Daily Archives: February 10, 2023

Gruesome Murder of Hundreds of Asaba Residents In 1967.

Background. General Yakubu Gowon issued decree number 14 on May 27, 1967, dividing the former four regions of Nigeria into 12 new states—six in the north and six in the south. Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the governor of the Eastern Region, believed that the 1967 Aburi Accord had been broken by the creation of these…

Disheartening Attack of the Military on Fela’s Kalakuta Home that Caused His Mother’s Death.

The late musician and political activist, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, called Kalakuta Republic home. The community, which is situated at No. Six Agege Motor Road. Fela’s recording studio, nightclub, and a private clinic run by his younger brother Beko Ransome-Kuti were all located in Moshalashi, Lagos. Fela’s family and bandmates were also residing in the two-story…