An old photo taken at the Asaba Ferry in December 1964 shows Chief Dennis Chukude Osadebay, the billionaire Premier of…
One of the hit songs by Plantashun Boiz, the legendary Afrobeat group consisting of Blackface, Faze, and 2Face Idibia (now…
In 1951, Oba Claudius Dosa Akran, a politician from Nigeria and a holder of traditional titles, represented Badagry in parliament…
“Now, therefore, by the authority, and under the principles recited above, I, Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern…
In a coup headed by General Ibrahim Babangida and other members of the ruling Supreme Military Council (SMC) in August…
During the queen’s official trip of Nigeria in February 1956, Oba Musendiku Buraimoh Adeniji Adele of Lagos welcomes Her Royal…
A dramatic spectacle of stranded individuals standing in remarkably organized lines was captured on camera in 1984, and it signaled…
A picture shows David Oyedepo while he was still a young man, just after graduating from Kwara State Polytechnic in…
Resurfacing brings back memories of the 1990s with a video that features one of the great works of the legendary…
Pictured in the 1960s at the University of Ibadan, a young Kenule Saro-Wiwa, better known as Ken Saro-Wiwa, is shown…
The resignation of President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, popularly known as IBB, from the office of Head of State was a…
Two decades ago, on a grandiose day, the foremost traditional leaders of Igboland assembled to watch Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu…
A film shot in 1971, a year after the Nigerian Civil War ended, shows a typical Monday morning street scene…
In 1972, Benjamin Adekunle received a promotion to brigadier. Adekunle was tasked with cleaning up the Lagos port after the…
Babangida, along with other notable military leaders including Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, was a founding member of the People’s Democratic Party…
Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, the head of state of Nigeria, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter sign a joint press release…
On January 15, 1997, the startling news that Senator Abraham Adesanya had barely avoided an assassination attempt was carried on…
Major Mustapha discussed the videotapes he delivered to Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Sabo in 1998, following his incarceration by Abdusalam…
An old photograph taken in the 1960s shows the Central Hotel Kano. The second image shows the Central Hotel Kano…
During the 2003 elections, First Lady Stella Obasanjo accompanied her husband, General Olusegun Obasanjo, who was running for president, at…
