If you think back to when you were a kid and got your first gift, you remember the elation that was unmatched. That might be close to the emotion felt by over 87 million Nigerians on July 21, 1994, when the Green Eagles of Nigeria scored the first World Cup goal for the nation, which…
Sanitary inspectors are government employees charged with the duty of supervising the sanitation of homes and neighborhoods in every region of Nigeria. They are known as “wole-wole” in Yorubaland, “Nwaole-ala” among the Igbo, and “duba-gari” among the Hausa. During Nigeria’s colonial era, the sanitary inspector’s office was established. They were initially referred to as “sanitary…
The name Babatunde Folorunsho may sound lovely and pleasant to the ear, but its historical bearer was a nightmarish and a source of daily terror for Nigerians in the early 1970s. Babatunde Folorunsho: Who Was He? In the 1970s, ruthless bandit Babatunde Folorunsho and his gang of armed robbers put the safety and security of…
The National Security Organization (NSO) detained Gloria Okon, 35, at the Aminu Kano International Airport on April 22, 1985, for allegedly smuggling heroin and other hard drugs. When she was discovered in possession of 56.17 grammes of the substances, 301 dollars, 60 pounds sterling, N20,000, and 19,000 Italian lire, she was on her way to…
The Yoruba tribe of Western Nigeria had a custom that was widespread hundreds of years ago of drawing their Ila (tribal/facial mark). Ila are distinctive markings made on a person’s face or body soon after birth or during childhood. People with this mark are known as Okola. While the reasons for applying these marks vary,…
Here is the letter that Lt. Gen. Biafran, the Biafran Armed Forces’ commander in chief, wrote. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu wrote a letter to Lt. Col. During the Nigerian civil war, Victor Banjo gave him the order to “invade and liberate” Western Nigeria (Yorubaland) from the “Hausa/Fulani dominated Nigeria.”. From The Military Governor. Enugu, Republic of…
Benson Idonije is a well-known Nigerian broadcaster, writer, and critic who is frequently referred to as that country’s most esteemed music critic. He was born on June 13th, 1936 in Otua, an area of Owan East local government in Nigeria’s Edo State. The renowned radio host and music critic is best known for being Fela…
The first motion picture to be filmed in Nigeria in 1926 is called Palava. The Geoffrey Barkas-written and -directed British movie, which was first shown on April 25, 1927, was filmed among the Sura, Angas, Mangu, and Berom people of Plateau and Bauchi in northern Nigeria. In the movie, Mark Fernandez plays an envious British…
The image above purports to be from Christmas Day in 1923 in Badagry, Nigeria. Share your thoughts in the comment section below. After carefully examining the image, we realized that the letters on the Nigerians may be the result of photoshop. Regardless of whether it was done that way or not, can you see any…
Kola Onadipe: who was he? Kola Onadipe, a prolific and well-known Nigerian author best known for his educational children’s books, was born Nathaniel Kolawole Onadipe on July 14, 1922 in the peaceful town of Ijebu-Ode. In 1949, he pursued a legal education at the University of London, and in 1952, he and Abraham Adesanya, a…