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Mr. Bellingham being carried by his servants while journeying in Southern Nigeria,
Meet Dangote’s Dad, Late Alhaji Sanusi Dantata, the Source of His Billionaire Status
A photo capturing youthful Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote (first from the left), Dangote’s granddad who to begin with gave him seed capital to begin commerce, late Alhaji Sanusi Dantata (second left), Alhaji Hassan Dantata (second right) and late Qadiriyyah researcher Sheik Alin Kumasi (first from the right) within the early 1980’s. The…
The Historic Iyake Lake Known for Restoring Female Fertility
Iyake Lake is the as it were recognized suspended/hanging lake in Africa – one of the as it were two within the world after the Hanging Lake in Colorado. It has been named as one of the captivating locales to visit in Nigeria as well as one of the seven ponders of Nigeria. It is…
The Loneliness After the Glam, Miss Nigeria 1958 Spills
So said Miss Nigeria 1958. And who is Miss Nigeria – this encapsulation of a tasty sensation? She is a 19-year-old Helen Anyamaeluna. And some time before her exposure to glam, she was a receptionist within the Eastern Nigeria Ministry of Transport. Helen is no brainless excellence. She was a language specialist who can hold her claim in…
The Ever-Beautiful City of Ancient Kano
The history of Nigeria isn’t total without specifying the history of Memorable Kano city. Kano was the location of a number of earlier kingdoms and domains, counting the Kingdom of Kano, which was centered in Dalla Slope and existed from earlier to 1000 Advertisement to 1349. In 1349, the Sultanate of Kano was set up…
Awolowo Regains Freedom, Visits Chief Hubert Ogunde
Chief Obafemi Awolowo giggling with Chief Ogunde whereas holding between his legs youthful Ace Abayomi Ogunde (one of Chief Ogunde’s children) when he gone by Chief Hubert Ogunde in his house at 3, Respectable Road in Lagos in1966. This was Chief Awolowo’s to begin with first ever visit to Chief Hubert Ogunde’s home after he…
Origination of Enu Ugwu (Modern Day Enugu State)
Enugu State is one of the states that were set up within the early 6,000 BC, and the memorable prove can be seen Okigwe-Nsukka pivot. The present-day Enugu State is a fascination of what the earliest inhabitants who stayed within the state building. One such occasion is the memorable objects based on early earthenware work.…
Meet Nigeria’s First Ever National Football Team
The first Nigerian national football group, at that point known as UK Tourists, and Red Devils without football boots in 1949. The “UK Tourists” were Nigeria’s early national football group. Moreover, nicknamed the “Red Devils” due to their red shirts, the group was the primary play matches overseas when they visited Britain, playing different clubs in 1949.
History of Lagos and its Connection to the Igbosere Tree
From the history of Lagos, Igbosere is inferred from the two Yoruba words; ‘Igbo’ and ‘Osere’, meaning the woodland of Osere trees. It is so named after the transcendent ‘sere’ trees found within the timberland of that range. sere trees are well known for its wood which is utilized for carpentary (ikan) and the carving…
British Exploiters Show off Loot After the British Invasion of the Benin Kingdom.
In November 1896, James Robert Phillips, agent commissioner and delegate for the Niger Coast Protectorate, chosen to visit and meet with Ovonramwen in Benin City in respects to the exchange assentation that the Oba had made with the British but was not keeping. He formally inquired his bosses in London for consent to visit Benin…