Nigeria's first President, Nnamdi Azikiwe, would have been 100 today. Zik is 100 Years Old Today The article reveals that he studied law at LaSalle (topic of a separate recent thread): Determined to continue his education, Azikiwe travelled the well-worn path to the United States. In 1925, at age 21, he enrolled at Storer College at infamous Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, where he quickly acquired the nickname "Zik", by which he was to be known for the rest of his life. He spent one year at Storer, also enrolling in an intensive correspondence course in American Law and Procedures through LaSalle Law School of Chicago. He excelled in both.
