NIGERIAN CURRENT AFFAIRS AND HISTORY POST NUMBER 6: TOP MALE AND FEMALE NIGERIAN ACHIEVERS IN HISTORY

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      TOP MALE NIGERIAN ACHIEVERS

1.       The first Prime Minister of Nigeria was Alhaji Tafawa Balewa

2.       The first President of Nigeria was Dr Nnnamdi Azikiwe in 1960

3.       The first Nigerian to earn a Ph.D in Mathematics is Prof. Chike Obi

4.       Chief Anthony Enahoro moved the motion for an Independent Nigeria

5.       The first Nigerian Nobel Laureate in Literature was Prof. Wole Soyinka

6.       The first Nigerian to win the Ronald Reagan grant for excellence was Dr Adeche Mommoh

7.       The first Nigerian to score in the FIFA world cup was Rashidi Yekini

8.       Chief Obafemi Awolowo established the first Television station in Nigeria

9.       The first Nigerian to win an Olympic Gold medal was Col. Ifeanjuna

10.   The first Nigerian slave to become a Bishop - Samuel Ajayi Crowther. 

    
      TOP NIGERIAN FEMALE ACHIEVERS 

1.       The first female Senator in Nigeria was Mrs Wuraola Esan

2.       The first female Medical Doctor in Nigeria was Dr Elizabeth Abimbola

3.       The first female Army General in Nigeria was Brigadir Ronke Kale

4.       The first female Governor of Nigeria was Mrs Virginia Eiaba of Anambra State

5.       The first female Professor in Nigeria was Elfreda Adeho

6.       The first female to drive a car in Nigeria was Mrs Fumilayo Ransom Kuti

7.       The first female Nigerian to win an Olympic Gold medal was Miss Chioma Ajunwa

8.       The first female pilot in Nigeria was Mrs Chinyere Olemaucheye

9.       The first female Vice Chancellor in Nigeria was Prof. Mrs Grace Allele Williams

10.   The first female Commissioner in Nigeria was Mrs Dorothy Miller

11.   The first female Deputy Governor in Nigeria was Mrs Okunu

12.   The first female Judge in Nigeria was Mrs Rose Mary Ukeje
13. The first female Governor in Nigeria Virginia Etiaba of Anambra State (06/11/2006)