After 27 years struggle, great history was recorded recently when the National Assembly ratified June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria. For 27 years we struggled, we spoke, we appealed, we begged, we asked and […]
It will be exactly 50 years on Friday, 29 July 2016 when Lt.Col. Adekunle Fajuyi, first military governor of Western Region, was assassinated in a counter coup, led mainly by northern officers. As part of […]
Ibrahim Babangida, IBB for style, has some special dates in August. He was born on 17 August 1941. He marked the birthday this month. On 27 August 1985, he overthrew Major General Muhammadu Buhari in […]
The Nigerian government has given all foreigners involved in mining activities in Zamfara State 48 hours to leave the sites. The government announced a ban on all mining activities as part of measures to restore […]
In this second part on the old hair cutting methods still in use in major Nigerian cities, Kemi Busari highlights the risk in sharing blades and other unsterilized shaving tools. Read the first part here. […]
The recent approval of the Pod Borer Resistant Cowpea (popularly called beans) developed by the Institute for Agricultural Research, (IAR) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has continued to generate reactions, creating more anxiety than applause over […]
Nigerians are entangled with Henry Ford’s above ageless and quoted statement. Some people want to live in the present, forgetting the past to avoid making history today for tomorrow’s justification. Those who brought Nigeria to […]
Had he not been assassinated in his Bodija Housing Estate, Ibadan, Oyo State of Nigeria home, that Sunday, December 23, 2001, Chief ’Bola Ige, SAN, would have been 88 years old today. May his noble […]
Monkeypox has been discovered in the UK for the first time ever, Public Health England have said. The rare viral infection was recorded on Friday in a Nigerian national staying at a naval base in […]
On this day in 1997, Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died, and we take a look into his life and achievements. Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti to an Anglican reverend and a […]
Oral history is as good as its limitations: incomplete, changing over time, distorted, embellished, lost. It is time we wheeled ourselves to the 21st century. Recently, my daughter, a final year university student, had an […]
A sitting American president and a North Korean leader had a one-on-one interaction at a historic summit in Singapore Tuesday. President Donald Trump shook hands with North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un at the Capella Hotel on […]
This is the text of the speech, delivered on June 11, 1994, and dubbed the ‘Epetedo Proclamation’, by MKO Abiola to reclaim the annulled June 12 mandate. People of Nigeria, exactly one year ago, you […]
The Lagos State Government on Friday said comprehensive plans are currently being put together to generally address the prevalence of drug abuse under the mental health policy in the state. It said a law to […]
I woke up to this breaking news today (reproduced verbatim below but also see screenshots). Breaking News! Deeper Life Bible Church unveils the biggest and best equipped hospital ever built in Africa. It’s a 10,000-bed […]
Twenty-six notable leaders who attended the meeting in Lagos included the British prime minister, Sir Harold Wilson; Lester Pearson of Canada; Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya; Sir Dauda Jawara of the Gambia…Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana; […]
Perhaps in the long run, the most remarkable legacy of the Nigerian leader known as Olusegun Obasanjo would be his personal example, in terms of the manner in which he continues to creatively reinvent himself […]
A former President of the Association of Lagos State Indigenes, Chief Layi Ajayi-Bembe, in this interview with BAYO AKINLOYE says the real owners of Lagos are the Bini, not the Yoruba What is your lineage […]
…one way to immortalise Chief Bob Ogbuagu is to continue to promote, nurture and sustain the virtues of hard-work, love for man and country for which he lived, toiled and died. All roads lead to […]
His consistent critical stance on social injustice and corruption; his courage in the face of military intimidation; his role in the struggle for Nigeria’s democracy, makes him a music icon who wrote his name in […]
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