The Igbo polity and pre-colonial administration have been described by scholars as headless, that is, leaderless, leaderless or headless. This term is considered appropriate to describe the pre-colonial Igbo political system as it was decentralized and based on direct and village democracy in which everyone had the power to participate in decision-making. Council of Elders…
The Lagos Town Council was established in 1950 as an administrative unit of Lagos under the new Local Government Act, an outgrowth of the Municipal Council created by a 1941 Ordinance. Oba Adele II of Lagos ran for President of the Lagos Municipal Council but lost. Dr. Abubakir Ibiyinka Olorunnimbe. Olorunimbe was mayor of Lagos…
Who was King Jaja of Opobo? King Jaja of Opobo was a charismatic and courageous ruler of Opobo, a city-state in modern Rivers State, who fought against British trade penetration and rule in the Igbo hinterland. Jaja was a Nkwerre man who was born in Umuduruoha in Amaigbo around 1821. His real name was Mbanaso…
The book “Eze Goes to School” is undoubtedly one of the most popular and widely read classic novels in Nigeria. Onuora Nzekwu co-authored the book with historian Michael Crowther in 1966 and it has been on the lips of Nigerians ever since. Onuora Nzekwu was born on February 19, 1928 in Kafanchan to Obiese Nzekwu…