This video shows Major-General Yakubu Gowon, the head of state of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria, in the grounds…
The video displays the tranquil mood of the school, where students and staff stroll effortlessly through the beautiful green surrounds.…
From 1877 to 1893, the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria engaged in the longest tribal conflict in contemporary history. Ibadan…
In the southwest of Nigeria, between Ilorin and Oyo Town, sits the town of Ogbomoso. Ogunlola, a valiant hunter of…
Iyalode Chief (Mrs.) Esther Bisoye Tejuoso was brutally killed by heedless assassins on September 19, 1996, at her home, few…
Domkat Yah Bali, a four-star general in the Nigerian army, was born on February 27, 1940, and served as both…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Maryam Ibrahim Babangida, and Kenyan environmental campaigner Wangari Maathai (left) are shown smiling together at a banquet…
It would be impossible to discuss Nigerian music and art history without addressing the renowned “Twins Seven Seven,” whose real…
Video depicts General Yakubu Gowon, the head of state of Nigeria, inaugurating the country’s second multimillion-pound motor plant on the…
President Thomas Sankara, one of Africa’s finest leaders, with Fela Kuti during the Panafrican Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) in…
The Calabar, the city we now name Calabar, formerly known as Ata Akpa, was a group of Efik towns that…
The Bank of British West Africa, Nigeria’s first bank, was founded in 1894 with the intention of serving British colonial…
In less than a year, Nigerian government forces encircled Biafra and took control of Port Harcourt and coastal oil facilities.…
Named for the trader and aristocracy Madam Efunroye Tinubu, Tinubu Square (previously Independence Square) is a notable open space on…
Professor Ambrose Alli, Ezomo of Ekpoma,was elected as Bendel State’s governor and went on to establish “Bendel State University,” which…
On July 16, 1926, Sir Michael Otedola was born in Odoragunsin, Epe Local Government Area, Lagos State, into a Muslim…
At the center of a family that has made Nigerian history is the extraordinary 101-year-old Chief Raji Ayoola Adeleke. The…
Six unsuccessful attempts to become president of Nigeria were made by Atiku Abubakar in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and…
In a conversation in 1977, Professor Wole Soyinka and Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo, the military head of state at the time,…
An iconic shot shows Babatunde Kelani, the famous director of photography, actor Chief Eleyinmi, and legendary actor Adeyemi Afolayan, known…
