Father and son. They both became President of their country at different times.

Jomo Kenyatta, the first President of Kenya is with his son, Uhuru Kenyatta, who was then a child. Jomo Kenyatta was a key figure in Kenya’s independence movement and served as President from 1964 to 1978.

Uhuru Kenyatta followed in his father’s footsteps,…Read More

In 1964, Edna Park made history as the first “Miss Nigeria” to compete on the global stage at the “Miss Universe” pageant. Born in 1944, she became the “8th Miss Nigeria” at just 19 years old, earning national recognition and paving the way for future African beauty queens. Her participation in Miss Universe 1964 was groundbreaking-she was not…Read More

Onyemelukwe: ‘Father of Electricity’ in Nigeria

Engr. Clement Chukwukadibia Onyemelukwe initiated the planning and development of the electricity grid still used in Nigeria today when he became Chief Electrical Engineer in 1962.

Onyemelukwe is reputed as the “Father of Nigerian Electricity” and the first Nigerian to marry a peace corps vol…Read More

A photo capturing Venerable

Cleric: Rev. Thomas Ogunbiyi, talks to other visitors.

He founded the Reformed Ogboni Society and was vicar of Breadfruit Church in Lagos.

The man was the most distinguished commander of
the British Empire (BE) as well as the Honourable member of the Legislative Council (MLC). He was a spiritual church leader…Read More

Nico Mbarga’s 1976 one-hit wonder “Sweet Mother” sold at least thirteen million copies across the African continent.

The son of a Cameroonian father and a Nigerian mother, Nico Mbarga was born in nearby Abakaliki on April 8, 1950, but grew up in Ikom. After loving and learning to play the Congolese Rumba in Mamfe, Cameroon between 1967 and 197…Read More

Dr. Simisola Johnson, the woman who recommended the establishment of the Ministry of Women Affairs in Nigeria

Simisola Olayemi Onibuwe Johnson, (1929 – 2000) was a Nigerian dentist who served as Minister for Social Development and Culture during the Shehu Shagari administration. Johnson and Grace Guobadia both qualified as dentists in 1957, m…Read More

Photo Description: Nigeria’s Army Chief of Staff, Major General Ibrahim Babangida who was named President Tuesday Night after the West African Nations 6th coup since gaining Independence from Britain 25 years ago. This two-picture combo is a 1984 folder flier.

Following the coup d’état of 1983, General Babangida (then Chief of Army Staff) st…Read More

Obasanjo’s Great Purge.

List of Military Officers Retired by President Olusegun Obasanjo in June 1999

The newly-inaugurated civilian president, who had been a military Head of State between 1976 and 1979, made it a policy to retire all serving members of the armed forces and the police who had held political office between 1985 and 1…Read More

The True Story Behind Adekunle Fajuyi The Man Who Gave Up His Life So That Aguyi Ironsi Could Live.

The life of Francis Adekunle Fajuyi (June 26, 1926 July 29, 1966) a Nigerian soldier from Ekiti state who was the first military governor of the former Western Region, Nigeria, was replete with bravery and enviable leadership skills. Initially a…Read More

In 1996, Sergeant Rogers shot Chief Alex Ibru on top of the Falomo Bridge in Lagos. The bullets met him in one eye.

Alex, who owned The Guardian newspaper, was in transit on the bridge when the members of the Strike Force, led by Sergeant Rogers, in the Sani Abacha’s government, attacked him.

In 1993, after Abacha took over, he reportedly…Read More

November 12, 1968: Prelude to a suicidal attack.

Mercenary commanders employed by the secessionist state of Biafra in the process of planning an attack on a defensive Nigerian position near Onitsha.

The three mercenaries are from left: Belgian Marc Goosens, South African ‘Taffy’ Williams and Corsican Armand Ianarelli.

They were com…Read More

The Beginning – Joining the Nigerian Military Heading: My Journey Begins: Joining the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC)

On December 10, 1962, my military career started at the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) in Kaduna. I arrived the day before, joining classmates from Bida Provincial Secondary School: Garba Duba, Sani Sami,…Read More

Chief Alfred Rewane and Muhammad Ali during Ali’s visit to Nigeria as an Ovaltine ambassador in the 1970’s.

The Story: Pa Ogbeyiwa Erewarone Alfred Rewane was a Pro-Yorubanist, Pro-democracy, a crusader and above all a successful business man. He was full of life, a role model to many, an epitome of wellness and grandeur, tall, shimmering,…Read More

Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar, born on October 4, 1952, and meeting his end on July 27, 1990, was a Nigerian military officer infamous for orchestrating a violent coup against General Ibrahim Babangida’s government on April 22, 1990. The coup unfolded with the seizure of the FRCN radio station, various military posts in Lagos, and the Dodan Barracks,…Read More

The Times, Sunday August 7, 1975

Lagos Guards Chief to be Foreign Minister

Brigadier Murtala Muhammed, today announced the formation of a new Cabinet of 23 commissioners (ministers). Just over half the portfolios have gone to military men. The Cabinet reflects a desire by the new leader to retain a balance between the country’s main ethnic…Read More