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Mrs. Flora Azikiwe cleaning the house while with a guest. One thing people didn’t know about Flora Azikiwe was the fact that she never let her husband’s position as Premier, then Governor-general, and later, President enter her head. “I do things every good housewife should,” she once told a gathering in 1959. Among other things,Continue reading “Mrs. Flora Azikiwe cleaning the house while with a guest.”

THE AGOJIE: THE WOMEN WARRIORS WHO FOUGHT FOR DAHOMEY THE AGOJIE: THE WOMEN WARRIORS WHO FOUGHT FOR DAHOMEY West Africa, 19th century. The drums of war echoed across the Kingdom of Dahomey. As the once-powerful Oyo Empire declined, Dahomey expanded its influence across parts of present-day Benin and into territories inhabited by neighbouring Yoruba-speaking peoples.Continue reading “THE AGOJIE: THE WOMEN WARRIORS WHO FOUGHT FOR DAHOMEY”

AFRICA DIDN’T “GET” INDEPENDENCE — AFRICANS FOUGHT FOR IT. SO WHO REALLY LOST POWER? AFRICA DIDN’T “GET” INDEPENDENCE — AFRICANS FOUGHT FOR IT. SO WHO REALLY LOST POWER? Let’s stop romanticizing colonial history for a minute. Every time somebody says, “Europe gave Africa independence,” I have one question: Since when does the person occupying yourContinue reading “AFRICA DIDN’T “GET” INDEPENDENCE — AFRICANS FOUGHT FOR IT. SO WHO REALLY LOST POWER?”

THE ONLY NIGERIAN CURRENCY NOTE WITH A MILITARY MAN THE ONLY NIGERIAN CURRENCY NOTE WITH A MILITARY MAN 🇳🇬 Did you know that the ₦20 note holds a unique place in Nigeria’s currency history? It is the only Nigerian banknote to feature a military officer — General Murtala Ramat Muhammed (1938–1976). While other Nigerian currencyContinue reading “THE ONLY NIGERIAN CURRENCY NOTE WITH A MILITARY MAN”

MEET MAJOR GENERAL AGUIYI-IRONSI, FIRST MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN NIGERIA AND 2-STAR GENERAL MEET MAJOR GENERAL AGUIYI-IRONSI, FIRST MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN NIGERIA AND 2-STAR GENERAL 🇳🇬 Today we honour a man whose 194 days in power changed the direction of a nation forever. HIS BIRTH AND FAMILY According to historical records, JohnsonContinue reading “MEET MAJOR GENERAL AGUIYI-IRONSI, FIRST MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN NIGERIA AND 2-STAR GENERAL”

THE FALSE PHONE CALL THAT LED TO THE DE@H OF LT. COL. ABOGO LARGEMA — 15 JANUARY 1966 THE FALSE PHONE CALL THAT LED TO THE DE@H OF LT. COL. ABOGO LARGEMA — 15 JANUARY 1966 Shortly before 4:00 a.m. on 15 January 1966, Lagos was already caught in the violence of Nigeria’s first militaryContinue reading “THE FALSE PHONE CALL THAT LED TO THE DE@H OF LT. COL. ABOGO LARGEMA — 15 JANUARY 1966”