Below are some original or correct names or spellings of Igbo towns and villages. The Igbo people living in eastern Nigeria are one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. Owerri is Owerre Awgu is Ogu Abakaliki is Abakaleke Awka is Oka Port Harcourt is Diobu Bonny is Ubani Enugu is Enugwu Asaba is Ahaba…
Kanuri is a dialect continuum spoken by about four million people in 1 , mostly in northeastern Nigeria, western Niger, southeastern Chad and northern Cameroon, as well as by small minorities in southern Libya and the diaspora in Sudan. The Kanuri Kingdom as well as other cities, provinces and states such as Borno in Nigeria,…
Seated left to right: Captain Harley Empere, Major Gideon Orkar, Captain Perebo Dakolo, Lieutenant Cyril Ozoalor and Lieutenant Nicholas Odeh during their trial before the Special Military Court for their involvement in the failed April 1990 coup against the military government of Ibrahim Babangydy. Thanks for reading.
Adegoke Olubummo was the first professor of mathematics in Nigeria in 1964. He was born on April 19, 1923 to the first honored literate musician of Orin, His Royal Highness Oba William Adekolawu Olubummo II and Chief Abigael Osarayi Olubummo in Orin Ekiti. As a royal child, Olubummo received a quality education at the Methodist…
The Owu-Ife War, as the name suggests, was a bloody conflict that broke out between the people of Ile-Ife and the natives of the nearby town of Owu between 1821 and 1828. It opened doors of tragedy to other wars in Yoruba land. Causes of the Owu-Ife War The Owu-Ife War broke out barely four…
Kenule (Ken) Beeson Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, activist and television presenter born on October 10, 1995 in the family of Ogoni chief Jim Wiwa. Ken Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, a minority tribe in Nigeria. His homeland, the Ogoni Territory in the Niger Delta, has been the target of oil production…
Hajia Gambo Sawaba was a Nigerian politician and activist known for her charity events, including in support of the women’s freedom struggle in the north. The rights and status of women in Northern Nigeria remains a thorny issue to understand or resolve, although progress has been made. Recently, the #MeToo campaign reached the region. The…
Prince Idubor, also known as Arhuanran (sometimes spelled Aruanran), was supposed to be the Oba (King) of Benin because the great kingdom was doing well at the time. However, legend has it that his birthright was given to his younger brother, Esigie, who was born on the same day as Idubor. How It Happened Oba…
When he was alive, Professor Peller was the smartest person in Africa. Even after his passing, it is uncertain whether other African magicians have surpassed his accomplishments. In almost every African nation, he gave performances before not only princes and other elites but also held kings in awe of his magic. Here is how Femi…
Ara was one of Ekiti’s most important towns in 1850, with a population that rivaled Ijaye’s in Egbaland. To prevent being sold into slavery by Ibadan, the people of Ara (also known as Ara-Ekiti) killed themselves in large numbers in August 1855. Alara Elejofi, the mayor of Ara Town, started the mass suicide by destroying…
The word “keg,” which is a traditional local container for storing palm wine, gave rise to the name “kegite.”. The Kegites Club’s revelry is accompanied by an ethereal, magical feeling that is difficult to describe. Due to the fervor surrounding their high-spirited activities, anyone who does not agree with them may find themselves making room…
Sacred Nigerian statues were scheduled to be auctioned off in Paris, but a Nigerian commission has demanded that the event be called off on the grounds that the artifacts were stolen. The artworks were lawfully acquired, according to Christie’s auction house, and the sale will take place on Monday. In recent years, French courts have…
1. The British arrived in Nigeria in 1851, took control of Lagos in 1861, and established the Oil River Protectorate in 1884. 2. On January 8, 1897, Flora Louisa Shaw, a British journalist, novelist, and wife of Lord Frederick Lugard, proposed the name “Nigeria” for the British Protectorate on the Niger. 3. The first Federal…
An image of the former military president Ibrahim Babangida riding in a carriage with Queen Elizabeth II during his 1989 visit to London can be found below.
Olumirin Waterfall, also known as Erin Ijesha Waterfall, can be found in the center of Erin-Ijesha, a peaceful town in Osun State, Nigeria. Every year, more than 30,000 people from all over the world visit the amazing waterfall. Erin Ijesha waterfall sees more visitors than usual during the popular Osun-Osogbo festival celebration. After the festival,…
A man by the name of “Aigboran” existed a long time ago. He tied the knot with a stunning woman whom he adored and revered as if she were a god. Everyone in the “Ojutaye” village was aware that Aigboran’s wife was the village’s most beautiful woman. Instead of being content with his luck, the…
A man by the name of “Aigboran” existed a long time ago. He tied the knot with a stunning woman whom he adored and revered as if she were a god. Everyone in the “Ojutaye” village was aware that Aigboran’s wife was the village’s most beautiful woman. Instead of being content with his luck, the…
The first female Nigerian doctor, Agnes Yewande Savage, was born on February 21, 1906, in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a Nigerian father named Richard Akinwande Savage and a Scottish mother named Maggie S. Bowie. Yewande Savage received a scholarship to study at George Watson’s Ladies College and was admitted to the Royal College of Music in…
Iroko Oluwere is the name of a powerful tree in the forest in the ancient village of Ajangbe in Yorubaland. People would go there to ask the tree’s spirit for various favors. The Iroko oluwere was benevolent, granting people their wishes in exchange for gifts. There were many sterile women in Ajangbe’s past. They frantically…
In the past, in an Igbo village, teens and young children were hounded at night by monsters. The villagers made numerous unsuccessful attempts to capture and kill these monstrous beings. Oramma, a beautiful girl, lived with her parents in the same village. She was exceptionally lovely that sovereigns from distant terrains contended to prevail upon…