These facts should be understood before we start discussing Ilorin’s history. Southwest Nigeria’s Kwara State is home to the city, traditional emirate, and capital of Ilorin. On the Awun River, a small tributary of the Niger, it is situated. Ilorin, which was the seventh-largest city in Nigeria by population as of the 2006 census, had…
If our assumption is correct, you are surprised because you believed Bobrisky to be the first man from Nigeria to publicly assume the identity of a woman. Do not be surprised; Bob Actor, also known as Calypso King, was a famous crossdresser and self-described transgender who lived long before Bobrisky! Calypso King/Bob Actor: who was…
After President Ibrahim Babangida declared the June 12, 1993 presidential election—which had elected M.K—void, the call for democracy became louder. Winning candidate O Abiola. Due to “electoral irregularities,” Babangida declared the election invalid. Before leaving office on August 26th, 1993, he established an interim administration to manage the handover of power to a democratically elected…
On Saturday, October 1, 1960, thousands of eager Nigerians descended upon Lagos’ Tafawa Balewa square t o participate in the eagerly anticipated celebration of their country’s independence. Students, government employees, market vendors, traders, and other people were present in the crowds. Performers (such as acrobats, masquerades, and cultural dancers) were also available…
The fourth and final Nigerian constitution before independence was the Lyttleton one, which was adopted in 1954. As a replacement for the Macpherson constitution of 1951, it was adopted in 1954 after being reviewed at two constitutional conferences (the Lagos constitutional conference in 1954 and the London constitutional conference in 1953). The Clifford constitution from…
African values that are rooted in history have been derailed by the Eurocentric view of the continent’s past. Blacks were not thought to have experienced any historical events deserving of study until the 20th century, when some African historians successfully academically rebutted the Hamitic hypothesis and demonstrated the existence of African history. The Hamitic hypothesis…
With more than 200 million soccer supporters dispersed throughout the nation, Nigeria is regarded as a soccer giant in Africa. This astounding expansion has gone beyond simply watching soccer and taking advantage of the wonderful online entertainment options made possible by the 1Xbet promo code, to actual advancement on the field. Because of this, every…
Dance is a common cultural practice among the more than 350 tribes and ethnic groups that make up Nigeria. The cultural or traditional dances in Nigeria have a variety of functions, such as uniting a tribe’s members, retelling folktales, preserving a community’s history and traditions, showcasing a tribe’s wealth and power, celebrating, fulfilling religious obligations,…
Who Was Mum-Zi, the youngest grandmother in history? In 1884, Mum-Zi gave birth to a baby girl at the age of just 8 years, 4 months. Mum-Zi was born in Nigeria on the island of Akwa Akpa, which is now known as the city of Calabar. Mum-Zi’s daughter followed in her mother’s footsteps by…
Long before colonialism, Nigerian tribes had their own distinctive ways of carrying out traditional rites; some of these methods have since disappeared, while others are still used today. These rites are carried out on special occasions like birth, death, coronation, and many others. The transition from childhood to adulthood is one of these events that…