Nine years before he bade goodbye to the world, Victor Samuel Leonard Malu, a general of generals, went into a coma and was taken to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where he was placed on […]
For the people of Asaba, Delta State, October 7, 1967 remains a day they will forever rue, for that was the day the Nigerian state executed one of the worst forms of savagery against them. […]
It is rare for a church to celebrate 150 years anniversary in Africa, but that was exactly what the Cathedral Church of Christ, Diocese of Lagos, Marina, Lagos did recently. The faithful trooped out to […]
If Fela’s music connects generations, if his music fills the air during mass movements as witnessed during the anti-fuel price hike protests and rallies of January 2012 and if his music would dominate the airwaves […]
The Afrobeat Maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was synonymous with the fight against the hydra-headed monster of corruption using the instrumentality of music. Asserting himself with pristine authority on the stage, he railed against the ills of […]
Veteran column readers will remember that I told many of these stories for the benefit of our youngsters back in 2010 when we marked 50 years of Nigeria’s independence. Since Nigeria produces new youngsters at […]
When former President Goodluck Jonathan made the infamous statement that stealing is not corruption, the whole nation went agog. The then opposition party (APC) had a free day and they tactically used it as one […]
On May 1 1967 at a meeting of Leaders of thought of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo made the following declarations ‘I consider my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general […]
Of all the decrees enacted in Nigeria, none is more controversial than Decree No 34 of 1966. It was promulgated on May 24 1966 by then Head of StateMajor General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi Ironsi(1924-1966). It […]
Sixteen years ago, the world stood in horror as New York’s World Trade Center Twin Towers came crumbling down after two hijacked planes smashed into the buildings, killing thousands of people, making it the deadliest […]
Saja Pahad, a small village in Chhattisgarh, India, has been dealing with severe water shortages for several decades. With only two wells available, locals were barely able to secure enough water to feed their cattle, […]
Today…I present before you all a historian and scholar who has distinguished himself by not only interpreting the past as historians do, but also by committing himself to the worthy goal of mapping the future. […]
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