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Politics
ThrowBack Thursday- Lateef Jakande: A True Servant Leader
25th February 2021Lateef Kayode Jakande was a Nigerian journalist who grew to become the legendary governor of...
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ThrowBack Thursday: Gani Fawehinmi – A Defender Of Human Rights
12th November 2020Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi was born on 22nd April 1938 to Saheed and Munirat Fawehinmi of Ondo,...
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Politics
ThrowBack Thursday: When Dele Giwa’s Name Was Cast In Gold With A Bomb (1986)
29th October 2020In a time in our nation, Nigeria, where serious, truthful and unbiased reportage of controversial...
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ThrowBack Thursday: The Four Teenagers Who Hijacked A Plane To Save Nigeria
11th September 2020A few heroic tales have been told of instances where ordinary Nigerians took fate into...
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ThrowBack Thursday – Walter Carrington: The Naturalised Nigerian Who Stood For Its Sovereignty
20th August 2020To many Nigerians who have embarked on the pursuit of migrating from the shores of...
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Men
ThrowBack Thursday: Ken Saro-Wiwa As A Martyr (1941-1995)
13th August 2020Kenule Beeson “Ken” Saro-Wiwa was born on October 10, 1941, in Bori, Ogoni land in...
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Politics
ThrowBack Thursday: The Murtala Muhammed’s Coup of 1975
6th August 2020The Nigeria-Biafran War had just ended 5 years earlier before the 1975 coup. The coup...
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Personality
ThrowBack Thursday – Flora Nwapa: Nigeria’s First Female Novelist
30th July 2020Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa was a Nigerian author born in Oguta, on 13th January...
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Men
ThrowBack Thursday: Bola Ige – The Rise Of The Cicero Of Esa-oke |2
10th July 2020Bola Ige was highly respected not only for his wisdom but also for his oratory...
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Personality
ThrowBack Thursday: Bola Ige – The Rise of the Cicero of Esa-Oke |1
2nd July 2020Besides partaking in the struggles, as one of the founders of Afenifere, to hound late...
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Politics
Throwback Thursday – Ambrose Alli: A Foremost Progressive Champion
26th June 2020Professor Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, though not born with a physically imposing stature which differentiates many...
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ThrowBack Thursday: The Spanish Influenza Which Ravaged Nigeria in 1918
19th March 2020Just like a repeat of history, the year 1918 was significant for two major events of...
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Politics
ThrowBack Thursday – Abeokuta Women’s Revolt (1949)
13th March 2020The Abeokuta Women’s Revolt, also known as the Egba Women’s Tax Riot, was a resistance movement...
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Politics
ThrowBack Thursday – Nnamdi Azikiwe: The First Indigenous Governor-General of Nigeria
8th March 2020While Nnamdi Azikiwe was running nationalist newspaper in Ghana he became a mentor to Kwame Nkrumah...
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ThrowBack Thursday – Nnamdi Azikwe: The First Indigent Governor-General of Nigeria (1)
27th February 2020Nnamdi Azikiwe was born on to Igbo parents, Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka Azikiwe and Rachel Chinwe Ogbenyeanu (Aghadiuno)...