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
West Africa no. Magazine 2716, 21st June, 1969
(Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd, 1969-06-21) West Africa magazine
■ Making relief work: The reported agreement for fiver transport of relief supplies to Biafran held territory is a success for those who have patiently pressed for a land or water corridor
■ Ghana: The state of local government:1:Local Government in Ghana is at present in a state of chaos: the reputation of local authorities has reached its nadir
■ Seven more years for Tombalbaye: To accept to run his country's affairs for another seven years must surely require a strong sense of duty and considerable courage on the part of M. François Tombalbaye
■ 600,000 cows but not enough: This week's international conference at Ahmadu Bello University on development of Livestock in the drier parts of Northern Nigeria will cover goats, poultry and pigs
■ Archbishop Patterson retires: Last week the most Revd Cecil John Patterson, C.M.G, C.B.E, D.D, M.A., retired as Bishop on the Niger and Archbishop of West Africa
■ Commercial news: UNCTAD irrelevant: UNCTAD the United Nations commission on trade and development has virtually ceased to be relevant to problems of international trade policy
■ Dateline Africa: Senegal: General strike flops: Union splits: A call for a 48-hour general strike on Wednesday of last week led to a declaration of a state of emergency by the government
West Africa Magazine no. 2713, 31st May, 1969
(Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd.,, 1969-05-31) West Africa magazine
■ Yaounde deadline: May 31 is the date of expiry of the Yaounde convention associating 18 African states (14 former French colonies, three former Belgian colonies and Somalia)
■ Personalities and Politics in Ghana-2: If as I suggested in my first article, Dr Busia's new Progress Party has certain clear links with the old opposition to Dr. Nkrumah
■ Books and publications: Peasants in the Guinea war: The liberation of Guinea aspects of an African revolution by Basil Davidson forwarded by Amilcar Cabral
■ Commercial news: CDC: profit and loss in West Africa: Cameroon wants the Commonwealth development corporation to continue as managing agents for the Cameroons development corporation after December 1969
■ Commercial news: Japan buys Nigerian oil: For the first time, a Japanese oil concern, Idemitsu Kosan Kaisha has bought oil from Africa
■ Dateline Africa: Ivory Coast: Abidjan university closed down: The university of Abidjan and the schools attached to it have been closed until the reform of the higher education system
■ Dateline Africa: Nigeria: Biafra air raids start again: Night aircraft in the service of the Biafrans raided Port Harcourt airport on May 22 and Benin airport on May 24 at Port Harcourt at least one piston- engined aircraft
West Africa Magazine no. 2743, 27th December, 1969
(Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd.,, 1969-12-27) West Africa magazine
■ Surviving the Sixties: Ten years ago there were only four independent states in black Africa 1960 began the rush to independence which has left only the Portuguese territories and a couple of insignificant enclaves under foreign rule
■ Analysing Nigeria's housing problem: No West African country has successfully tackling its housing problem partly because the very immensity of the task is so daunting
■ Books and publications: How the OAU was born: The organisation of African unity and its charter by Zdenek Cervenka
■ Commercial news: Japanese aid rise proposed: An increase in foreign aid from last year figure of 0.7per cent of gross national product (GNP) to 1 per cent by 1975
West Africa Magazine no. 3269, 17th March, 1980
(Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd, 1980-03-17) West Africa magazine
■ Problems of prosperity: Nigeria's budget to be presented later this month, will not introduce any dramatic changes, according to informed sources. It will be designed mostlyjust to hold the line for a short time until the next Budget in December.
■ Gloomy prospects for Sierra Leone: A correspondent reports on the annual banquet speech of the Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone—a new Governorthis year, Mr. A. S. C. Johnson- and the response of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Francis Minah.
■ Land of disenchantment:In the second of two articles on Senegal's crises a correspondent looks this week at the political tensions within the country.
■ Colonising Volta valleys: A correspondent looks at some of the problems of over-hasty planning. Development of River basins is a thorny topic in West Africa: the Senegal river projects organised by the OMVS are in trouble
■ Economic and business news: Businessmen and the budget: Great expectations are being placed on Nigeria’s next Budget on April 1as Stanley Macebuh said in his article
West Africa Magazine 3270, 24th March, 1980
(Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd.,, 1980-03-24) West Africa magazine
■ Unanswered questions on Shugaba: The legal arguments that have been produced in a Maiduguri High Court in the case concerning the deportation of Alhaji Shugaba Abdulrahman Darman, the GNPP majority leader in the Bomo StateAssembly, are of great complexity
■ President Shagari replies:The President of Nigeria answers questions submitted by West Africa
■ Action on the Niger: President Sèkou Tourè made a speech recently on the implementation of the objectives of the recently created Niger River commission
■ Imperialism and the Volta Dam: A correspondent in the first of three articles analyses the politics and economics behind Ghana’s Volta Dam project
■ Books and publications: Nigerian indicator: Nigeria's leadership role in Africa by Joseph Wayas
■ Economic and business news: Fateful days of coca: Some sharp skirmishes are impending in the world of Cocoa and if the outcome from them is not satisfactory they could lead to some major battles in the years ahead