw settlement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>800<\/strong> \u2013 Yoruba civilisation already well established, based on thirteen farming villages centred at Il\u00e9-If\u1eb9\u0300. Mega-state at Igbo-Ukwu has complex social structure, produces copious artefacts including bronzes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1450<\/strong> \u2013 Beginning of European contact on the Atlantic coast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1500<\/strong> \u2013 The nominally Muslim Hausa Kingdoms were established in Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1845<\/strong> \u2013 The first building in Nigeria was built in Badagry, Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1851<\/strong> \u2013 Kano one of the largest city in Africa made 10 million sandal pairs and 5 million hides for export every year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1851<\/strong> \u2013 Treaty Between Great Britain and Lagos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1914<\/strong> \u2013 Formation of Nigeria under Governor Frederick Lugard<\/p>\n<p><strong>1959<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a0The new Nigerian currency was introduced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 1, 1960<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a0Nigeria gained independence from Britain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 1, 1961<\/strong> \u2013 Southern Cameroon ceases to be a part of Nigeria and became a part of Cameroun, following the UN-organised plebiscite of February 11, 1961.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 1, 1963<\/strong> \u2013 Nigeria became a republic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a0Cocoa house in the city of Ibadan, Oyo state was once the tallest building in tropical Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a0A brand new car sold for N2000<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975<\/strong> \u2013 An air ticket to London was less than N100<\/p>\n<p><strong>1976<\/strong> \u2013 75 Kobos exchanged for one British Pound Sterling and 60 Kobos for one US dollar.<\/p>\n<p>Till <strong>1984<\/strong>, A Travel Visa was not required to travel to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria the &#8216;giant of Africa&#8217; is the seventh most populous nation in the world. 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