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DISCOVER NIGERIA: A Champion With A Heart.
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Born Okon Asuquo Bassey on Friday, June 3, 1932 in the coastal Creek Town, Calabar, Hogan “Kid” Bassey , as he was professionally known, became Nigeria’s first world boxing champion on June 24, 1957. Winning the world featherweight title bout before a pristine audience in Paris, Bassey’s career finally hit the spotlight … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: A Champion With A Heart.
DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Coup Speeches Of General Abacha
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. On 31stDecember 1983, the shrill voice of a relatively unknown army officer was heard over the radio. A Brigadier at his debut, Sani Abacha is reputed in Nigeria’s history with making the most coup speeches on air. Starting at his first in 1983, the untethered caprices of this generalissimo culminated in his … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Coup Speeches Of General Abacha
DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is one of the remnant primary high forests that survived the urbanization of Yorubaland. Situated along the banks of the Osun River, just outside the city of Osogbo, the grove plays host to thousands of Osun worshippers and tourists who come yearly to celebrate the Osun- Osogbo … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
DISCOVER NIGERIA: The History of Okada.
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igninijesu. Commercial motorcycling in Nigeria was first started in Benin in 1988. Arising out of the crippling unemployment of the Structural Adjustment Program days, young people turned to commercial motorcycling to make ends meet. Young people used their motorcycles to transport people from place to place in order to earn money. Soon enough, … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: The History of Okada.
DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Nigeria Police Force.
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. The Nigeria Police is the national police of Nigeria with complete jurisdiction across the entire country. The history of the Nigeria Police is closely interwoven with the formation of colonies and protectorates that were later fused to become Nigeria in 1914. It began in 1861 when Lagos became a Crown Colony of … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Nigeria Police Force.
DISCOVER NIGERIA: Nigeria’s Premier University
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Did you know that the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s oldest university, was started in 1932 as Yaba College, Lagos before being transferred to Ibadan in 1948? Founded on 17 November 1948, the University College Ibadan (as it was known) was originally instituted to be a satellite college of the University of London. … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: Nigeria’s Premier University
DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Lull Of History.
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. The sense of history is rarely understood in Black Africa. This neglect in our society has been largely evident in the poor generational succession across our country’s businesses, polity and national life; creating serious gaps that have left us with the same “old” leaders almost fifty years post-independence. I came across a … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Lull Of History.
DISCOVER NIGERIA: The West African Pilot.
April 19, 2022
Fuelled by his passion to see Nigeria independent, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe founded the West African Pilot on November 22, 1937. Zik, as he was known, acted as the paper’s editor from 1937 to 1947, stealing the vast audiences of Nigeria Daily Times with his paper’s vivacious blend of politics and gossip. The West African … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: The West African Pilot.
DISCOVER NIGERIA: A Thing About The NDA’s First Cadet.
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. For getting to Kaduna a day earlier than his colleagues, Paul Osakpamwan Ogbebor became the first Nigerian cadet to be enlisted into the 1st Regular Course at the Nigerian Defence Academy on January 19, 1964. The hope of reaching the zenith of his career more than anything subconsciously motivated Ogbebor’s early arrival … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: A Thing About The NDA’s First Cadet.
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DISCOVER NIGERIA: Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport
April 19, 2022
A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF COMMUNAL EFFORTS By Nehi Igbinijesu. It is an awesome thing when people do not blame government for every disadvantage experienced in day-to-day living. More laudable about this kind of attitude is the fact that it implies that such people can take the initiative to do for country what country … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport
DISCOVER NIGERIA: A Basket Full Of Tigernuts
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. For almost everything you find in Africa, little or nothing is known of its value until white people tell us. That had been the case until now; a curious case of apathy for knowledge. From the aqua petroleo in Equatorial Guinea to beautiful black silt on the grounds in Itakpe, Nigeria, I … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: A Basket Full Of Tigernuts
DISCOVER NIGERIA: An Army General Called The Black Scorpion
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Many names like Yakubu Gowon, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Olusegun Obasanjo, Murtala Mohammed and Theophilus Danjuma stand out in the Nigerian polity today. They became Generals at some point in their military careers and led political administrations for which they are remembered. These men also shared the commonality of being key actors in the … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: An Army General Called The Black Scorpion
DISCOVER NIGERIA: Where Do Obas Go After “Here”?
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Some questions never really surface in general discourse. But seriously, where do the Obas of Benin go after they exit this world? The Binis believe they go to heaven. And Ife tradition seems to believe that too. Yoruba historians widely speculated that Ona Orun Awon Oba Ado was a site in Ife … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: Where Do Obas Go After “Here”?
DISCOVER NIGERIA: What Independence Means To Me.
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. At the beginning of the 1950s, agitations had begun to fill the ears of London. England like almost every other European colonialist had suffered the harsh economic impact of two world wars. It was fitting at this time for Europe to shed responsibility for its colonies. West Africa was no different. Ghana’s … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: What Independence Means To Me.
DISCOVER NIGERIA: LAGOS – Once Upon A British Colony
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Lagos became a crown colony of the British Empire in 1861. Before that time, the British government had perfected its colony administration system of administration in the West Indies and in India. And so, it did not take any time to set up its typical crown colony administration in Lagos. By October … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: LAGOS – Once Upon A British Colony
