Female Hostess in the 1960s
A female employee at a Lagos, Nigerian airport
Bola Ige Captured in a Picture with Friends in the 1930s
Chief James Ajibola Idowu Ige, SAN, born on September 13, 1930, and slain on December 23, 2001, while holding the position of Nigeria’s Justice Minister, are pictured from left to right. He was a politician and attorney from Nigeria. He held the position of Nigeria’s Federal Minister of Justice from January 2000 until his murder in December 2001. Prior to this, from 1979 to 1983, he presided over Oyo State as governor of the Second Republic of Nigeria. From left to right, we have Tamunobere Oforiokuma, who was born in Calabar on January 12, 1931, and is currently living, previously the Federal Ministry of Finance’s Acting Permanent Secretary. This photo shows Akin Mabogunje (October 18, 1931 – August 4, 2022; later Professor of Geography, University of Ibadan) and Caleb Olaniyan (1930-2009), who later served as Professor of Zoology at the University of Lagos. Michael Adebayo Ifaturoti (1926 – February 21, 2007), who is currently known as O’dua Investments Company, is pictured here. He eventually served as Chairman of the Western State Public Service Commission and later WEMABOD.
Brief Background of His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II
Prior to ascending to the position of Oba of Benin, Eheneden Erediauwa studied at Immaculate Conception College in 1968 and Edo College in Benin City, Nigeria, from 1965 to 1967. He received his A-Level diploma from London’s South Thames College. He earned a degree in Economics from the University of Wales in the United Kingdom and a master’s degree in public administration from Rutgers University Graduate School in New Jersey, in the United States. He was employed at the UN from 1981 to 1982. In addition, he represented Nigeria as an ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Finnish Republic. Additionally, he served as Nigeria’s envoy to Italy. When Ewuare was anointed Oba, he was wed to Princess Iyayiota (Obazuwa N’erie), Queen (Oloi) Iroghama (Obazuaye N’erie), and Princess Ikpakpa (Ohe N’erie). Later, he married other women.
How Lieutenant General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma Rose to the Rank of Commander Despite His Murder Involvement in a Bloody Mutiny.
Danjuma’s parents, Kuru Danjuma and Rufkatu Asibi, were born in Takum, Taraba State (formerly Gongola), Nigeria. When Danjuma was younger, Takum was mostly a farming hamlet, with families and clans cultivating yams, rice, cassava, and beniseed. His father was a devoted peasant, and all of his forefathers had been well-liked members of the society. Kuru Danjuma was a farmer who exchanged tools and farming implements for metal parts. Captain Theophilus Danjuma (as he was then known) led northern soldiers who detained General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and his host, General Adekunle Fajuyi, in Ibadan in 1966 after Danjuma participated in a countercoup with the 4th Battalion at Mokola. Then, both men were swept off their feet and brought to a roadside bush where they were shot after being stripped naked. In retaliation for the killing of federal officials in Nigeria’s first coup, Danjuma, Murtala Mohammed, Buka Suka Dimka, Muhammadu Buhari, Sani Abacha, Musa Usman, Ibrahim Taiwo, Ibrahim Bako, and Ibrahim Babangida, among others, took part in a bloody mutiny known as the “July Rematch” on July 29, 1966. General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, the first military Head of State of Nigeria, and Lt Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, the first military Governor of the former Western Region, who was entertaining Aguiyi-Ironsi at his home in Ibadan, were picked up by Danjuma from the side of the road as they were escaping an ambush planned by Danjuma, Mohammed, Dimka, Buhari, and others. After imprisoning them in the back of his vehicle, Danjuma drove them to a remote part of Oyo State, where he gave them the order to leave and executed them in cold blood. At the onset of the civil war campaign in 1967, he was elevated to the rank of lieutenant colonel and dispatched to conquer Enugu later that year. He was named Commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Nigerian Army in December 1967, and he served in that capacity until July 1968.