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Detailed Historical Account of Ajiran Land In Eti-Osa (A MUST-READ)
The modern day Ajiran Land situated in the heart of Eti Osa was founded by a valiant hunter…
The Legend of How A Mystical Clay Plate Led Awori People to Lagos
– What the name ‘Awori’ Literally Means – – The Oduduwa connection As a history student (there…
From Hunting Ground To Mega Town: The Historical Account of Osapa London (LEKKI)
History is replete with stories of how lands and kingdoms are discovered accidentally or built through painstaking efforts…
How Nigeria’s First Gold Medalist Was Executed During Biafran War (BLAST FROM THE PAST)
20-year-old Ifeajuna posed with the Commonwealth Gold Statue The first time Emmanuel Ifeajuna appeared before a crowd of…
Why Saro-Wiwa Turned Down Abacha’s Ministerial Appointment (FLASH BACK)
History of political and historical figures in Nigeria is so warped that each passing springs up its own…
First Reported Case of ‘419’ Committed By An English Man In 1920 (INTERESTING ARTICLE)
It is not unusual to hear people especially foreigners tag Nigerians as pioneers in sending of mass letters,…
Gavrilo Princip – The Teenager Who Started First World War (WW1)
Given the slimmest of chance, nobody could have fathomed that the bullet that cut down Archduke Franz Ferdinand…
How Afrobeat King Fela Anikulapo-Kuti Came About His Obsession for ‘Kalakuta Republic’
New facts are beginning to emerged from the estate of the late Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti as to…
Why Ikwerre People Claim Their Ancestry Is Different From Igbo Land
As part of our usual research, we were going through some sites for interesting issues when we stumbled…