Fulani assumed control over the political authority of Hausa states in the mid nineteenth 100 years. After the incomparable Jihad war (1804-1810) drove by Usman Dan Fodio, the previous fourteen Hausa states were blended and afterward separated into two caliphates. The eastern caliphate (which included states like Yola, Gombe, Kano, Zaria and Katsina) had Sokoto…
The account of Moremi Ajasoro of Ile-Ife isn’t in no manner new to Yoruba individuals as well as individuals from different pieces of Nigeria. The tale of the amazing sovereign has been shown in schools, retold in books, melodies and films. Today, we present to you a far reaching and valid history of Queen Moremi…
The town of Ogbomoso lies among Ilorin and Oyo Town in the south western area of Nigeria. The town was established during the seventeenth hundred years by Ogunlola, a courageous tracker of Ibariba plummet. History has it that Ogunlola relocated to the current site of Ogbomoso around 1650 in quest for his hunting vocation. He…
Folashade Lawson, girl of the Executive of Lagos Town Committee, was among the young ladies who introduced blossoms to Sovereign Elizabeth II when she visited Nigeria in 1956. As at then, little Folashade Lawson was four years of age however presently, she is Mrs. Folashade Randle, a certified business legal counselor wedded with youngsters to…
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…
Nigeria has seen the ascent and fall of numerous tactical systems since she turned into a sovereign state in 1960 and this, every step of the way, has changed the heading of the country. A second overthrow since freedom which occurred on July 29, 1966, would see to the fierce passing of Nigeria’s Incomparable Commandant,…
History suggests that the Yoruba and Edo ethnic groups of western Nigeria share a common ancestor and elements in their cultures and traditions that are similar to one another. This is clear in so many ways, from their political systems before colonialism to their languages. The Yoruba and Edo people believe that they are related…