HISTORY: 41 PHOTOS OF OLD NIGERIA

Without gainsaying, we all will agree that Nigeria has tremendously changed overtime. The giant of Africa has against all odds moved from those archaic world to what we now today. No matter what we are going through, I think sometimes we just need to see the other side of the coin (positive) than always seeing only but the negatives.

Here are 41 old photos that will give the insight of where we are coming from, and of course where we are today:

A typical Nigerian Chief with his family (1910)

Yoruba woman dressed in traditional Aso-oke

Chief Festus Sam Okotie-Eboh - a Nigerian politician and former Minister for finance (1919-1966)

Asaba-Onitsha ferry crossing (1959)

Barclays Bank and Shell Petroleum Buildings,Lagos (1960s-Early 1970s)

Ben Ekanem's Equestrian Statue of Queen Amin's - National Theatre Lagos (1980)

Carter Bridge Street, Lagos Island (1950s)

Central Bank of Nigeria (1950s)

Chapel of The Resurrection, University of Ibadan (1960s)

CKC ( Christ the King College), Onitsha (1961)

Entrance of the Emir of Zaria Palace in Kaduna (1973)

Fulani Milkmaids

General Post office, Lagos (1973)

Gurara Waterfall (from an old postcard)

Hair braiding Salon

Humuani Mosque, Lagos (1933)

Ibadan, Capital and Seat of Government, Western Nigeria (1968)

Ikorodu Expressway, Lagos (1970s)

Independence Fountain on the main road leading into the city of Kaduna, Nigeria (1960s)

Eagle eye view of Historic Kano City (1950s)

The Emir Palace, Kano (1960)

Lagos Airport - Fokker FK27 BOAC and Shell Tanker Fokker (1960s)

Independence Building and Lagos Harbour (1974)

Lugard Memorial Hall, Kaduna (1960s)

University of Ibadan Main Gate (1960)

Mapo Hall, Mapo Hill Ibadan (1975)

Mary Slessor's House in Calabar, Built in 1880

The Nigeria at Jebba (1930)

Nigeria Airways Fokker 28 at Calabar Airport (1970s)

National Assembly (1960s)

Old Carter Bridge, Lagos

Queen Elizabeth visit to Nigeria (1950s)

Regiment of mounted armed guards in a procession during the Wallah festival in Kaduna (1940s)

 Lagos-Kaduna Railway (1936)

Lagos Railway (1900s)

The London and Kano Trading Company (1960)

Transportation in Nigeria (1970s)

University College Hospital, Ibadan (1960s)

University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife

Western House of Assembly, Ibadan (late 1950s)