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What you need to know about the 6 Nigerians declared wanted by U.S over $6m wire fraud

  The United States Department of States on Tuesday declared six Nigerians wanted after they…

Ibidun Ighodalo
Ibidunni Ighodalo: The former ‘Miss Lux’ who built one of Nigeria’s biggest events management firms

  From dreaming about becoming a medical doctor just to please her father, Ibidunni Ajayi-Ighodalo,…

MKO Abiola's residence in Ikeja
I spent June 12, 2020 at MKO Abiola’s home and resting place. Here’s what I saw

  At 8am on Friday, June 12, 2020, calmness reigned outside the ‘White House’ on…

June 12
Kudirat Abiola and 9 other patriots who lost their lives to June 12

In the first six months of its formation, the Justice Chukwudife Oputa’s panel, setup in…

MKO Abiola June 12
How MKO Abiola won Nigeria’s most credible elections ever. And why it cost him his life

Although the June 12, 1993 election didn’t produce a President, many foreign and local witnesses…

June 12 1993
20 Important facts about June 12 every Nigerian must never forget

  It’s exactly 27 years after business mogul Moshood Abiola’s ‘Hope 93’ campaign full of…

Radio Kudirat
Radio Kudirat: How fearless activists ran secret radio to torment Abacha’s oppressive regime

  The annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the candidate of…

Kudirat Abiola
June 4 Assassination: How close aide betrayed Kudirat Abiola

  Although he may have been acquitted and be walking freely after years in jail,…

How 12,000 pounds earned Dora Akunyili NAFDAC DG job

  Through a reputation of honesty and incorruptibility, Dr Dora Akunyili, earned the trust and…

Rita, the longtime sweetheart of Majek Fashek who dreamt of forever with him until his life took a detour

She is credited as the inspiration to Majek Fashek’s special track ‘Without You’ in his I&I Experience album.

Rita Fashek and Sybil Kimono
Rita Fashek and Sybil Kimono: Two women whose influence shaped the lives of reggae legends

  Most times when the world celebrates and talks about the legacies and exploits of…

Majek Fashek: 10 facts you need to know about the ‘Rainmaker’ who put Nigeria on the world map of reggae music

  Nigeria’s, unarguably, biggest reggae music export, Majekodunmi Fasheke aka Majek Fashek, departed the world…

Majek Fashek: How Reggae legend spent last decade of his life battling alcoholism, drug addiction

  Reggae music legend, Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek who passed on Monday…

Ishola Oyenusi: The notorious robber who boasted to police he would escape before execution

In the late 1960 to early 1970s, before Ishola Oyenusi began his illicit armed robbery…

Maryam Babangida
Remembering Maryam Babangida: The founding mother of Office of First Lady in Nigeria

  Although no part of the Nigerian constitution states any official role for spouses of…

Madam Efunroye Tinubu: The powerful kingmaker who was first woman to kick against British rule in Nigeria

  To the British colonialists, Madam Efunroye Tinubu the first Iyalode of Egbaland and ex-Queen…

Dr Doyin Abiola, Prof. Elfrida Adebo, Major General Aderonke Kale – Extraordinary Nigerian women who made history in male-dominated fields

  Greatness may not be gender-based, but women have always been stereotyped as emotionally weak…

Remembering Dagrin, Nigeria’s foremost indigenous rapper who changed the game

Today, April 22, 2020, marks the 10th anniversary of the late Nigerian rapper Dagrin’s death.…