A colonial officer carried by servants in Lagos, 1910.
The Ranch Hotel, Cattle Ranch Obudu, 1968.- Photo by Guy Fawkes
Some of the prominent Nigerian leaders in their youth (Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ismail, Ibrahim Babangida, Mohammed Magoro and AB Ahmed) with their names written at the bottom.
Cathedral Church of Christ Lagos, 1974.
Alhaji Ahmadu Bello being interviewed on TV prior to his departure to Mecca.
A Nigerian Football team without boots (1949).
Nigerian Schoolgirls in Sokoto Enjoy Breakfast in 1953. source: NigerianArchives
Pedestrians walking down the "London and Kano Trading Company". A woman in a red cloth wrapper walks past wearing stylish sunglasses. On the right, a man wearing a white shirt, tie and sunglasses looking dapper, 1961. -lostNigeria
Soldiers at Ibadan gate.
Picture taken after a hunting trip. Calabar, 1910.
A group of young men outside the university of Ife Library- 1966.
19 year old Victor uwaifo training and posing at Obalende, near st Gregory's college, Lagos 1960.
Alake of Abeokuta (Egbaland) Oba Ladapo Ademola II arriving at the coronation of King George VI of England. London, May 1937.
Captain James Labulo Davies. A London based yoruba millionaire who arrived in (1861) with 16
gold carriages for his wedding to Sarah Forbes Bonetta (The black adopted daughter of Queen Victoria)
Amalgamation meeting, Lagos 1914.
On the first of January 1914, the Northern and Southern Protectorates were merged together as one and Nigeria as we have it today was born. 2nd photo shows celebrations of the amalgamation along Tinubu street, Lagos.
Nigeria Airways.
Nnamdi Azikiwe's
political campaign in 1959.
The Biafa war- General Yakubu Gowon can be seen in the first pic standing before a map as he tells reporters at a press conference that the war will be over in 4 to 8 weeks- Sept 13 1968. He was however wrong as the war finished apprx 2 years after. 2nd image shows genocide during the Biafran war, whilst the 3rd shows celebrations after the end of the war with a placard saying "Hail one Nigeria Ibos welcome".
Tarkwa bay Lagos in the 50s
Photo of a Tram line on Ebute Ero street Lagos (1913)
State house Marina built in 1886, was the residence of the head of state of Nigeria before 1967. I.E Balewa was kidnapped from that house and was never seen again.
Queen Elizabeth II with husband Philip and others visiting the Lagos Orthopedic Hospital (Igbobi), where the doctor explains the swimming pool therapy for polio and spastic cases, during ROYAL TOUR OF NIGERIA. 1956
Man riding on a carriage in front of Lagos police station in the early 1900s
Deportation of over 1million Ghanians and other African immigrants due to crisis. - FEB 1983
A picture of Prince Philip in 1956 surveying an open pit tin mine during the ROYAL TOUR OF NIGERIA. Looking at a vast amount of resources to be tapped and used for the benefit of the united kingdom. Unfortunately for him Nigeria gained its independence four years later.
What the Nigerian flag would look like today, if we never gained independence. Flag of the colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (1914-1960) situated in the top half of the picture.
Chiefs and Traditional rules awaiting the arrival of Queen Lizzy II in Port Harcourt, 1953.
Gallant men prepare aircraft for take off during Biafran Holocaust.
The sell out of all the people in the so called Nigeria 1934 | Lord Lugard meeting with Nigerian Emirs and Chiefs at London Zoo | London, UK
Post Card Lagos Fire House 1911
Shades Boutique 1960's Lago's
Dick Tiger multiple world boxing champion 1963
learning in sokoto pre independece.
Independence day match pass 1978.
location- Tafawa Balawe Square
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