Tag Archives: dailyprompt

Benin Extends Term Limits and Creates New Senate in Major Constitutional Overhaul 🇧🇯 Benin Extends Term Limits and Creates New Senate in Major Constitutional Overhaul Benin’s National Assembly has approved a significant constitutional amendment creating a second legislative chamber and extending presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years, starting next year. The reformContinue reading “Benin Extends Term Limits and Creates New Senate in Major Constitutional Overhaul”

THE Yoruba COUP THAT LED TO THE EXTERMINATION OF TAFAWA BALEWA Obasanjo removed History from our school.A Yoruba man called obasanjo removed History from our school because history didn’t favor themTHE Yoruba COUP THAT LED TO THE EXTERMINATION OF TAFAWA BALEWA Since Nigeria became independent in 1960, there have been five military coups. Between 1966Continue reading “THE Yoruba COUP THAT LED TO THE EXTERMINATION OF TAFAWA BALEWA”

Listen to me carefully let me tell you a story that will help your mind. Listen to me carefully let me tell you a story that will help your mind. There are men who don’t step into history — they interrupt it.Men who don’t come to win applause, but to confront the rot everyone elseContinue reading “Listen to me carefully let me tell you a story that will help your mind.”

On 1 October 1996, under the military government of General Sani Abacha, On 1 October 1996, under the military government of General Sani Abacha, Nigeria expanded its federation by creating six new states, raising the total to thirty-six. This decision came after sustained pressure for greater political representation, particularly from ethnic minority groups, as recommendedContinue reading “On 1 October 1996, under the military government of General Sani Abacha,”

Today in History: The Painful Story of Three Young Men Executed in 1985 Today in History: The Painful Story of Three Young Men Executed in 1985 On April 10, 1985, three young Nigerians Bartholomew Owoh (26), Bernard Ogedengbe (29), and Lawal Ojuolape (30) faced the firing squad at Kirikiri Shooting Range, Lagos. Their crime?Possession ofContinue reading “Today in History: The Painful Story of Three Young Men Executed in 1985”

MEET THE FATHER OF HIGHLIFE (EGWU EKPILI) IN ALAIGBO — LATE CHIEF AKUNWAFOR EZIGBO OBILIGBO MEET THE FATHER OF HIGHLIFE (EGWU EKPILI) IN ALAIGBO — LATE CHIEF AKUNWAFOR EZIGBO OBILIGBO Born on August 10, 1904, in Nteje, Oyi LGA of Anambra State, Chief Akunwafor Ezigbo Obiligbo remains one of the greatest traditional musicians to everContinue reading “MEET THE FATHER OF HIGHLIFE (EGWU EKPILI) IN ALAIGBO — LATE CHIEF AKUNWAFOR EZIGBO OBILIGBO”

The Aboh Kingdom: Founded by Eze Chima from Aguleri, Not Bini The Aboh Kingdom: Founded by Eze Chima from Aguleri, Not Bini When truth confronts myth, history bows, Aboh’s origin is Igbo, not Bini. For too long, some so-called historians mostly of Bini and Yoruba have tried to rewrite Igbo history, falsely claiming that AbohContinue reading “The Aboh Kingdom: Founded by Eze Chima from Aguleri, Not Bini”

141 YEARS OF CONVENING THE BERLIN CONFERENCE [15th November 1885] 141 YEARS OF CONVENING THE BERLIN CONFERENCE [15th November 1885] As Europeans began to discover the vast resources in Africa, their interest moved from slaves to the lands in Africa. To avoid conflict among them, the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck [see picture under theContinue reading “141 YEARS OF CONVENING THE BERLIN CONFERENCE [15th November 1885]”

BREAKING NEWS: University of Forthare has Foreigners dominating in All Faculties, Including Education: BREAKING NEWS: University of Forthare has Foreigners dominating in All Faculties, Including Education: The List of Foreigners working Illegally at Forthare The Faculty of Education, non Critical Sector dominated 100% by Nigerians no South African Employed UFH. Is it because South AfricansContinue reading “BREAKING NEWS: University of Forthare has Foreigners dominating in All Faculties, Including Education:”

There’s a viral video of the ooni of ife repeatedly saying that Igbos are the most ancient people in southern Nigeria , There’s a viral video of the ooni of ife repeatedly saying that Igbos are the most ancient people in southern Nigeria , you have also heard the present Oba of Benin on aContinue reading “There’s a viral video of the ooni of ife repeatedly saying that Igbos are the most ancient people in southern Nigeria ,”