Nnamdi Azikiwe
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"Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe", Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council/P.C., usually referred to as "Nnamdi Azikiwe", was one of the leading figures of modern Nigerian nationalism. He was head of state of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. He served as the second and last Governor-General from 1960 to 1963 and the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966, holding the presidency throughout the Nigerian First Republic.

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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.

Indeed, practical men, with their eyes fixed upon things as they are, regarded it as an empty and insubstantial utopian dream.