Teslim Omipidan

Teslim Omipidan is an award-winning poet, historian, journalist and the founder of OldNaija. He was listed among the 100 Most Influential Young Nigerians alongside Falz, Simi and others. In 2020, Teslim was featured on the BBC as "The Nigerian blogger scouring the past to inform the future".

Cultures & Traditions

Obitun: Initiation of girls into womanhood in Ondo Town

The people of Ondo inhabit the south western region of Nigeria and are one of the largest subgroups of the…
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Cultures & Traditions

List of over 350 Ethnic Groups in Nigeria and the states they are found

The coming together of different ethnic groups gave birth to the nation called Nigeria today. Below is a list of…
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Cultures & Traditions

Sharo Festival: How Fulani Boys Endure Flogging to Pass into Manhood and Marriage

In the cultural setting of Nigeria, the Fulani people stand out with a festival that captures both fascination and controversy.…
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Political History

1999 Toronto Saga: How Former Speaker, Salisu Buhari, Declared False Age and Forged University Certificate

On the 3rd of June, 1999, Salisu Buhari, a 29-year-old Nigerian businessman who made his fortune dealing in computers, was…
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Photos & Documents

Amazing Throwback Photos of Wole Soyinka And His Sister, Tinu

Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. After preparatory university studies in…
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Cultures & Traditions

Ibini Ukpabi- The Long Juju of Arochukwu And A Passage of No Return

During the olden days in Igbo land, Ibini Ukpabi, a deity popularly called the ‘Long Juju‘, was used to settle…
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Video

Watch Three Roads To Tomorrow – A Nigerian Film Shot In 1958

Three Roads To Tomorrow is a 23 minutes coloured film shot in Nigeria in 1958 by BP (British Petroleum) Film.…
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Facts

List of Alaafin (Kings) of Oyo

Below is the list of all Alaafin (King) of Oyo Oranmiyan- 1300- ?? Ajaka- ?? Sango- ?? Ajaka- (Second reign)…
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Photos & Documents

People watching as Fela Kuti feed his donkey, Yakubu, which he named after Yakubu Gowon in the 1970s

Photo showing people watching the legendary Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, at his Kalakuta Republic home in Lagos feeding his…
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Military History

How Ibrahim Babankowa Found Tafawa Balewa’s Decomposing Body Along Lagos-Abeokuta Road

The first and only Prime Minister of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa’s decomposing body was found in a bush near…
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Military History

January 21, 1966 – Tafawa Balewa’s Dead Body Was Found Along Lagos-Abeokuta Road

On the 15th of January, 1966, Nigeria witnessed her first military coup d'etat in which notable politicians were killed and…
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Military History

Lt-Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo’s Speech after the Execution of Dimka and other February 1976 Coup Plotters

Dimka and other coup plotters executed by firing squad On the 15th of May, 1976, the perpetrators of the February…
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General History

Malcolm X’s Visit To Nigeria In 1959 And 1964

Who was Malcolm X? Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, was a world-renowned African-American human right activist…
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Cultures & Traditions

List of Obas (Kings) of Benin Empire

The title of Oba was adopted in Benin Empire after the Ogiso rule ended. The Oba title was created by…
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History

The History of Ila-Orangun and its People

Ila-Orangun lies about 65km northeast of Ile-Ife and 90km southeast of Ilorin on the southern edge of the savannah. It…
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