Joseph Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu false name Adelabu Penkelemesi was a giant in the political field of Ibadan and the then Western Locale before the freedom of Nigeria in 1960. He was brought into the world in Oke-Oluokun, Ibadan, on September 3, 1915 to Mr. Sanusi Ashiyanbi Adelabu and Mrs. Awujola Adelabu. At the young age…
On the 19th of October, 1986, Dele Giwa was killed in his house, No 25, Talabi Crescent, off Talabi street, Adeniyi Jones Avenue, by a letter bomb which was said to have been delivered by Buba Marwa, a former military administrator of Lagos State. The bomb explosion at first left Dele Giwa seriously injured and…
Who was Alimotu Pelewura? Alimotu Pelewura was the courageous and extremist lady who drove the Lagos Market Ladies’ Affiliation (LMWA) in its restrictions to the tax assessment strategy and other ominous mandates of the English pilgrim government. Alimotu Pelewura was brought into the world in 1865, in Lagos, to a polygynous family. She was the…
In 1978, Nigerian understudies organized a dissent (Ali Should Go) which, till today, stays the mother of all Alutas (understudy fights) in Nigeria. It was a cross country fomentation that brought the Public Association of Nigeria Understudies (NUNS) into an open a conflict with the Tactical legislature of Olusegun Obasanjo and the harsh looking men…