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Story Of Gloria Okon, Nigeria’s Most Controversial Female Drug Smuggler

Gloria Okon. © Joliba Heritage & Culture On the 22nd of April, 1985, the National Security Organization (NSO) arrested a…
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How FESTAC ’77 was Celebrated in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977

Nigerian delegation with a sailor holding the FESTAC ’77 sign at the opening ceremony. © Marilyn Nance The Second World…
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Inside the First Storey Building in Nigeria

It was in 1842 that the foundation of the first storey building in Nigeria was laid by Reverend Henry Townsend…
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How the First Known Victim of Police Brutality in Nigeria Was Killed in 1971

Kunle Adepeju Adekunle Adepeju was a second-year student of the Agricultural Economics Department, University of Ibadan, as at the time…
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Kegites Club of Nigeria – Ranks, Slangs and History

“By dia fingas and dia kariability, we shall know them” Kegites got their name from the word ‘keg’ which is…
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The Egba-Dahomey War (1851-1864)

Dahomen Azazon Women Warriors The Egba-Dahomey war, as the name suggests, was a war that broke out between the two…
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Iwe Irohin – The First Newspaper In Nigeria

A facsimile of Iwe Irohin, the first newspaper in Nigeria In the 1840s, the missionaries of the Presbyterian Church began…
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The Lyttleton Constitution Of 1954 – Main Features, Merits And Demerits

Oliver Lytteton The Lyttleton constitution of 1954 is the fourth and the last of the pre-independence constitutions of Nigeria. It…
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Full Story: Ayinla Omowura Predicted His Death Six Months Before He Was Killed

The late Apala musician, Ayinla Waheed Yusuf, widely known as Ayinla Omowura, is considered to be one of the most…
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Raymond Harold Prince, the Canadian Psychiatrist who met the Head of Witches in Abeokuta, 1958

Dr Raymond Harold Prince, a pioneer in transcultural psychiatry, was born on the 27th of September, 1925 in Barrie, Ontario,…
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Watch the Video of Nigeria’s Independence Day Celebration in 1978

Below is the video of Lt. General Olusegun Obasanjo, the Head of State presiding over Nigeria’s independence Day celebration, the…
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How Nigeria’s Independence was celebrated on October 1st 1960 (With Videos)

Nigerians at the Tafawa Balewa Square on October 1st 1960 Joy and merriment rented the air as excited Nigerians stormed…
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The Story of Shina Rambo, the Notorious Armed Robber Who Turned Pastor

Shina Rambo The story of Shina Rambo has found its place in the history of Nigeria. This is the true…
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All You Need To Know About the Igbo People of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea

Igbo People of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, located at the Eastern end of the Gulf of Guinea, West coast…
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The Real History of the Nigerian Army

Hausa Troops | Lagos | the pre cursor to the Nigerian Army, formed circa 1865 by Sir Jihn Hawley Glover,…
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