10. Alvan Ikoku (the man on the 10 naira note) and his son, Samuel were political enemies.
11. Alhaji (Sir) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was not supposed to be Prime Minister in 1959, but Alhaji (Sir) Ahmadu Bello (as the leader of the NPC). He gave Balewa the position and referred to him as “my lieutenant in Lagos”.
12. Herbert Heelas Samuel Macauley (the man on the 1 naira note) was the first Nigerian civil engineer and the first to institute a political party in Nigeria. He was the grandson of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther.
13. Generals Murtala Mohammed and Sani Abacha were both born and buried in Kano.
14. Murtala Mohammed as Head of State had no convoy nor escorts. He was the youngest Head of State to die in office at 37.
15. General Sani Abacha had 9 children and the last child, a boy, was born in Aso Rock in 1994.
16. Sani Abacha was born on a Monday and died on a Monday.
17. Umar Musa Yar’Adua was the first elected President to die while in office.
18. During the civil war, Emeka Ojukwu sleeps everyday with his boots on.
19. Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi maintains the record as the tallest Head of State. He was the first Military Head of State.
20. Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh founded the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1959. He was the only minister killed in the January 15 coup of 1966.
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