National Repository of Nigeria
The Apex Repository of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with objectives to:
- Preserve in electronic format the intellectual and cultural resources of Nigeria for posterity.
- Increase the visibility of the Nigerian knowledge storehouse and its scholarly, literary and cultural heritage; and
- Increase the availability and accessibility of Nigerian content to the global community.
Our Categories
Select a Category to browse its collections.
- Speeches/Essays of past and present Presidents, Political office holders of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other well meaning Nigerians
- These are a collection of sound recordings, such as lectures, interviews, podcasts, music, and oral histories. These audio materials cover a wide range of topics and are available for listening, learning, and research purposes."
- Collection containing extensive selection of framed autographs, manuscripts, historical books and materials from pre-colonial times
- A collection of the constitutions, Laws and Acts of the Federal Government of Nigeria, all Political parties and parastatals
- Historical information of Nigerians based on personal narration
- A collection of all official government gazettes and circulars by the Federal Government of Nigeria and its federating states.
- These are a collection of materials that support the preservation, promotion, and revitalization of indigenous languages. These resources include language learning materials, dictionaries, stories and cultural documents that reflect the linguistic and cultural diversity of indigenous communities."
- A collection of writings on different subjects published in journals and other periodicals
- A collection of Maps of different locations in Nigeria
Recent Submissions
NEWBREED Magazine: Africa's first Quality Magazine for Newbreed People vol. 2, no.2 July,1973
(Lagos state( 35 Ogunlana Drive, P.O. Box 5414): New Breed Organisation Limited,, 1973-07) Edited by Chris Madu Abrochukwu Okolie
■ NIXON, Watergate and the role of big business in America: The burglary of Watergate has wounded President Nixon, weak ened American political influence and subsequently exposed the bank ruptcy of the American political system.
■ Mariam Makeba sings to conquer: Right now in the United States of America, a new black identity and fashion awareness is gaining currency among the black com munity since the "Empress of Song" Miriam Makeba gave an all venue sold-out 'Coast to Coast' concert.
■ Peoples capitalism: Nigeria is a carnivorous society where a handful of people are massively rich and the vast majority are living in sorrowful starvation and squalor.
■ Francis Arthur Nzeribe: Mr. Arthur Francis Nzeribe was an unknown popular figure in Nigeria until in 1968 when he was accused of swindling £6,000,00y0 sterling from the government of Ghana.
NEWBREED Magazine: Africa's first Quality Magazine for Newbreed People vol. 1, no.12 May, 1973
(Lagos state( 35 Ogunlana Drive, P.O. Box 5414): New Breed Organisation Limited,, 1973-05) Edited by Chris Madu Abrochukwu Okolie
■ One tough exciting year: This month NEWBREED is one year old. It has been one though exciting year during which "we have been intimidated, blackmailed and our ideas mockingly and cynically opposed . . ", that not withstand ing, " we will continue to set the pace
■ Kano State: In all sectors of social advance ment, the one time dull giant, Kano, is now pulling rapidly along side her progressing counterparts.
■ National budget 1973/74: At the beginning of last month,
the Head of State, General Gowon announced his government's intended expenditure for the periods 1973/74. Reflecting the boom in Nigeria's Oil premiums and foreign
reserves, the national annual budget keeps on mounting.
■ Newbreed personality: Mrs. Modupe Akintola Finnih) the erudite and verss legal practitioner, legal adviser chain of companies and a dire of New Breed Organisation Publishers of NEWBREED Magazine, is our personality for month of May.
West Africa Magazine no. 2903, 29th January, 1973
(Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd.,, 1973-01-29) West Africa magazine
■ Sport and politics: What significance should be attached to the second all-African games just finished in Lagos?
■ Inside Cabral's Guinea: To the grievous loss of Africa, his comrades, his wife, and children, and his countless friends up and down the world, Amilcar Cabral has been struck down
■ Ghana's local government
■ All-Africa games diary
■ An Independent Guinea-Bissau 2 political foundations:
■ Books and publications: Aid and politics- Aid and liberation: a socialist study of aid politics by Judith Hart
■ Dateline Africa: Guinea-Bissau Cabral murdered-Secretary general of the African independence party for Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) was assassi nated in Conakry
West Africa Magazine 2706, Saturday April 12th, 1969
(Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd.,, 1969-04-12) West Africa magazine
■ Ghana’s Last Chance? Cynicism about public morality is still not so deep in Ghana that confirmation of one of the widespread allegations against men in high office can now be answered simply by the resignation of the guilty man
■ Portrait: New man in castle: In a previous portrait of an African military man a correspondent made a distinction between the avuncular and the dashing types of officers
■ Roundabout: Student of English: During his visit to Britain last week, President Hamani Diori of Niger discussed the sending of British teachers of English to Niger
■ Sierra Leone as a market: Credit is given to the sincere and hard working government of Sierra Leone in a report on their visit to the country last February by Sir Arthur Smith, chairman of the Africa committee of the British National export council
■ Nigeria's power struggle: So overwhelming has become the place of mineral oil in the Nigerian economy that it is easily forgotten that almost alone among the countries of tropical Africa
■ Books and publications: Cities in crisis: Urban government for metropolitan Lagos by Babatunde A. Williams and Annmarie Hauck Walsh
■ Commercial news: Nigeria: Groundnut Pyramids to Go? Nigeria's groundnut stocks may all have been reduced to negligible size at the end of the current season says the tropical products quarterly
■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Afrifa installed: Politics on May day: Lt. Gen. Joseph Ankrah's resignation as chairman of the National Liberation Council was announced on April 2
■ Dateline Africa: Nigeria: Federal forces near Umuahia: Biafran evacuation of Umuahia began about April 4 in face of the Federal attack, said a report in the French paper Le Figaro
West Africa Magazine 2707, Saturday April 19th, 1969
(Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd.,, 1969-04-19) West Africa magazine
■ Traditional Trade? There are no reliable statistics for smuggling because of its very nature, but it would be safe to say that considering West Africa from Mauritania to Congo-Kinshasa
■ Making Ghana Democratic: Government in Ghana should be prohibited by the constitution from establishing a one-party state the constituent assembly has unanimously decided
■ Roundabout: The two Professions: Lt. Col. Alexandre Banza. who has just been executed in Bangui, capital of die Central African Republic, on a charge of attempting to overthrow President Bokassa was a visitor to London in May, 1966.
■ Books and publications: African soldiers in politics: The military in African politics by W. F. Gutteridge
■ Competing with France in Africa: Exporters in Britain still fear that France and to a lesser extent her common market partners monopolises the markets of former French colonies
■ Commercial news: UAC in Nigeria's war: Turnover and profit of the United Africa group increased in all parts of tropical Africa except Nigeria and this more than made up for the loss of business in Nigeria
■ Dateline Africa: Sierra Leone: Siaka's Sweeping Reshuffle: A major cabinet reshuffle has been carried out by Mr. Siaka Stevens. There are changes in the ministries of external affairs, interior, agriculture, education and health among others