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The RIoT Accelerator Program 2023 for Startups in All Industries
April 19, 2022
RIoT has announced that its accelerator program is now open to startups from across the globe. The RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) delivers and strengthens business development resources to startups accepted into it by connecting them with a network of several dozen companies along the IoT technology stack. Beneficiaries will get to learn from industry … Continue reading The RIoT Accelerator Program 2023 for Startups in All Industries
#EndSARS: Notable Protests In Nigeria’s History
April 19, 2022
While Nigerians await the return of normalcy after the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters on the night of Tuesday, October 20, 2020, by Nigerian soldiers supposed to protect them, we take you through some of the notable protests in Nigeria which defied ethnic, religious, or class differences just like the #EndSARS protests. Read more … Continue reading #EndSARS: Notable Protests In Nigeria’s History
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The Agbekoya Revolt of 1968/69
April 19, 2022
Between 1968 and 1969, while the civil war was ongoing in Eastern Nigeria between Biafran Forces and the Nigerian Armed Forces, an uprising led by Agbekoya farmers exploded into a full-blown revolt which had been brewing since the early ’60s in most Western Region communities. Agbekoya is literally a coinage from Yoruba meaning “farmers who … Continue reading The Agbekoya Revolt of 1968/69
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