ThrowBack Thursday: The Four Teenagers Who Hijacked A Plane To Save Nigeria
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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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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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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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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)...
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ThrowBack Thursday – James Pinson Labulo Davies: A Pioneer Nigerian of Many Firsts (2)
20th February 2020While captaining merchant vessels owned by Saros and navigating the coast between Freetown and the Niger...
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ThrowBack Thursday – James Pinson Labulo Davies: A Pioneer Nigerian of Many Firsts (1)
13th February 2020James Pinson Labulo Davies was born on August 14, 1828 to James and Charlotte Davies in...
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ThrowBack Thursday – Ibrahim Dasuki: The Sultan Of Sokoto That Abacha Cunningly Deposed
30th January 2020Ibrahim Dasuki was born to the lineage of Uthman Dan Fodio – the founder of the...
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ThrowBack Thursday: What We Remember on The Armed Forces Remembrance Day
24th January 2020It was 50 years last week, January 15, 1970 that the Biafran Forces surrendered arms and...
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ThrowBack Thursday: Amodu Tijani – The Lagos Customary Chief Who Defeated the British Government
9th January 2020The court case won by an Idejo white cap Chief in Lagos in 1921 proved not...
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Throwback Thursday: Luaka Bop Introduces A 70’s Legend To A Younger Generation With ‘Who Is William Onyeabor?’
9th January 2020As an entertainment contributor eager to impress her editors, this writer spent most of 2019 tracking...
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ThrowBack Thursday: When Oba Eshugbayi Eleko Fought Colonial Masters To Defend His Subjects (2)
26th December 2019Oba Eshugbayi Eleko was the only Oba of Lagos that assumed the title of ‘Eleko of...
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Throwback Thursday: How Norimitsu Onishi Christened The Nigerian Film Industry
20th December 2019Nollywood existed before it was christened. Nigerian films were first made in the 1960’s by legendary...
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