Biography
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first president of Nigeria (1963?66), was born on November 16, 1904 to an Igbo parents; Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka Azikiwe (1879?1958), a clerk in the British
Administration of Nigeria and Rachel Ogbenyeanu.
Nnamdi Azikiwe?s early education was at Onitsha, Anambra State. He later moved to Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar, and Methodist Boys? High School Lagos. Between the years 1925 and 1934, Nnamdi Azikiwe was studying in the United States of America at Howard University in Washington, D.C, and Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, where he acquired a degree in Religion and a Masters Degree in Anthropology. In the year 1934 he founded a newspaper in Ghana. In the year 1937, he returned to Nigeria and became a politician; consequently, in the year 1944, he founded a political party called the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC). With the support of the NCNC, Nnamdi Azikiwe was elected to the Nigerian Legislative Council, thereafter, he became the premier of the Eastern region of Nigeria, a position he held between the years 1954 and 1959.
Prior to the Nigerian Independence of 1960, Nnamdi Azikiwe led the NCNC into the 1959 federal elections. Being successful, he formed a temporary government with the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa the leader of NPC, became the prime minister, while Nnamdi Azikiwe became president of the Senate, governor-general, and, eventually, president.
In the year 1979, which is during the return to democracy, Nnamdi Azikiwe contested for presidency during the election and was unsuccessful. He immediately retired from politics.
Nnamdi Azikiwe died on May 11, 1996.
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Biography
Biography of Nnamdi Azikiwe; First President of Nigeria; Anambra State Celebrity.
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Administration of Nigeria and Rachel Ogbenyeanu.
Nnamdi Azikiwe?s early education was at Onitsha, Anambra State. He later moved to Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar, and Methodist Boys? High School Lagos. Between the years 1925 and 1934, Nnamdi Azikiwe was studying in the United States of America at Howard University in Washington, D.C, and Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, where he acquired a degree in Religion and a Masters Degree in Anthropology. In the year 1934 he founded a newspaper in Ghana. In the year 1937, he returned to Nigeria and became a politician; consequently, in the year 1944, he founded a political party called the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC). With the support of the NCNC, Nnamdi Azikiwe was elected to the Nigerian Legislative Council, thereafter, he became the premier of the Eastern region of Nigeria, a position he held between the years 1954 and 1959.
Prior to the Nigerian Independence of 1960, Nnamdi Azikiwe led the NCNC into the 1959 federal elections. Being successful, he formed a temporary government with the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa the leader of NPC, became the prime minister, while Nnamdi Azikiwe became president of the Senate, governor-general, and, eventually, president.
In the year 1979, which is during the return to democracy, Nnamdi Azikiwe contested for presidency during the election and was unsuccessful. He immediately retired from politics.
Nnamdi Azikiwe died on May 11, 1996.
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