On Sunday, October 19, 1986, a parcel was delivered at Dele Giwa’s home at 25 Talabi Street, Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, Lagos. A guard at the gate...
The Mid-West region was created in June 1963 from the Benin and Delta provinces of the Western Region. Governors Of Bendel State The capital of the...
Emmanuel Nwude Odinigwe was a former Director of the Union Bank of Nigeria. However, he is best known as the scam artist who defrauded Nelson Sakaguchi,...
Seven friends from University College, Ibadan (now the University of Ibadan) founded the National Association of Seadogs, also known as the Pyrates Confraternity, (PC for short),...
Legendary playwright and Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, just turned 87. The novelist, poet, essayist and activist was born in Abeokuta on 13 July 1954. Wole Soyinka...
Umaru Dikko served as Transport Minister in the civilian administration of his brother-in-law, President Shehu Shagari, from 1979 to 1983. On December 31, 1983, Shagari’s government...
