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10 Selfless Nigerians
10 selfless Nigerians that should inspire every Nigerian youth

These are 10 of the most selfless Nigerians who have sacrificed their lives and resources that should inspire every Nigerian youth.

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…

Lagos Bar Beach: How popular fun spot became center of executing criminals

  In 1971, the Lagos Bar Beach gained global recognition for something entirely different from…

Kitoye Ajasa
Sir Kitoye Ajasa: The first knighted Nigerian who devoted his newspaper to sensitize Nigerians when 1918 epidemic was killing thousands

The role of mass media in a time of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic presently…

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…

Remembering Dr Stella Adadevoh, daughter of ex-UNILAG VC, who helped Nigeria nip Ebola

A time like this when Nigeria is throwing different measures in the frontline of the…

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.

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,…

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…

‘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…