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Eric Joyce, a former member of Parliament of the United Kingdom tweeted on May 19, 2017, that Muhammadu Buhari, the incu...
17/01/2022

Eric Joyce, a former member of Parliament of the United Kingdom tweeted on May 19, 2017, that Muhammadu Buhari, the incumbent President of Nigeria is dead.

NB: The President is still alive to this day.

Cartoon of the day
17/01/2022

Cartoon of the day

Two little boys dragging home their Christmas tree, 1920.
15/01/2022

Two little boys dragging home their Christmas tree, 1920.

Cartoon of the dayCredit: Punch Newspaper
14/01/2022

Cartoon of the day

Credit: Punch Newspaper

Trends Hours After Lifting Of Twitter SuspensionThe rallying cry for the October 2020 protests that rocked Nigeria, ...
13/01/2022

Trends Hours After Lifting Of Twitter Suspension

The rallying cry for the October 2020 protests that rocked Nigeria, has returned to the trends table, hours after the suspension on the social media platform, Twitter was lifted.

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday announced the lifting of the suspension that was imposed on the platform on June 4, 2021.

As tweeps are able to access the platform without Virtual Private Networks, they have been trending the hashtag, , which gained world-wide recognition during the October 2020 protests.

As of the time of filing this report, the trend had garnered over 20,000 tweets and sits atop the trends table.

Twitter was massively used to coordinate the protests, push for donations. The hashtag got a special emoji (a clenched fist in Nigerian colours) from Twitter but was later removed.

Credit: Punch Newspaper

The former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba (Pictured). His premiership lasted fo...
13/01/2022

The former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba (Pictured). His premiership lasted for just two months and his political career came to an abrupt end when he was assassinated in January 17, 1962.

He was reportedly poorly buried in an unmarked grave, then exhumed, and finally dismembered, with pieces of his body dissolved in sulphuric acid while bones were crushed and scattered.

Credit: Punch Newspaper
13/01/2022

Credit: Punch Newspaper

Fourteen white Europeans kneel before Ugandan Head of State, Idi Amin Dada during a ceremony where they pledge their all...
13/01/2022

Fourteen white Europeans kneel before Ugandan Head of State, Idi Amin Dada during a ceremony where they pledge their allegiance to the dictator in Kampala, Uganda, September 29, 1975. Of the 14, seven Britons and one Dutchman were already Ugandan citizens.

Jubilation As Nigeria FG Lifts Twitter Suspension after 222 days of ban. In the early hours of Thursday, the Federal Gov...
13/01/2022

Jubilation As Nigeria FG Lifts Twitter Suspension after 222 days of ban.

In the early hours of Thursday, the Federal Government of Nigeria lifted the suspension on social media platform, Twitter.

As users accessed the platform without the use of Virtual Private Networks, they have been sharing their thoughts on the suspension that lasted for over seven months.

54-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura has signed a contract with fourth-tier Japanese club Suzuka Point Getters.He made his profes...
13/01/2022

54-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura has signed a contract with fourth-tier Japanese club Suzuka Point Getters.

He made his professional debut in 1986 and is three years older than PSG 😳

Credit: ESPN

Drunk man carried away in a basket! Taverns in Istanbul would pay for drunk people to be carried back to their homes at ...
13/01/2022

Drunk man carried away in a basket!

Taverns in Istanbul would pay for drunk people to be carried back to their homes at night. Picture is from the 1960s.

: Confusion As Referee Blows Whistle Too Soon During Mali Vs Tunisia MatchThe performance of Zambian referee, Janny Sik...
12/01/2022

: Confusion As Referee Blows Whistle Too Soon During Mali Vs Tunisia Match

The performance of Zambian referee, Janny Sikazwe during the match between Mali and Tunisia at the ongoing African Cup of Nation resulted in confusion.

Tunisia coach Mondher Kebaier said he had "never seen anything like it" after the referee on Wednesday blew the final whistle before the game had been completed.

