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Iconic image of President Nelson Mandela meeting the renowned Chinua Achebe in Cape Town.
President Yar’Adua Declares Asset, sets Commendable Standard for Other Politicians
Being the first Nigerian president to do so, Yar’Adua made public his May asset declaration on June 28, 2007. It said that he had ₦856,452,892 (US$5.8 million) in assets, of which ₦19 million ($0.1 million) belonged to his wife. In addition, he possessed liabilities of ₦88,793,269.77 ($0.5 million). His pre-election pledge was accomplished with this revelation, which aimed to deter corruption and serve as an example for other Nigerian leaders.
Gruesome Murder of Prophet Eddie Nawgu by the Bakassi Boys
If you truly love history, you probably know about the confrontation between Prophet Eddie Nawgu and the Bakassi Boys. Eddie Nawgu, whose real name was Edwin Okeke, was a self-described prophet, sorcerer, and religious leader from Nigeria. Among Igbo people, he was most known as Eddie Nawgu in the mid-1990s. Because he was from the Nawgu village, a town in the Dunukofia L.G.A. of Anambra State, Nigeria, he went by the moniker “Nawgu.” Eddie “Nawgu” Okeke, 29, declared at the age of 29 that he had been touched by the Biblical God and was endowed with the capacity to “see” and “perceive” things that the human eye and other four senses were unable to detect. He constructed a building like a church and called it the “Anioma Healing Centre” not long after he started his ministry. He claimed that the “Anioma Healing Center” was founded with the intention of healing the sick and giving people hope again, but that wasn’t really the case. A few years later, rumors about his illegal actions began to circulate. For example, during a 1990 session, believers were instructed to bless two guys for whom the prophet had earlier prayed for a breakthrough (it turned out that the pair had successfully smuggled hard drugs into Europe without being detected). The self-described prophet of God was now being investigated for multiple crimes that had been committed in the state of Anambra as well as in the community. This caused him to come to the notice of the Bakassi boys, a vigilante security group led by the former Anambra State governor, Chinwoke Mbadinuju. Their mission was to find and apprehend criminals, sponsors of criminal gangs, and dubious-looking men. Eddie Nawgu was accused of kidnapping, supporting notorious criminals, engaging in rituals involving the use of human body parts—such as the skull—illegally possessing firearms, and sacrificing human beings. He shot to the top of their “most wanted list” as a result. They flipped the entire space around. The others were observing the child as he performed. When they inquired about the location of my husband’s gun, I answered, “Which guns?” They requested pump-action and handguns, but there was only one double-barrel gun available. I informed them that we lacked any. Saying, “I will cut off your head if you don’t give us those guns,” one of them raised his machete. Nothing was discovered by them. “Turn your back, or I’ll chop off your head,” he yelled. He hurled his machete in my direction, raised it, then dropped it. They assured…
Fela’s Uncanny Relationship with his Spiritual Advisor, Professor Hindu
Professor Hindu, whose real name is Kwaku Addai, was a close spiritual companion and magician of the late Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti. He says he was seven years old when he realized he had a gift. He studied tailoring after graduating from high school. He abandoned it, nonetheless, in favor of the more lucrative profession as a magician. Fela renamed his Afrika 70 band as Egypt 80 in the same year. According to reports, while on assignment at Fela’s New Afrika Shrine, Professor Hindu “reportedly hacked open one man’s throat and fatally shot another.” The two were purportedly brought back to life. After his mother passed away in 1981, Fela Kuti brought Professor Hindu to Lagos, where he thereafter served as Fela’s spiritual adviser. Professor Hindu is notorious for being a magician who killed two individuals in Ikeja and then brought them back to life a few days later. He was Fela’s spiritual advisor, and they had a tight relationship. But Fela’s intimacy frequently got him into problems. Fela was incarcerated for five years after following Professor Hindu’s advice; he had promised that airport security would not discover foreign currency in his pocket, but they did. Fela is accused of participating in an armed robbery in Ikeja, Lagos, in December. Before the ridiculous accusation is dropped Fela is physically assaulted by the cops, he was beaten so badly that, years later, he claims that this was the only time he truly feared for his life out of all the times he had been battered. I can’t stop questioning myself if Fela’s descent into this new spiritual experience was brought on by the death of his mother. His mother was his inspiration, defender, soul mate, and source of motivation—in other words, she was everything. He was also known by the nickname “Omo lya Aje,” which translates to “son of a witch.” This is in reference to Fela’s daring and bravery in taking on the establishment and, each time, emerging from the ensuing tragic spectacles unscathed.…