Chinua Achebe: A Man of the People
Chinua Achebe is considered by many critics and teachers to be the most influential African writer of his generation. His
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Month: March 2019
Gambo Sawaba: A Symbol of Women Liberation
Despite low education and coming from the northern part of Nigeria where women are least encouraged and their education neglected,
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History of the Atomic Theory: From Democritus to Schrödinger
Although an atom originally meant a particle that cannot be broken down into smaller particles, it is made up of
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Idris Alooma, the Mai of Bornu
Undisputably the greatest ruler of the Central African State of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, Idris Alooma (also Idris Alaoma , or
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Jonathan Green: Nigeria’s First Professional Photographer
Jonathan Adagogo Green (1873–1905) was one of the first and best African photographers who also took advantage of his British
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Why Calabar was never the Capital of Nigeria
In a primary school in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, a male teacher was coaching the pupils on current affairs
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John XII: The Pope who turned the Vatican to a Whorehouse
Octavianus was only 18 years old when he ascended the Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church and became Pope John
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Oreoluwa Green: West Africa’s First Female Pharmacist
Oreoluwa Green was the first female Pharmacist in West Africa. She was born in Lagos in 1885 and was educated
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Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi: Nigeria’s First Military Head-of-State
Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was Nigeria’s first in many areas; Aide-de-Camp, Head of the Nigerian Army and Head-of-State among
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