Sikazwe signalled the end of the match and a 1-0 win for 10-man Mali in the coastal town of Limbe with the clock showing 89 minutes and 47 seconds.

There is a spider in Brazil called BRAZIL WANDERING SPIDER whose bites will make any p***s stand erect for hours. Even i...
12/01/2022

There is a spider in Brazil called BRAZIL WANDERING SPIDER whose bites will make any p***s stand erect for hours. Even if such p***s has a problem with the nerves that control erections. It will stand.

But the side effect is, it may eventually lead to death if medical attention is not given immediately.

All of Nigeria’s Head-of-State were either a military man or a teacher, except one man: Ernest Adegunle Shonekan(1936-20...
12/01/2022

All of Nigeria’s Head-of-State were either a military man or a teacher, except one man: Ernest Adegunle Shonekan(1936-2022), a British trained lawyer.

Shonekan is the only unelected civilian Head-of-State and without a political party. He is also the only one born in a Federal capital.

Shonekan’s tenure lasted for only 82 days (the shortest in Nigerian history) before he was forced to resigned in November 17, 1993.

“However, I regret to to inform you that in the light of recent events and after due consideration of all the facts, I am left with no alternative but to take the most honorable and dignified step of resigning, with immediate effect, my appointment as Head-of-State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.” - Chief Ernest Adegunle Shonekan, November 17, 1993

With these words, Shonekan became Nigeria’s first and only Head-of-State to to resign from office.

Born in May 9, 1936 in Lagos. The Abese of Egbaland died of natural cause on January 11, 2022 at the age of 85.

'Shoes on the Danube Bank' is a memorial in Budapest, Hungary. The monument by Gyula Pauer is in remembrance of Jews who...
12/01/2022

'Shoes on the Danube Bank' is a memorial in Budapest, Hungary.

The monument by Gyula Pauer is in remembrance of Jews who were massacred by during World War 2. Victims were ordered to take off their shoes, shot at the river's edge, and their bodies carried down river.

In only 4 yrs in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid Increased litera...
11/01/2022

In only 4 yrs in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid Increased literacy rate by 60%. He also banned forced marriages and gave poor people land, Vaccinated 2.5 million kids, Planted 10 million trees, Appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave.

He also sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time) the official service car of the ministers. He reduced the salaries of all public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets.

As President, he lowered his salary to $450 a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freezer. He opposed foreign aid, saying that “he who feeds you, controls you.”

He also drove out French imperialism & withdrew Burkina Faso from IMF

A very productive life that was brutally cut short .

Coffee was discovered in Ethiopia but in 1600, coffee made its way to Christian Europe from the Muslim Middle East and t...
11/01/2022

Coffee was discovered in Ethiopia but in 1600, coffee made its way to Christian Europe from the Muslim Middle East and the clergy looked at it with a great deal of suspicion calling it “the bitter invention of Satan”

When the beverage made its way to the Vatican, many of his advisors wanted Pope Clement VIII (1536-1605) to ban the controversial drink.

However, the Pope refused to do so and decided to taste the drink before making his decision.

When the Pope took a sip, he allegedly declared:

“This Satan’s drink is so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We should cheat the devil by baptizing it.”

With the Pope’s blessing, Catholics all around the world were free to drink coffee and it spread all over Europe.

Since the time he took office till now, President Buhari has travelled 130 times to 36 countries. Put together, he has s...
10/01/2022

Since the time he took office till now, President Buhari has travelled 130 times to 36 countries. Put together, he has spent about 308 days abroad. The expenses of the trips run above 2 billion naira.

As Nigeria’s Head-of-State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari got a bank loan of two hundred and sixty thousand naira (260,...
10/01/2022

As Nigeria’s Head-of-State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari got a bank loan of two hundred and sixty thousand naira (260,000) with 11% interest from Union Bank on June 1, 1984, to build his house in Kaduna.

An open air school in 1957, Netherlands.⁣In the beginning of the 20th century a movement towards open air schools took p...
10/01/2022

An open air school in 1957, Netherlands.⁣

In the beginning of the 20th century a movement towards open air schools took place in Europe. Classes were taught in forests so that students would benefit physically and mentally from clean air and sunlight.

