Ojukwu to end the war. Azikiwe became chairman of the Nigerian People's Party in 1978, making unsuccessful bids for the presidency in 1979 and again in 1983. Notes References Peter C. Lloyd, The Development of Political Parties in Western Nigeria. The American Political Science Review > Vol. 49, No. 3 Sep., 1955. Tekena N. Tamuno, Separatist Agitations in Nigeria since 1914. The Journal of Modern African Studies > Vol. 8, No. 4 Dec., 1970. Political parties established in 1944 Defunct political parties in Cameroon Defunct political parties in Nigeria French Cameroon Nnamdi Azikiwe 1944 establishments in Nigeria Nigerian nationalism