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Orlando Martins – The Nigerian Hollywood star who acted with actors who later became Presidents

  From leaving Nigeria at the age of 18 to join the British Navy during…

Funsho Williams
Funsho Williams: The man who could have become Lagos Governor

The early 2000s up till 2007 was a very dark era in the history of…

Bode Thomas
20 Facts About Bode Thomas That Are Actually True

On March 9, 2020, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje deposed Sunusi Lamido Sanusi from the throne as…

Kudirat Abiola
The heartbreaking story of how Kudirat Abiola road in Lagos got its name

  On June 4 2001, the administration of former governor Bola Tinubu rolled out drums…

Igbo-Ora: The Oyo Town Where Every Household Has A Set Of Twins

In time past, the birth of twins in some parts of Southern Nigeria was not seen as a special blessing as it is today.

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,…

Lagos Public Transport
Your Step By Step Guide To Navigating Lagos Public Transport

After the Okada/Keke ban, a lot of people were left with no choice but to rely on…

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.

The Experience: 5 Things To Look Forward To As The Gospel Music Concert Airs On DStv Tonight

  The famous gospel music concert; #TheExperience is happening this Friday! And we are more…

Nigerian Idol S6 Winner to get N50m worth of prizes and recording contract – MultiChoice

  Barely two weeks after announcing the return of the fan favourite reality singing competition…

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…

Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona – Footballer with the most number of fouls in World Cup and 9 other facts about the Argentina legend

Argentina’s football legend Diego Maradona died of heart attack on Wednesday November 25, 2020. Before…

UK parliament on endSARS
‘UK shouldn’t be safe haven for anyone who denies their own citizens freedoms’ – Full text of British Parliament debate on #EndSARS

The Petitions Committee of the United Kingdom Parliament on Monday November 23, 2020 held a…

Sunday Dare EndSARS
‘EndSARS protesters wouldn’t have been that much if we had more programmes like N-Power’ – Youth Minister tells UNDP audience

  For more than 10 days, thousands of young Nigerians who called for an end…

‘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…