A well nourished Sudanese man steals maize from a starving child during a food distribution at Medecines Sans Frontieres...
10/01/2022

A well nourished Sudanese man steals maize from a starving child during a food distribution at Medecines Sans Frontieres feeding center at Ajiep, southern Sudan 1998.

Photo credit: Tom Stoddart

During the Nigerian Civil war, Biafran soldiers often fought without shoes and some troops got food only every three day...
10/01/2022

During the Nigerian Civil war, Biafran soldiers often fought without shoes and some troops got food only every three days; a starchy cassava porridge.

Here, wounded soldiers seek the help of their retreating colleagues during the battle of Onitsha, 1968.

Credit: HistoryVille (Instagram)

On March 22, 2014, in an area known as Soka in Ibadan, a ritualist den was discovered. The den was a psychiatric hospita...
09/01/2022

On March 22, 2014, in an area known as Soka in Ibadan, a ritualist den was discovered. The den was a psychiatric hospital that was converted to a slaughter lab for kidnappers and ritualists.

Severed human heads, hands, legs, and other human body parts were found in the buildings. Several terribly malnourished and sick male and female victims, who were to be slaughtered, were rescued.

Some of the victims that were slaughtered and dismembered were students of Lead City University, little school children, okada riders, and hawkers. Motorcycles, ID cards, school bags, shoes, etc of the unfortunate victims were found in the buildings.

The buildings have now been converted to beautiful schools, but the history of what happened hunts the school's— only few people are willing to enroll their kids in the school, and many parents are withdrawing their kids from the school.

Till today, no one has been prosecuted for the evil discovered in Soka.

Credit: Apotheosis of knowledge

It would take around $600 billion to eradicate global poverty. The world spent $1.7 trillion on wars in 2012. Credits: P...
06/01/2022

It would take around $600 billion to eradicate global poverty. The world spent $1.7 trillion on wars in 2012.

Credits: Pictures in History

In Ubang, Obudu, Cross River State of Nigeria, the language of the men is different from the language of the women.
05/01/2022

In Ubang, Obudu, Cross River State of Nigeria, the language of the men is different from the language of the women.

Presidential elections campaign in Nigeria, 2019 as an unknown man raise cardboard(Pictured) in support of the incumbent...
05/01/2022

Presidential elections campaign in Nigeria, 2019 as an unknown man raise cardboard(Pictured) in support of the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari

There is a town in southern Portugal in the district of Faro, region and sub-region of Algarve, called Lagos. The Lago...
05/01/2022

There is a town in southern Portugal in the district of Faro, region and sub-region of Algarve, called Lagos.

The Lagos in Nigeria is named after the Lagos in Portugal. Before 1760, the areas we call Lagos today, was called "Eko." In the 1760s when slave trade thrived in the region, Portuguese slave traders named Eko Lagos.

That time, the Lagos in Portugal was a trading hub that has the largest link to Africa. In Portuguese, "Lagos" means "lakes".

Staying true to the real meaning of its name, the Lagos in Portugal has several beautiful beaches and lakes.

Which is why, today, Lagos, Portugal is a beachy popular tourist attraction— though the Lagos in Nigeria is a huge commerce hub.

You can be sentenced to two years imprisonment for committing adultery in Northern Nigeria, while in Southern Nigeria, a...
03/01/2022

You can be sentenced to two years imprisonment for committing adultery in Northern Nigeria, while in Southern Nigeria, adultery is not a crime.

During the era of the Atlantic Slave Trade (1526-1867), nearly 12.5 million slaves were shipped from Africa to the Ameri...
02/01/2022

During the era of the Atlantic Slave Trade (1526-1867), nearly 12.5 million slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas and only 10.7 million of them survived the journey.

The sexes were kept unclad, packed close together, and chained for long periods.

About 388,000 went to the United States, 5 million went to Brazil, 1 million went to Jamaica, and the others to other parts of the Americas and Europe.

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