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Nigeria, from the outside. By @noblenigeria

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Friday, August 2, 1996. Atlanta, USA. Chioma Ajunwa wins Gold. With her victory, the diminutive athlete became Nigeria's first and only individual Olympic gold medalist to this day as well as the first African woman to claim the top spot in a field event.

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28, June 1961. Bonn, Germany. Parliament delegates from Western Nigeria visit the German federal city. 📸: Renate Patzek/Federal Archives/Public Domain.

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1996 Olympic Games Football Final in Athens, Georgia, USA. Nwankwo Kanu, Nigeria, with his Gold medal. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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became the first Nigerian art teacher at the Nigerian College of
Art, Science and Technology, Zaria. Picture by John Franks/ Getty Images/ Keystone.

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August 1, 1958. London. Nigerian Artist Clara Etso Ugbodaga ( Etso Ugbodaga-Ngu), with her self portrait. To her left is Nigerian Federal Commissioner Mathew Mbu. Born in 1921, Clara earned a diploma from the Chelsea School of Art, London in 1954, and

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6th May 1957: Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904 - 1996), the first Nigerian President is interviewed on his arrival at King's Cross station, London. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images).

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Photo: Paul Cordes, courtesy of Department of Special Collections UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library.

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(L-R)Ambassador Alex Quaison Sackey (Ghana), Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (Nigeria), Diallo Telli (Guinea)and US Diplomat nd Nobel Laureate Ralph Bunche at the International House, United Nations July 19, 1959.

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21st of June 1994. Dallas, USA. Rasheed Yekini scores Nigeria’s first ever goal at the World Cup. Nigeria won 3-0 against Bulgaria. Yekini who died in 2012, scored 37 goals on the Nigerian National team.

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09/10/1961. Chief S.L Akintola, the Premier of Western Nigeria and the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion at his office in Jerusalem. Picture by Public Domain.

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2015. Tunisia. Nigeria wins the Afro Basket competition with MVP Chamberlain Oguchi.

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1900-1910. The Akaniobio Church, Old Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
This is a tinted lantern slide showing the church at Akaniobio in Old Calabar and its large congregation of men, women and children. Some individuals wear European dress,whilst others wear traditional Calabar style.

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Congo. 1961. Olusegun Obasanjo, later Head Of State And President Of Nigeria, is being congratulated for completing his tour of duty.

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October 12, 1977. Lt. General Olusegun Obasanjo and September 23, 2004. President Obasanjo of Nigeria addressing the United Nations at the UN Headquarters. 📸: Getty Images.

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Beijing, China. 29th Aug, 2015. Nigeria's Regina George (L) and Patience George hug after a women's 4x400 relay heat on Day 8 of the 15th IAAF World Championships. Photo by: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

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training soldiers in hand to hand combat. He was later banned from Nigeria for his involvement. He died on December 14, 1971 from liver cancer.

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23rd October 1962. Nigeria’s Dick Tiger (Richard Ihetu) is hoisted in the shoulders of his countrymen as he becomes the new world Middleweight Champion after defeating Gene Fuller. Tiger, of Igbo ethnicity, was a Lieutenant in the Biafra war and was responsible for

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December 10, 1986. Wole Soyinka accepts the Nobel Prize in Sweden.

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2008. Davos, Switzerland. President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Photo by : Richard Kalvar/©

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November 28, 1957. The Queen inspects a statue of herself done by Nigerian Artist Benedict Enwonwu at the 228th Exhibition of the Royal Society of British artists at the Society's Galleries in Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London.