Throwback to Sir Ladapo Samuel Ademola ll Showstopping Entrance to the Coronation of King George VI

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The most fashionable king in the history of the ancient Yoruba Kingdom, Oba Alake of Abeokuta (Egbaland). Oba Sir Ladapo Samuel Ademola II arrives at the coronation of King George VI in 1937 in an exotic Rolls-Royce Phantom II. in London. Ademola II, son of Alake (Oba) Ademola I, was one of the first traditional rulers of Nigeria to own a car. King George VI was King of Great Britain from 1936 until his death in 1952. George VI is also the father…

Brief Biography of Late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua 

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The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as a young man with his wife and son, 1977. Yar’adua was born in the Nigerian state of Katsina. His father, Musa Yar’Adua, was Minister of Lagos during the First Republic and held the title of Chief of the Matawalle (Guardian of the Royal Treasury) of the Emirate of Katsina, a title Yar’Adua inherited. His paternal grandfather, Malam Umaru, also held the title of Matawallen Katsina, while his paternal grandmother, Binta, was a Fulani of the Sullubawa clan, Princess of the Emirate of Katsina and sister of Emir Muhammadu Dikko.

Fela Regains Freedom After Money Laundering Allegations

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Afrobeat musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti smiles at Black Maria after he was arrested by the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Military Government for illegally attempting to export £1,600 in foreign currency abroad in the year 1984. Fela was arrested more than 200 times by various military regimes but remained imprisoned for a long time by Major General Buhari, who first came to power in a military coup in December 1983.The Afro beats legend was sentenced to five years in prison by a military court on what he always called trumped-up barter charges but was released in 1986…

The Tragic End of Lit. Daniel Idowu Bamidele Over Wrongful Accusation of Coup Plotting

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Bamidele was implicated in the coup attempt because he heard a rumor of a coup attempt and did not reveal the information. Daniel Bamidele He was a Nigerian army officer who was executed by the government of General Ibrahim Babangida for failing to report an alleged plot against the government in the so-called “Vatsa coup”. Bamidele was charged with conspiracy to commit treason. During an official trip to Kaduna in October 1983 to print the division’s report to the Army Chiefs of Staff Conference, Daniel Bamidele heard rumors of a planned coup against…