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The Nigerian Railway Corporation traces its history to the year 1898, when the first railroad in Nigeria was constructed by the British colonial government. On October 3, 1912, the Lagos Government Railway and the Baro-Kano Railway were amalgamated, [ 1 ] starting nationwide rail service under the name Government Department of Railways.
The railway network expanded over the next few decades, and by the time Nigeria gained independence in 1960, there were over 3,000 kilometers of railway lines in the country. [ 2 ] In 2022, Nigerian Railway Corporation transported 3.21 million passengers, an increase of 18.36% from the previous year.
Christopher Tagbo Onyekwelu (born 1898, date of death unknown) was a Nigerian businessman who played a pioneering role in developing an indigenous recording industry in the country. He was born in Nawfia, Anambra State and attended a primary school nearby.
He left to create his own transport company to improve the trading environment for Nigerian traders. His success was also oiled by the economic boom after World War II, working with the West African Railway Company and the newly inaugurated produce boards, he provided his fleet for commodity transportation and for other traders use. As a ...
Aderinokun's father was a technician who worked for the Nigerian Railway Corporation.He had his basic education at Baptist Day School, Kano, from 1961 to 1966. During the beginning of the Nigerian Civil War, his family relocated to Lagos where he attended Surulere Baptist School from 1966 to 1967, St. Peter's College, Abeokuta, from 1968 to 1972 and St. Gregory's Boys College, Lagos from 1973 ...
Simon Heap (1993). "Nigerian National Archives, Kaduna: An Introduction for Users and a Summary of Holdings". History in Africa. 20: 395– 407. doi:10.2307/3171986. JSTOR 3171986. S2CID 248820516. Simon Heap (1994). "Nigerian National Archives, Enugu: An Introduction for Users and a Summary of Holdings". History in Africa. 21: 435– 440.
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Chief Bode Thomas (born Olabode Akanbi Thomas; October 1919 – 23 November 1953) was a Nigerian lawyer, politician, statesman and traditional aristocrat.Thomas served as both a colonial minister of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria and a nobleman and privy counsellor of the historic Oyo Kingdom of Yorubaland at a time when his country was still under British colonial rule before her ...