Nnamdi Azikiwe
Former President of Nigeria
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, GCFR PC, usually referred to as "Zik", was a Nigerian statesman and political leader who served as the country’s only black Governor-General between 1960 to 1963 and the first president of Nigeria during the First Nigerian... Wikipedia
Born: November 16, 1904, Zungeru, Nigeria
Died: May 11, 1996 (age 91 years), University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku, Nigeria
Children: Chukwuma Azikiwe and Jayzik Azikiwe
Spouse: Uche Azikiwe (m. 1973–1996), Flora Azikiwe (m. 1936–1983), and Ugoye Comfort Azikiwe (m. ?–1996)
Education: University of Pennsylvania (1934), Lincoln University (1930), Columbia University, and more
Previous offices: President of Nigeria (1963–1966) and President of the Senate of Nigeria (1960–1960)
Organizations founded: University of Nigeria, UNN Nsukka and Great Nigeria People's Party