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Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi, popularly knon as Ebenezer Obey is a Yoruba musician, songwriter, and bandleader who is one of the pioneer of the Juju music genre. He was born on April 3, 1942, in Idogo, Yoruba land.
In an effort to foster healing and reconciliation, Gowon presided over the contentious Nigerian Civil War, which took place between July 6, 1967, and January 15, 1970, and gave the popular “no victor, no conquered” speech at the end of the war.
The Ibo, also known as the Igbo, are people who live in southeastern Nigeria and have a variety of intriguing customs and traditions. They are one of Nigeria’s largest and most powerful tribes, with a population of over 40 million people.
The Aworis are the original indigenes of Lagos.
Lagos is a state in southwestern Nigeria that is located on the coast of the Benin Bight. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of Ogun; on the south by the Benin Bight, and on the west by the Republic of Benin.
Imo State, located in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, is the third smallest in the area and the fourteenth most populous state in Nigeria. Imo State, also known as Ȯra Imo in Igbo,
The beauty of the Yoruba culture lies in their ability to give names to people, places, or objects, and the use of literary expressions for these characters, especially when it is about their stories in the past. Just like they have names like “Ajike, Abeke, Alake, Alao, Akanni,
The Ibadan Housing Estate was birthed in 1959 when the regional government decided to increase the number of modern houses available in the city. The Estate was built on a 400-acre of land in the area known as Bodija. At the time, the location of what is now Bodija
Lagosians are familiar with one of the prominent political actors in the state, who was a flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, popularly known as Funsho Williams. During his lifetime, Engineer Anthony Olufunsho Williams was committed to civil service and he played
Ann Chiejine is a pioneer goalkeeper of women football in Nigeria, and one of Nigeria’s most iconic female footballers of all time. At the inaugural 1991 FIFA World Cup, Ann was the undisputed number 1 for Super Falcons at the age of 17.
The trains of thoughts that comes when you see an Egungun is to either run as fast as your leg can carry you, scream and pass out or just hold your ground and become crippled temporarily with fear while the Egungun passes. 
“In the three years of the war, necessity gave birth to invention. During those three years of heroic bound, we leapt across the great chasm that separates knowledge from know-how.
who plays the drum (ìlù), often with the use of a gong.
Before he became a soldier, Asoro was a sword bearer to Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (who reigned between 1888 and 1897).
Babangida justified the execution of Vatsa in 1986 in an interview shortly after he turned 60, saying that after Vatsa's coup was foiled, he realised his childhood friend planned the coup in line with a deep-seated personal rivalry dating back to their days as young officers.
Its territory at various times included what is now southern Chad, northern Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, eastern Niger, and southern Libya. 
Explosions at a military depot in Lagos, Nigeria, trigger a stampede of fleeing people, during which more than 1,000 people are killed.
The story of Kurunmi is one that draws tears from the eyes of people who feel pity for a man who stood firm for tradition. 
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. But there was one
on November 10, 1993, the Shonekan-led ING was declared illegal in a ruling at the Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Dolapo Akinsanya. Back in October, as previously noted, a case had been brought by Moshood Abiola and
Isah Auwal Barde, 17 years old Nigerian 🇳🇬 teenager from Kano State invents robot using exoskeleton remote control. The young and talented teenager has always been a lover of robots since childhood. 