Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe

Author Name:

Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe

Born As:

Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe

Other Names:

Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe

Born:

16 Nov 1904

Died:

11 May 1996




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President of Nigeria                          
                          
                          
Founder of modern Nigerian nationalism.
Places named after Azikiwe include the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State. His portrait adorns Nigeria's five hundred naira currency note. Several streets and university campus hostels are also named after him including Nnamdi Azikiwe street in Lagos, Zik Avenue in Enugu, Ziks Flat at University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Azikiwe Hall at University of Ibadan , Nigeria.