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DOING HIS JOB OR NOT, THE BLACK SCORPION REMAINS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE IN THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR. DOING HIS JOB OR NOT, THE BLACK SCORPION REMAINS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE IN THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR. Brigadier Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle was born in Kaduna on the 26th of June 1936. Adekunle joined the NigerianContinue reading “DOING HIS JOB OR NOT, THE BLACK SCORPION REMAINS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE IN THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR.”

The Funkees: The Nigerian Band That Turned Post-War Pain Into Afro-Rock The Funkees: The Nigerian Band That Turned Post-War Pain Into Afro-Rock From a military band in post-Civil War Eastern Nigeria to London stages, The Funkees became one of Nigeria’s most exciting Afro-rock groups of the 1970s In the history of Nigerian music, some bandsContinue reading “The Funkees: The Nigerian Band That Turned Post-War Pain Into Afro-Rock”

THE RAW TRUTH THE RAW TRUTH 💔✊💯Indigenous Igbo people are not just only in five states of Nigeria, but they are in total numbers of 13 states of Nigeria which are Anambra state, Enugu state, Imo state, Abia state, Ebonyi state, Delta state, Rivers State, Bayelsa State, Cross river state, Akwa Ibom state, Edo state,Continue reading “THE RAW TRUTH”

MEET DR. CLEMENT NYONG ISONG, THE MAN WHO WAS PASSED OVER, RETURNED FROM WASHINGTON, AND ENDED UP ON THE ₦1,000 NOTE MEET DR. CLEMENT NYONG ISONG, THE MAN WHO WAS PASSED OVER, RETURNED FROM WASHINGTON, AND ENDED UP ON THE ₦1,000 NOTE Before his face appeared on Nigeria’s ₦1,000 note, before he became one ofContinue reading “MEET DR. CLEMENT NYONG ISONG, THE MAN WHO WAS PASSED OVER, RETURNED FROM WASHINGTON, AND ENDED UP ON THE ₦1,000 NOTE”

ANCESTRAL INVOCATIONSEEKING WISDOM FROM YOUR LINEAGE ANCESTRAL INVOCATIONSEEKING WISDOM FROM YOUR LINEAGE Our ancestors are not approached through fear, performance, or imitation. In many African traditions, remembrance begins with respect, preparation, humility, and discernment. PREPARATION THE INVOCATION Creator of Heaven and Earth, Source of Life, I honour You first. Grant me wisdom, discernment, and understanding.ProtectContinue reading “ANCESTRAL INVOCATIONSEEKING WISDOM FROM YOUR LINEAGE”

BLACK PEOPLE WHO CHANGED EUROPE — WITHOUT HOLDING POLITICAL OFFICE BLACK PEOPLE WHO CHANGED EUROPE — WITHOUT HOLDING POLITICAL OFFICE What if some of the people who most profoundly influenced European culture, literature, music, theatre and social thought never needed a political office to change history? Long before diversity became a modern conversation, Black andContinue reading “BLACK PEOPLE WHO CHANGED EUROPE — WITHOUT HOLDING POLITICAL OFFICE”

MEET ALVAN AZINNA IKOKU, THE TEACHER WHO WANTED EDUCATION TO BUILD BOTH THE MIND AND THE HANDS MEET ALVAN AZINNA IKOKU, THE TEACHER WHO WANTED EDUCATION TO BUILD BOTH THE MIND AND THE HANDS 🇳🇬 Long before his face appeared on the Nigerian ₦10 note, Alvan Azinna Ikoku was simply a young boy from ArochukwuContinue reading “MEET ALVAN AZINNA IKOKU, THE TEACHER WHO WANTED EDUCATION TO BUILD BOTH THE MIND AND THE HANDS”

THE AFRICAN CIVILIZATION THAT TRADED WITH THE ANCIENT WORLD THE AFRICAN CIVILIZATION THAT TRADED WITH THE ANCIENT WORLD Let me ask you something… When you hear about ancient international trade, which civilizations immediately come to mind? Rome? Greece? Persia? India? But what if I told you there was a powerful African kingdom sitting right inContinue reading “THE AFRICAN CIVILIZATION THAT TRADED WITH THE ANCIENT WORLD”

THE SULTAN WHO REFUSED TO BOW: HOW BRITAIN TOOK NORTHERN NIGERIA THE SULTAN WHO REFUSED TO BOW: HOW BRITAIN TOOK NORTHERN NIGERIA Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that the political system your ancestors built over generations was no longer yours to control. No election. No referendum. No agreement from the people. Just aContinue reading “THE SULTAN WHO REFUSED TO BOW: HOW BRITAIN TOOK NORTHERN NIGERIA”

Fela’s prophecy on Abiola from prisøn Fela’s prophecy on Abiola from prisøn In March 1993, just three months to the June 12 presidential election, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who was in prisøn was asked about Chief MKO Abiola and his preparation for the election and eventual ascension to the position of the President. Editors from TheNEWS magazineContinue reading “Fela’s prophecy on Abiola from prisøn”