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Captain Labulo Davies
Captain J.P Labulo Davies: The merchant who donated £50 seed funding for the establishment of Nigeria’s first secondary school – CMS Grammar School

  Whenever the story of the first secondary school in Nigeria – Christian Missionary Society…

Ignaz Semmelweis
Ignaz Semmelweis: The Physician who saved lives by championing hand-washing 

The practice of hand-washing which may look common and now part of our daily lives…

Ubong King
Ubong King: The ‘Troublemaker’ endowed with inspiring words

Ubong Thompson King, a ‘Troublemaker’ as he was fondly called, was a security expert, businessman,…

19 years after, Bola Ige’s murder remains unsolved

Chief James Bola Ige, a former Minister of Justice of the federation, was assassinated 17 years ago today.

Ekumeku Movement
This is the story of the Ekumeku Movement, described by Chinua Achebe as Western Igboland’s earliest and fiercest military clash

  The EndSARS protests that held Nigeria to a standstill and forced the international community…

Hogan 'kid' Bassey
7 times he dropped out of school, 7 times he boxed his way back. The story of Hogan ‘Kid’ Bassey, Nigeria’s first world boxing champion

Seven times he dropped out of school, seven times he fought his way back into…

Diego Maradona
How Diego Maradona scored most controversial goal in football history

    The year was 1986. Argentina and England had been paired for a faceoff…

UFC Champion Kamaru Usman
Kamaru Usman: Neusroom’s 10 Facts About ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Making Waves In The UFC

Kamaru Usman, the Nigerian-American mixed martial artist and current Welterweight Champion in the Ultimate Fighting…

‘Why Ike Ibeabuchi will not give up his boxing aspirations after 20 years in jail’

    Before he was sent to jail in 1999, Ike Ibeabuchi, a former WBC…

Ike Ibeabuchi
‘How Ike Ibeabuchi’s promoter orchestrated his downfall’ – Brother, Stan Ibeabuchi

    The ordeal of a former WBC International Heavyweight Champion of Nigerian origin, Ike…

Ike Ibeabuchi
Ike ‘The President’ Ibeabuchi – Nigerian boxing champion released from U.S prison after 20 years

    A former WBC International Heavyweight Champion of Nigerian origin, Ike Ibeabuchi, has been…

Nigerian Army massacre
WATCH: 5 Times The Nigerian Army Has Been Accused Of Massacre

Wednesday October 22, 2020, marks the 19th anniversary of the Zaki-Biam massacre in Benue state.…

Onyeka Onwenu on ‘My Father’s Daughter’ and trauma of the civil war that have remained with her

  When Nigerian poet and playwright, John Pepper Clark in his famous poem ‘The Casualties’…

Neusroom Untold: Victor Banjo, Isaac Boro and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu listed among soldiers who shaped Nigeria’s history

In celebration of Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary, ID Africa, a Lagos-based Marketing, Media and Technology…

Kiriji War, Adubi War, Biafra War – Untold Stories of conflicts that shaped Nigeria’s history

As Nigeria celebrates 60 years of independence from colonial rule, it is another good time…

Neusroom Untold
Neusroom Untold: How Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Alimotu Pelewura, Hajiya Gambo Sabawa, Flora Nwapa’s feminism shaped Nigeria’s History

Before the more popular third and fourth waves of feminism which emerged in the 1990s…

Kudirat Abiola Untold
Kudirat Abiola, Olabisi Ajala, Ladi Kwali, Alimotu Pelewura And More Feature In Nigeria’s 60th Anniversary Special By Neusroom

The story of how Kudirat Abiola was assassinated is one of 78 stories featured on Neusroom’s new project Untold.

Remembering Tyna Onwudiwe: the Afrikan Oyibo who passed 17 days after her 47th birthday

  Neusroom remembers how the world reacted to the sudden loss of Tyna Onwudiwe on…