The Nigerian Army played a significant role in both World Wars, contributing manpower and resources as part of ...
In their experience with the Igbos, the British colonial army went from suppressing one resistance to facing another. ...
In April 1963, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi of Kano flouted the First Law of Power and was deposed by ...
Did you know the total number of years the British spent in Nigeria as colonial masters? 99 straight ...
Another of Nigeria’s founding fathers was Olayinka Hebert Macaulay who has been referred to as the Father of ...
The West African country of Nigeria was never a nation. The country was bought and sold like a ...
Indirect Rule was a system of governance that was predominantly used by Britain to govern pre-existing power structures ...
In 1912, Lord Frederick Lugard was appointed Governor-General of both Northern and Southern Nigeria with the mandate to ...
Ahebi Ugbabe has been described succinctly by Nwando Achebe in her book, The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: ...
The full story of how the political rivalry between Ladoke Akintola and Obafemi Awolowo led to Nigeria's First ...
President Goodluck Jonathan promised to revive the Groundnut Pyramids but he failed to fulfil that promise until he ...
As of the time of his death in 1955, Alhaji Alhassan Dantata was the richest man in all ...
The first church service which ushered in Christianity to Abeokuta took place on Sunday, January 8, 1843. The ...
In January 1866, Iwe Irohin appeared in two versions; one in English and the other in the Yoruba ...
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, with thousands of Egba women, led a two-year protest against the Alake of Abeokuta which resulted ...