Remigio Herrera Adesina was born in Ijesha lands in Ekiti, western Nigeria, according to the 1811 census. In contrast, her marriage certificate lists her birth year as 1816. Adesina was captured in 1830 and sent to Cuba as a slave. In 1833, her Yoruba birth name Adesina was changed to Remigio Lucumi. Lucumi was a…
Background of the Battle of Imagbon. In 1891, the Ijebu people, living 80 to 100 kilometers northeast of Lagos on the Magbon River, established a blockade and imposed tariffs on the trade route to Lagos, then a crown colony. The Awujale (traditional Ijebu ruler) closed the Ejirin market and cut off Lagos from its inland…
WHO IS SUNDAY IGBOHO? Sunday Igboho, as he is popularly known, was born Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo on October 10, 1972 in Igboho, a town in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State. He is a politician, businessman and influential citizen mobilizer. In January 2021, he made headlines online when he gave Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa a week-long…
Christiana Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin was happy and full of life when she arrived at the Government Secondary School in Gandu, Gombe State, northern Nigeria, on March 21, 2007, where she teaches government. This married mother of two has already submitted a resignation application to the government to join her husband Femi in her hometown of Abeokuta…