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Oct 23, 2020 18 tweets 3 min read
STORY TITLE : THE 50 KOBO PROTEST
(ALI MUST GO) Image In 1978, Nigerian students staged a protest (Ali Must Go) which, till today, remains the mother of all student protests in Nigeria.
May 27, 2020 52 tweets 8 min read
STORY TITLE: ADEKUNLE FAJUYI

Lt.Col. Adekunle Fajuyi, first military governor of Western REGION.

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#thestoryteller Francis Adekunle Fajuyi MC BEM was a Nigerian soldier of Yoruba origin and the first military governor of the former Western Region, Nigeria.

He was Born 26 June 1926 Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.
Apr 22, 2020 51 tweets 107 min read
Good morning, today's story at 12:30pm naija time🙂

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Samuel Ladoke AKINTOLA, (S L A) administrator and politician, premier of the Western Region of Nigeria and an early victim of the January 1966 military coup.
#Akintolabythestoryteller @Ade_Nurayn @WaleLadapo @tysalihu @nkyru @the_davidatta @Ehix07 @doyinmojisola @AdeOnafowokan @EmmaNwachukwu_ @LNCtoday Samuel Ladoke Akintola was born on the 10th of July, 1910 into a family whose attributes were wealth, valour, courage and bravery, and such person must naturally measure up to the family standard- “omo tekun ba bi, ekun ni yoo jo.”- (a young tiger will always live like its…
Apr 2, 2020 106 tweets 20 min read
Good afternoon, as requested by @blueoceantrips for their intending clients as they plan to have some fun filled trips to the emirates of hospitalilty, ILU ILORIN.

have fun and enjoy yourselves reading. @Gidi_Traffic The city is a confluence of cultures, populated by the Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Fulani, Nupe, Bariba, Kanuri and Malian tribes, as well as other Nigerians and foreign nationals.
Mar 13, 2020 15 tweets 3 min read
Good evening once again good people of this street.

I wish you all a restful weekend.

Today, I will be telling the story of another king.

STORY TITLE : MUHAMMADU SANUSI I

(Stories I tell here are for history and learning purposes)

Thank you for always reading. Sanusi was born to the large family of Abdullahi Bayero, Emir of Kano.

He was educated at Kano Middle School. Prior to becoming Emir, Sanusi held the title of Ciroma Kano and in 1947, he became a member of the regional House of Assembly.
Mar 11, 2020 19 tweets 4 min read
Good evening wonderful People of this street.

Today I bring to you this wonderful story of a OBA in BENIN KINGDOM.

STORY TITLE : OVONRAMWEN NOGBAISI, OBA OF BENIN Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (ruled 1888 – 1897), also called Overami, was the Oba (king) of the Kingdom of Benin up until the British punitive expedition of 1897.
Oct 2, 2019 51 tweets 14 min read
Good evening great men and women of @Twitter, it's been a wonderful time with you all.

Thanks for always taking your time to read up on this stories.

Today's story is served.

STORY TITLE : IJESHA AND IJEBU IJESHA - THE ORIGIN
#thestory_teller Ijebu Jesa was known and called Ijebu Egboro is the ancient historic town in the east of Osun State, Nigeria and it occupies a strategic position in Ijesaland.
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Sep 19, 2019 44 tweets 9 min read
Good day wonderful people, next story for you wonderful readers.

STORY TITLE : CHIEF BALOGUN LANDUJI OSHODI TAPA of Eko

TIME : 8PM
DATE : THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

TELL SOMEONE TO TELL SOMEONE, WE ARE GOING TO EPE TODAY.

#thestory_teller Tonight I tell a story about chief Balogun LANDUJI OSHODI TAPA OF EKO, get a comfortable position, relax, tell somebody to somebody, that the story don start 😊.

I DEDICATE THIS TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF EPE IN LAGOS STATE.
Sep 18, 2019 26 tweets 8 min read
Good evening, good people sure your day is moving well😊.

Today's story Is from a pending request, here it is😊.

STORY TITLE: THE LIFE AND TIME OF BODE THOMAS.

#thestory_teller Bode Thomas was born to a wealthy trader, John Thomas in 1918. He attended C.M.S. Grammar School, a missionary school founded by Samuel Ajayi Crowther.
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Jul 26, 2019 38 tweets 18 min read
Good evening good people, today I start the Ekitiparapo parapo waras promised when I finished the #ifemodakeke story.

STORY TITLE : EKITIPARAPO WAR (KIRIJI)

MANY THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR READING AND FOLLOWING.

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@ChifeDr @DrJoeAbah @Gidi_Traffic Kiriji as a term is not native to the Yoruba speaking people, from the perspective of its epistemology . It was said to have been derived from the onomatopoeic booming of the cannons echoed by the rocky terrain of the war field
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Jul 21, 2019 101 tweets 38 min read
Good evening wonderful people, today I start this story.

Thanks for reading my stories always.

