On 16th of August 1983, the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO) conducted a general election into gubernatorial positions across Nigeria. Alhaji Shehu Shagari, the then president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria promised Nigerians that the […]
Below are the names and relevant details of individuals who lost their lives during the Aba Women’s Riot of 1929. The Aba Women’s Riot—also known as the Women’s War—was a major anti-colonial protest led by […]
As a Nigerian, you must be familiar with the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates which happened on the 1st of January, 1914. We think it’s best that you also have a glimpse of […]
Below is the first speech of Obafemi Awolowo as the president of the Action Group on the 28th of April, 1951 to the Conference of Party Members at Owo in present day Ondo State, Nigeria. […]
In the 1840s, the missionaries of the Presbyterian Church began to arrive in Nigeria. They settled in an area known as English Town in Calabar. Among these missionaries was Reverend Henry Townsend who later moved […]
On the 3rd of June, 1999, Salisu Buhari, a 29-year-old Nigerian businessman who made his fortune dealing in computers, was elected as the speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria, a position which constitutionally […]
The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War or the Nigerian-Biafran War, broke out between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra from July 6 1967 to January 15 […]
Lt. Colonel Buka Suka Dimka was a key player in the failed 1976 coup in which the then Nigeria’s Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed, was murdered. When Lt. Colonel Dimka realised that the coup […]
General Iliya D. Bisalla was executed along with 30 other officers on March 11, 1976, for being involved in the abortive coup of February 13, 1976 in which General Murtala Muhammed was killed. A total […]
General Sani Abacha is perhaps Nigeria’s most enigmatic head of state. He reigned from 1993 until his death in 1998. General Abacha was born in Kano state, northern Nigeria on September 20, 1943. He hails […]