Today is Wednesday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2014. There are 364 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in Nigeria History: 1900 British
protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established 1901 Nigeria became a British Protectorate. 1913 The Customs Departments of Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated.
1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria.
1947 The first pre-independence Constitution, the Richards Constitution became effective on January 1, 1947.
1947 Sonny Okosun, 'Ozziddi'musician, was born at Enugu.
1973 The naira was introduced, replacing the pound at a rate of 2 naira = 1 pound. This made Nigeria the last country to abandon the £sd currency system.
1985 The Nigeria Postal Service Department (NIPOST) came into being with the establishment of the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL)
1998 The University of Abuja was established.
2011 Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin became the Executive Director of UNFPA. He will take over from Thoraya Obaid on January 1, 2011.
1622 - Papacy adopts Jan. 1 as beginning of New Year instead of March 25.
1804 - Haiti declares itself independent from France, becoming the world's first black republic.
1808 - The U.S. Congress officially prohibits African slave trade.
1833 - British proclaim sovereignty over Falkland Islands.
1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation declaring slaves free.
1877 - England's Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India.
1959 - Fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory as dictator Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominica.
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