Tag: history
Opinion: An interrogation of the British Intelligence records on the January 15 1966 coup
by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema The three-part series on the revelations from the British intelligence reports on the January 15 1966 ...
How ‘Mammy Market’ found around every Military Barracks nationwide got its name
Mammy Market is synonymous with military barracks spread across the country. It is a place filled with so much life especially ...
Femi Fani-Kayode: Is Nigeria really one nation?
by Femi Fani-Kayode I love this country with every fibre of my being. For three generations before me, my forefathers, ...
Reuben Abati: Goodbye, Fidel Castro
by Reuben Abati The death of Fidel Castro was long expected and when it finally came on Friday night, there ...
Farooq Kperogi: Is our standard of English actually falling or is that just a myth?
by Frooq Kperogi There is an enduring chronocentric arrogance in our assessment of notions of quality all over the world. ...
Moses Ochonu: The plague of historical ignorance
The cab driver, a guy from Edo state, mistook me for a Ghanaian. I don’t mind it and I proudly ...
Femi Fani-Kayode: A President with no memory and no recollection of history
There are two statements that President Buhari made in the last few days that I find curious and misleading. I ...
Opinion: The power of a promise, the beauty of a surprise
by Kayode Oyero “The key to great image is not to promise at all or under-promise and over-deliver.” -Michael LeBoeuf. ...
THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Nigerian geeks to start making money | Colonel dupes church | Manchester United sign Mourinho | More
From the papers this morning – a tracklist. EFCC convicted 140 people in 6 months Premium Times Female student commits ...
Imam Imam: A case for study of ‘History’ in Nigerian schools
History is to society what memory is to the individual – Ian C. Friedman Let me bore us a little ...
Fayose, Sultan of Sokoto, Ooni of Ife, others attend coronation of Olubadan (PHOTOS)
A new dawn has set over the throne of the Olubadan of Ibadanland as Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji was on ...
#HistoryClass with Cheta Nwanze: What really, is Murtala Mohammed’s legacy?
“Also with immediate effect, all the present Military Governors, and the Administrator of East Central State, have been relieved of ...
‘Benin kingdom is part and parcel of Oduduwa House’ – Ooni of Ife
Oba Adeyeye Adewusi, the Ooni of Ife on has stated that Benin Kingdom in Edo state is a part of ...
“How Awolowo became the leader of Yoruba” – Osoba
Former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, has countered claims made in ‘My Watch’, the book of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, where ...
@micahesq: Revisiting the popular Kiriji war- The legends of Ogedengbe
by Micah Stephen The beat of the drums would be loud, the sequence of times will not cleanse the footsteps ...
Akin Osuntokun: Poverty of Nigeria’s history
by Akin Osuntokun Following upon the publication of the column penultimate week titled ‘Unfounded Fears of Revanchist Igbo’ I have ...
Joe Igbokwe: Why @atiku and others should step down for Buhari
by Joe Igbokwe I am writing this article in my capacity as Joe Igbokwe, I am writing this piece as ...
Why history needs to come back to our school curricula
by Adedayo Ademuwagun One of the resolutions of this year’s national conference is that the teaching of history should be ...
Max Siollun: How Boko Haram was formed (Y! History)
by Max Siollun According to Shehu Sani, the Taliban who survived these clashes then joined Mohammed Yusuf’s movement. The movement ...
Gbenga Olorunpomi: History will be on Bola Tinubu’s side
by Gbenga Olorunpomi Only recently did Asiwaju begin to get the accolade he truly deserves, the most notable being THISDAY ...
Opinion: Free speech and the lessons of history
by Tochukwu Ezukanma Unfortunately, freedom of expression has been under powerful assault from President Goodluck Jonathan. Although he postures as ...
Okey Ndibe: Nigeria and Biafra’s wasted memory
by Okey Ndibe For all the cash that Nigeria has thrown to the wind, I’d suggest that the country’s greater ...
Ayokunle Odekunle: Biafra – ‘Forgotten’ but not forgotten
by Ayokunle Odekunle You wish you can wish away History? You cannot. History is not something to be avoided or ...
Opinion: Whether Half of a Yellow Sun is banned or not, we’ll watch it
by Akindele Opeyemi We have not taken responsibility for the unfettered pogrom against Igbos before and after the civil war. ...
Cheta Nwanze: A short history of the slave trade
by Cheta Nwanze Before we go on, we must set the records straight: Slavery, was not an invention of the ...
AMVCA host, Vimbai celebrates the African woman with ‘Woman of the Soil’ project (PHOTOS)
by Akintomiwa Agbaje Star Gist presenter and 2-time AMVCA host, Vimbai Mutinhiri has collaborated with Nigerian photographer, Reze ...
Perry Brimah: Grazing reserves – My advice to the South east Chairman of CAN
by Perry Brimah You do not have the legal or moral right to simply deny these elements of our society, ...
Perry Brimah: The long history of fighting between Hausas and Igbos
by Perry Brimah You read Hausa handles call Igbo’s ‘baby factory products,’ ‘wife-killers,’ ‘armed robbers,’ ‘traitors,’ and the like and ...
Cheta Nwanze: A history lesson – Nigeria’s first coup
by Cheta Nwanze To understand first, the coup of January 15, 1966, we must not take it in isolation, something ...
Salihu Yakassai: APC and the South-West factor (Y! Politico)
by Salihu Yakassai But despite this advancement and exposure, History has proving that the South-West region has always voted on ...
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