STORY TITLE : IJA IFE ATI MODAKEKE
#thestory_teller The Ife-Modakeke conflict, having re-occurred over and again across three centuries of 19th, 20th and 21st, is the oldest intra-ethnic conflict in Nigeria.
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Mar 29, 2019 11 tweets 8 min read
Good day my very wimdedul people on this street home and abroad, I bring to you good tidings 😊.

Today I am telling you about a popular place, yet not many have full information as to how this place got established.

STORY TITLE : MAMMY MARKET
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#fvckyouchallenge Every military barrack in Nigeria has one thing in common; a mammy market. A mammy market is a place close to the barracks, where soldiers’ interact and buy their day-to-day needs.
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Mar 12, 2019 9 tweets 4 min read
Good afternoon good people, today I am bringing to you a mid day story.

As I make promise and keep to it, this story is dedicated to @Rozemareigh, happy brithday to you dear.

STORY TITLE : LAILA DONGOYARO THE ACTIVIST Born to a Syrian father and a Hausa-Fulani mother, Laila had only primary school education when she was married off at the age of 12. When she grew up to know the value of education, Laila started to advocate for girl-child education.
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Mar 1, 2019 32 tweets 10 min read
@Gidi_Traffic Good evening good people, let's have tonight's story.

I am sure most of my Twitterians are home, but if you are still on the road, have fun enjoy this for the road.

STORY TITLE : TORTOISE AND THE IGBAKO

#thestory_teller Back in the days when Tortoise could talk and the animals ruled the forest, famines were frequent and those animals who could not survive the drought would wither and die. There was one such period when the tortoise had become lean.
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Feb 8, 2019 7 tweets 5 min read
@Gidi_Traffic Good evening family, it's a wimdedul Frida evening, as such it is our story time.

STORY TITLE : THE FARMER & THE GOLDEN EGG

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@BukkyShonibare @DrJoeAbah @julietkego @segalink @TundeEdnut @drakindayomi @SurprisingLagos Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer in a village with his wife. One day, the farmer bought a goose thinking that the goose will lay eggs which he can eat and sell the remaining. He took the goose home and made a nest for it to lay eggs.
Jan 15, 2019 37 tweets 10 min read
Good morning good people lets have a morning story 😊, it Will be one I Will like us to take our time to ponder on

STORY TITLE : MADAME KUDIRAT ABIOLA Simbiat Atinuke Abiola was born into the wealthy family of Rafiu Isola Soaga and Rabiatu Soaga of the prominent Soaga family in Gbagura, Abeokuta, Ogun State in 1938.

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Jan 4, 2019 31 tweets 9 min read
Good evening my people, happy new year once again , today's story will come rather earlier than usual😊.

I am telling a story about a man who narrowly escaped a taboo and later in life rose to be a name that rings bell

STORY TITLE : ALAJO SOMOLU (Alphaeus Taiwo OLUNAIKE) Many don't know him by his name, he is widely known as baba alajo Somolu.

He was born at a very dangerous time; a perilous period in history. It was on the 16th of September 1915 in the city of Isan-Oyin (now called Isonyin); close to Ijebu-Musin and Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State
Dec 19, 2018 22 tweets 6 min read
Good evening beautiful people of Twitter street, your darling story teller is here again, and tonight will be a wonderful time.

Today I am talking about a wonderful icon, Ibadan son

STORY TITLE : Adegoke Adelabu ‘Penkelemesi’

#thestory_teller He was born in Oke-Oluokun, Ibadan, on September 3, 1915 to Mr. Sanusi Ashiyanbi Adelabu and Mrs. Awujola Adelabu. At the tender age of five, Adegoke Adelabu lost his mother and then lived with his paternal aunt.
Oct 24, 2018 21 tweets 9 min read
Good evening my wonderful people, I am sure your day was great, today we continue our series on YORUBA KINGS...

Join me and others as we take on this wonderful, selfless and special woman

STORY TITLE : MOREMI AJASORO
#thestory_teller Oloori Moremi lived in the 12th century, hailed from Offa, was married to the then king of Ile Ife, Oranmiyan.

She was a woman of great beauty and
virtue, and had an only son named Ela or Olurogbo.
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Oct 23, 2018 23 tweets 10 min read
Good afternoon people, this is your requested launch break story

"Brothers and sisters in Africa, Never should we learn to wage war against each other" - @felakuti this is one of many of his quotes I love

Today I will be telling a story about a great woman the LIONESS OF LISABI The LIONESS OF LISABI, FUNMILAYO RANSOME-KUTI OF NIGERIA, one who with all humility and happiness I am going to share with you all somethings you already know and some you need to know about her.

She joined the people of the earth om 25 October 1900 and left on 13 April 1978
Oct 19, 2018 21 tweets 6 min read
Good evening wonderful people, I am sure you are all good, so today we start our series and I hope I will be able to meet up with your request, for those who made the request for this story.

Please your objective contributions are needed.

SERIES TITLE : YORUBA OBAS I have done a story about Oduduwa and so today i will start with Osangangan Obamakin who was the 2nd Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Oduduwa and was succeeded by his son, Ooni Ogun.