Anthony Enahoro is best remembered for his March 1953 motion calling for Nigeria’s independence in ...

A combination of political, social, and regional factors led to the Northern rejection of Anthony ...

For more than 10 years, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, served as the ...

On January 15, 1966, Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa was abducted and later killed. The situation ...

Unveiling the 10 richest men in colonial Nigeria who rose to power and prominence long ...

Within the Ifeajuna-Nzeogwu coup of January 15, 1966, there was another coup – the Aguiyi-Ironsi ...

On the morning of January 15, 1966, Nigeria woke to a sudden end to its ...

The decentralised governance system that shaped non-centralised states in pre-colonial Nigeria differed from the centralised ...

To put it simply, Centralised States, as the name implies, are states with a central ...

Goodluck Jonathan admitted defeat in the 2015 presidential election and congratulated the new president, Muhammadu ...

Operation Wetie came from the Yoruba expression, which means “drench it.” It became a grim ...

On the night of October 15, 1965, something extraordinary happened. An unknown gunman broke into ...

The road to Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960, was long and difficult. It was ...

The Fulani Conquest of the Hausa City states was because of a holy war spurred ...

In 1953, Nnamdi Azikiwe of the NCNC and Ahmadu Bello of the NPC came together ...

The August 27, 1985, palace coup against Muhammadu Buhari was not conceived as a bloody ...

Fifty years have passed since that quiet Tuesday morning on July 29, 1975, when General ...

Discover 30 fascinating facts about Festus Okotie-Eboh—Nigeria’s first post-independence Finance Minister. From his early life ...

At 80 years old, Muhammadu Buhari remains the oldest elected president to have left office. ...

The Epetedo Declaration was not just a speech—it was a battle cry. A moment of ...