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…
In 1912, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in Bauchi, Nigeria, to Yakubu Dan Zala and Fatima Inna. Tafawa Balewa attended a Koranic school in Bauchi for his primary education before enrolling at Barewa College to earn his teaching credential. Tafawa Balewa was one of the fortunate students selected in 1944 to spend a year studying…
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…
A state is a political group of people who live in a geographical area and have a well-functioning government. The Northern, Western, and Eastern regions of Nigeria were created during the period 1960-1963. Between the years 1963 and 1967, there were four regions: the Northern, Western, Mid-Western, and Eastern. Between 1967 and 1976, General Yakubu…
The news first made the rounds in 1974. Chief Bolarinwa Abioro, Chairman of African Songs Limited and Balogun of Ipokia, had taken his star musician to court! Abioro was well-known to KSA’s followers. Abioro was well-known to Sunday Adeniyi. The son was Sunny. Abioro was the dad. Between father and son, what could have gone…
The historic war between Great Britain and the South African kingdom of Zulu, also known as the Anglo-Zulu War or the Zulu War, lasted six months in Southern Africa in 1879. The British were interested in Zululand in the second half of the 19th century for a number of reasons, including their plan to establish…
In 1962, during the political crisis in the Western Region of Nigeria, the Coker Commission of Inquiry was established. George Baptist Ayodola Coker was delegated by Moses Majekodunmi, the sole head of the Western District, to seat the commission of investigation into the undertakings of the Area’s six legal companies since October first 1964. In…