National Honorary Awards and their Significance.
The Nigerian National Honors are a set of orders that are bestowed on Nigerians and...
March 2023
Independence Speech by Prime Minster, Tafawa Balewa.
This is the speech that Nigerian Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa gave on October...
The Nigerian Flag And Coat Of Arms.
The public banner of Nigeria was planned in 1959, a year prior to the freedom...
Pandemonium As Leopard Flees Ibadan Zoo.
In 1912, this Panther got away from a zoo in Lagos causing commotion in Lagos...
The Development And Manufacturing Of The Age long Alabuku Powder.
For north of ninety years, Alabukun Powder has kept up with its stand as perhaps...
Tales Of The Ibadan- Ijaye War.
The Ibadan-Ijaye war broke out in 1861 among Ibadan and Ijaye over who to succeed...
Creation Of Nigeria’s Mid Western Region.
The Benin community, led by Oba Akenzua II of Benin, was the catalyst for the...
Samuel Okwaraji’s Life And Times In The World Of Football.
Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji was a prodigious Nigerian football player who also played for his country...
Official Speech Of Sir Fredrick Lugard On The Amalgamation Of The Northern And Southern Protectorate. .
You must be familiar with the merger of the Northern and Southern Protectorates on January...
Historic Annulment Of The 1993 Presidential Election.
This is a look behind the scenes of Nigeria’s historic presidential election on June 12,...
The Victorious Abagana Ambush By The Biafran Soldiers That Killed More Than 500 Nigerian Soldiers.
During the civil war that lasted exactly two years, six months, and nine days, Nigerian...
Battle Of Ikirun In Osun State.
The Jalumi war, otherwise called Ogun Jalumi and Clash of Ikirun, was a horrendous conflict...
Biography Of Fela And A List Of His Top-Rated Songs.
On October 15, 1938, Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, better known as Fela Kuti, was born...
The Benin Penal Mission Of 1897.
The disastrous Benin punitive expedition of 1897 left the great kingdom of Benin devastated and...
Never Seen Before Throwbacks Of Prof. Wole Soyinka And His Sister, Tinu.
Wole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, near Ibadan, in western Nigeria, on July 13, 1934....
Modernism Meets Traditionalism Through Raymond Harold Prince And The Abeokuta Witches.
Dr. Raymond Harold Prince, a pioneer in transcultural psychiatry, was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada,...
Peaceful Living Condition Of The Northerners In The Early Years Of Nigeria.
Before, during, and after colonial rule, a significant portion of Nigeria was located in the...
First Technological Device Lands In Nigeria In The Form Of An Aircraft.
A small aircraft was observed flying above Lagos, Nigeria, on May 30, 1926. The pilot...
Meet Nigeria’s First Beauty Queen- Atinuke Oloyede.
Atinuke Oloyede, who won the first Miss Nigeria pageant in 1957, is depicted in the...
The Laudable Display Of Bravery From The Nigerian And Cameroonian Soldier During WWI
Context: The Kamerun Campaign was a phase of the conflict between Germany and Britain, France,...