Nigerian history

In 1967, Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka was jailed following his efforts to avert civil war

The opening of the 'spiritual home of Afrobeat' in 2000

In 2015, a coalition of West African countries fought back against a caliphate in Nigeria

Lagos Fashion Week was launched in 2011 putting Nigerian style on the global map

The 1977 celebration of African culture that attracted half a million visitors

In 2014, Boko Haram drove into Gwoza in Nigeria and began an assault that killed hundreds

J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, known as Nigeria’s top photographer gained international acclaim

President Goodluck Jonathan's call to Muhammadu Buhari to concede election defeat in 2015

In 2003, human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim defended Amina Lawal from death by stoning

Achebe's English language novel from 1958 about life in Nigeria before colonialism

In 1972, a Danish brewery created Supermalt

Rare archive recordings of people who lived through the unification of Nigeria in 1914

Bob Golding turned Ibadan Zoo into one of Nigeria's biggest attractions in the 1970s

It's exactly 40 years since the Biafran war of independence from Nigeria ended in failure.

It is exactly 50 years since Nigeria became independent

The election of Chief MKO Abiola 20 years ago, which was annulled by the military

In 1980 thousands died in the Nigerian city of Kano in an uprising by an Islamic sect.

The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry