History
You Know Nnamdi Azikiwe. You Know Murtala Muhammed. But Who Is the Man on Your ₦10 Note?
Alvan Ikoku has been on the ₦10 note since 1979. He built Nigeria's first indigenous private secondary school, fought the British colonial government for decades, and died having never seen the full fruits of what he planted. Most Nigerians have never heard of him.
