JUST FOR FUN (JOKES-VILLE) AJEBOTA OR AJEPAKI... WAYS TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION

*If you step on nail and you bleeds, you might be ‘BOTA, but if you step on nail and BEND IT, you are PAKI!

The Warrior King - Ogedengbe: The Legendary African Warrior 106th Anniversary

Today marks 106th anniversary of the death of Chief Ogundamola Orisariyibi (Ogedengbe), the first Obaala of Ijesaland and war generalissimo who died in 1910.

DID YOU KNOW.....? PART TWO

*... that Agbani Darego was first African lady to win Miss World in November 11, 2001.

*...that Alhaji Saheed Ibrahim Niass Igwe became first Igbo man to change to Islam on April 18, 1963.

DID YOU KNOW.....? Part one

*...that the sentence “THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG” contains all the English alphabets.

EVENTS THAT SHAPED NIGERIA ...PT 2: NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR A.K.A BIAFRAN WAR

  The Nigerian civil war, popularly known all over the world as the "Biafran War" was fought from 2 July 1967 to 15 January 1970.  The war was between the then Eastern Region of Nigeria and the rest of the

EVENTS THAT SHAPED NIGERIA PT 1: THE STORY OF NIGERIA FIRST COUP D’ETAT

Fifty years ago on January 15, 1966, the first military coup d’ etat was carried out in Nigeria by junior soldiers, toppling the government of Nnamdi Azikiwe and Tafawa Balewa thereby rewriting the political, social and military history of the country forever

AMAZING STORY OF ’’ALAJO SOMOLU”; NIGERIA FOREMOST THRIFT COLLECTOR

One very interesting thing is that many people actually think the story of Alajo Somolu is of myths and legends and that he does not exist. But alas! He did truly exist!

THE LABOUR OF OUR HEROES PAST... PART 2; HISTORY BEHIND NIGERIA NATIONAL FLAG AND COAT OF ARMS

The Flag of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on October 1, 1960. The flag

THE LABOUR OF OUR HEROES PAST... PART 1; HISTORY BEHIND NIGERIA NATIONAL ANTHEM

As a British colony from 1914 to 1960, the patriotic song of Nigeria was the British National anthem “God save the Queen”. After her independence in 1960, the National Anthem became “Nigeria we hail thee”

‘Brexit’, English May Be Dropped as an Official Language of EU. (Plus expert opinion on the alternate language)

The language is one of 24 official ones in use by the European Union, but that could all change as no other country has it as their official language. 

SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO M.K.O ABIOLA ON HIS 18 YEAR REMEMBRANCE ANNIVERSARY.

Chief  Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, CFR (24 August 1937 – 7 July 1998)

July 7, 1998 will always be remembered by Nigerians. That day, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the adjudged winner of the 1993 presidential election died

TRIBUTE TO MUDASHIRU BABATUNDE LAWAL AGBOLUAJE, 25 YEARS ON...

"I be Muda, I be Welder. I no dey play 4 before, na Father Tiko put me for 4.When he see say I dey good for 4, he come permanent me for 4"

THE STORY OF FIRST NIGERIAN GLOBE-TROTTER: MASHOOD ADISI OLABISI AJALA (AJALA TRAVELS ALL OVER THE WORLD) A LESSON FOR US ALL.

OLABISI Ajala, the name may not readily ring a bell to the younger generation of Nigerians, but the older generation would certainly remember him as the happy-go-lucky bearded globe-trotter and socialite who put the nation on the world map, as he traversed the globe on his motor scooter.

LIFE AND TIME OF CHIEF DANIEL OLORUNFEMI FAGUNWA (D.O. FAGUNWA) MBE... THE ICONOCLASTIC YORUBA WRITER

 Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa, born in 1903, attended St. Luke’s Primary School, Oke Igbo, from 1916 to 1924 and then taught there afterward, as a pupil teacher for a year. He then trained as a teacher of St. Andrew’s

COUNTDOWN TO RIO OLYMPIC 2016... MR OLYMPIC, MICHAEL PHELPS ATTAINS ANOTHER HISTORIC FEAT.

Michael Fred Phelps II  yesterday clocks 31year and also finished first in 1:54.84 at the men’s 200-meter butterfly here at U.S. Olympic trials, securing his roster spot for the Rio Games becomes the first American male swimmer to make Five Olympic team. Here are some amazing facts about the greatest swimmer....