History. Researcher. Yorùbá @Yorubaness
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Mar 12, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
"Cancel State of Origin, Just like America"
Well, America is not the yardstick for common sense, the earliest we start creating rules base on our defined issues, the better for all of us.
Why will America follow the concept of "State of Origin" Thread!
A lot of historian refer to America as "The Nation built on Stolen land" yet our people are crying to be like America
The United States was built on a foundation of colonization, racism, and genocide
Before colonizers landed on the continent, Native Americans organized
Oct 20, 2022 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
The Story Of Anini, Nigeria's Most Notorious Armed Robber Who Ever Lived
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Anini was born in 1960 in a village about 20 miles from Benin City
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Anini was born in 1960 in a village about 20 miles from Benin City, present day Edo State. He migrated to Benin at an early age, learned to drive and became a skilled taxi driver.
He became known in Benin motor parks as a man who could control the varied competing interests
Oct 20, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
The Story Behind the Yoruba Adage “Sebiotimo Elewa Sapon”
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Once upon a time, there was a woman who sold cooked beans in Abeokuta
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Once upon a time, there was a woman who sold cooked beans in Abeokuta. Her bean joint at the time connected the roads that led to Ijaiye, Ago-Oba, Itoku, Lafenwa, Isale Igbein and Ake roads. The location of her restaurant was tagged “Sapon,” which was derived
Oct 20, 2022 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
How Prophet Daniel Abodunrin Was Torn Apart By Lions at UI Zoo in 1991
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He wanted to recreate the story of Daniel in the bible but Things fell apart
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Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, is the third-largest city in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano. The city is popularly known for its rich and fascinating history, culture and amazing tourist destinations. One of the most visited tourist destinations in Ibadan is the
Oct 20, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
In 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire.
21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape.
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On March 5th, 1959, 69 African American boys, ages 13 to 17, were padlocked in their dormitory for the night at the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville. Around 4 a.m., a fire mysteriously ignited, forcing the boys to fight and claw their way out of the burning building.
Oct 20, 2022 • 28 tweets • 6 min read
Professor Peller - The Enchanting Story of Nigeria's Most Famous Magician and how he got Assassinated in 1997
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He was born in 1941 at Iseyin, Oyo State and he was named Moshood Folorunsho Abiola. He would later pick on the stage name of ‘Professor Peller’, an appellation that has stuck to him like a second skin.
HIS MAGICAL PERFORMANCES AND EXPLOITS
When Professor Peller was alive, he
Oct 19, 2022 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Brief History Of Okun People – The Yorubas in Kogi State
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Okun people make over 20% of the entire population of kogi state
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The word “Okun” is a general term used to describe the Yoruba people in Kogi state, Nigeria.
Kogi is a multi-cultural and diverse state, and Okun people make up over 20% of the entire population of the area.
Okun people spread across six local government areas in Kogi State,
Oct 19, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
History: Thomas Fuller, Unbelievable Slave With Impeccable Mathematics Skills
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An African sold into slavery in 1724 at the age of 14, was sometimes known as the “Virginia Calculator”
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Born somewhere between the ”Slave Coast” of West Africa, present-day Liberia, and the Kingdom of Dahomey, now Benin, Thomas Fuller, became famed as the ”Virginia Calculator”.
Thomas Fuller was taken away from his birth country during the scramble for slaves, sold as a slave
Oct 19, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Mama Ekundayo – The Kogi Woman Who Raised Over 500 Orphans And Abandoned Children
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she dedicated her life to taking care of orphans. Her name is Mama Janet Ekundayo
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Nigeria is a nation full of unsung heroes and heroines. In this hustle and bustle that has come to characterize the Nigerian society, it is little surprise that we have neglected some of the most vulnerable ones in the society – the orphans and abandoned kids.
Oct 19, 2022 • 22 tweets • 5 min read
The Story of Ajala the Traveller, Africa's Most Legendary Traveller and how he died in penury
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On April 27, 1957, in London, a 26 years old student of psychology
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Ajala had the world in his pockets and the world bowed at his guts. From the physical boundaries of nations to the piercing demarcations of racism, Ajala tore through them all.
Born Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala in Ghana to an African Muslim father with four wives, Ajala grew
Oct 19, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
How Parcel bomb killed DELE GIWA, "The flaming journalist who gave tyrants nightmares"
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Giwa was reportedly killed after he received a parcel bomb which detonated at his residence, then located at No. 25 Talabi street, Ikeja, Lagos state.
The journalist who died at 39 was known for exposing corrupt and illegal dealings of the government
Oct 19, 2022 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
How four teenagers hijacked a Nigeria Airways plane ‘for MKO Abiola’ June 12 Election.
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Irked by the illegal and unjust annulment of the June 12,
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It was on this day 24 years ago that four Nigerian teenagers, irked by the illegal and unjust annulment of the June 12, 1993 general election by the Ibrahim Babangida administration, hijacked a Nigeria Airways aircraft flying from Lagos to Abuja and diverted it to Niamey,
Oct 19, 2022 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
Ayinla Omowura: The Social Commentator and Iconic Singer
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He had a short but impactful musical career as one of the most impactful social commentators of his generation
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If you don’t know the name Ayinla Omowura, that is probably because of his untimely but predicted death and the fact that his genre of music was inspired by his Egba dialect which has been difficult to translate over the last 30 years. Even though his music was particular to the
Oct 18, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
UNBELIEVABLE! The Tribe In Nigeria That Still Walk Naked and Why
Koma people are indigenous hill-dwelling people occupying the Alantika Mountains
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in northern Adamawa State in Nigeria and in Northern Cameroon at the southwestern side (Faro National Park ) of the border with at Adamawa State.
The Koma people have been hiding in their mountainous habitat for eons but their existence was officially discovered in 1986 by a