The Day the ‘White Man’ entered Abeokuta
The Egba people were peaceful forest dwelling members of the Yoruba nation of whom nothing was known until their 18th
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Abeokuta
Ìwé Ìròhìn: Nigeria’s First Newspaper
Ìwé Ìròhìn fún àwọn ará Ẹgbá àti Yorùbá was a Yoruba and English language newspaper that ran for eight years
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How UNILAG’s Vice Chancellor Saburi Biobaku was nearly killed in 1965
As a result of the NPC/NCNC alliance with the AG in opposition, the Federal Government of the First Republic (1957-1966)
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How Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti ‘sacked’ the Alake of Egbaland in 1949
On January 3, 1949, Oba Samuel Ladapo Ademola (1872-1962) the 7th Alake of Egbaland, Abeokuta (1920-1962), abdicated the throne due
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