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On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur, the Wright Brothers, assembled their most ambitious plane, nicknamed the ‘Flyer I,' on the sand on Kitty Hawk...
Niger, Katsina, Kano and Ogun States are the only states to have produced two Nigerian leaders who have ruled the country.
Thomas Jefferson was 44 while Sally Hemings was only 14 when this sexual relationship started. Today, it would be considered statutory rape.
The Nigerian Football Team was not known as the Super Eagles from its inception in 1949. The football team was known as the...Green Eagles.
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Kanem-Bornu, now in present-day Northern Nigeria, was the only real opposition to Usman dan Fodio's 1804 Sokoto Jihad.
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As Minister of Defence, Muhammadu Ribadu presided over a rapid expansion of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, as well as the creation of the Nigeria Air Force.
Abeokuta was a sovereign nation for 20 years and 11 months before the British amalgamated her with the rest of Nigeria in 1914...
In 1912, Lord Frederick Lugard was appointed Governor-General of both Northern and Southern Nigeria with the mandate to unite the two Protectorates.
Before European colonialism in Africa, the continent had wider flexibility of movement as national borders were almost nonexistent.
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The First World War was a universal war centred in Europe. The War to end ...
Everyone thought Evans Monsignac had died in the earthquake, but, 27 days ...
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Thomas Jefferson was 44 while Sally Hemings was only 14 when this sexual relationship started. Today, it would be considered statutory rape.
Did you know the total number of years the British spent in Nigeria as colonial masters? 99 straight years. Then, it was not officially known as Nigeria.
Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti holds the record of the longest-serving president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (23 years) and the principal of Abeokuta Grammar School (22 years).
Ahebi Ugbabe has been described succinctly by Nwando Achebe in her book, The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe, published in 2011...
Ironsi's proclamation of Decree 34 on May 24, 1966, marked the beginning of the end for him. The decree strengthened the centre, thereby removing the powers granted to the regions.
The death of Ernest Okonkwo on August 7, 1990, apparently marked the death of apt football radio commentary in Nigeria...
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Ota Benga's story exposes the ills of racism, white supremacy and the inhumane abilities of humans in privileged positions.
Sarah Baartman was an African woman whose prominent feminine features subjected her to a life of harassment, slavery and objectification in Europe.
The assassination of President William McKinley took place at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901.
The March on Washington remains an inspiration for activists and advocates fighting for equality and human rights in the present day, even 60 years after.
The United States has witnessed a plethora of Black Race Massacres over the years. Millions of Black people have lost their lives due to racism...
The June 16, 1976, Soweto Uprising, a protest against the imposition of Afrikaans in schools, was a pivotal moment in the fight against apartheid.
On June 6, 2018, Buhari declared that Nigeria’s Democracy Day would be celebrated as a national holiday every year on June 12 instead of May 29.
The African Moors had a lasting impact on Europe's intellectual development and brought the continent from the Dark Ages into the Renaissance.
The assassination of Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968, had a profound impact on the civil rights movement, the United States and the world.
Thomas Jefferson was 44 while Sally Hemings was only 14 when this sexual relationship started. Today, it would be considered statutory rape.
As the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello is still venerated by millions of Nigerians, especially among his kinsmen in Northern Nigeria.
Obafemi Awolowo rose to become the first Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria and the leader of the Action Group Party in the First Republic.
Malcolm X was one of the most prophetic revolutionary voices of the 20th century who was assassinated on February 21, 1965. He was just 39.
Murtala Muhammed remains the youngest Nigerian Head-of-State to die in office and the only one to die before the age of 40.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu allegedly labelled incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari as an “ethnic bigot and a religious fanatic” in 2003.
On January 30, 1649, King Charles I of England was executed. It was an unprecedented trial and killing of a sovereign. It was a regicide.