History with Gideon Dreams Catcher

25/04/2023

On December 22 1969, Colonel obasanjo a soldier in the Nigerian Army convinced Yakubu Gowon(then head of state) that his plan was superior to that of the Nigerian army headquarters. His plan was to launch an OPERATION TAIL WIND which will be used to break the last defense of BIAFRA (umuahia).

Operation tail wind was successfully launched on 7 - 11 January, 1970 forcing General odumegwu ojukwu to flee the country to Ivory coast and Phillip Effiong to surrender Biafra to Colonel Obasanjo.

24/04/2023

Africa's bloodiest coup d'etat

Credit- afistry media.

24/04/2023

Policemen outside the telecommunication building on broad street, Lagos Island on January 1966 before the military coup.

24/04/2023

Kam Salem was the longest serving inspector general of police in Nigerian history 🇳🇬 from 1966 - 1975.

24/04/2023

The statue of liberty 🗽 is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on liberty Island in New York city, United States 🇺🇸.

The statue was a gift from the people of France 🇫🇷. It was designed by French sculptor FRÉDÉRIC AUGUSTE BORTHOLDI and its metal framework was built by GUSTAVE EFFIEL. The statue was dedicated on 28th of October 1886.

24/04/2023

The Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State, Nigeria 🇳🇬 is arguably rated as Africa's 2nd Longest Bridge.

It's measured at 11.8 KM, after the 6th October Bridge in Egypt (20.5 KM).

It was Africa's longest bridge until 1996.

It connects Lagos Island to the mainland.

24/04/2023

National youth service corps (NYSC) is a Program set up by the Nigerian military government under the regime of general YAKUBU GOWON as the military head of state on the 22nd of May 1973 as an Avenue For reconciliation, reconstruction and the building of the nation after the Civil War that tore Nigeria apart.

It was established based on the decree No 24 which stated that the scheme was created "with a view to the proper encouragement and development of common ties among the youths of Nigeria 🇳🇬 and the promotion of national unity"

23/04/2023

The usage of right hand drive vehicles is prohibited 🚫 under the Nigerian law since 1973.

23/04/2023

On April 2nd 1972, Nigeria 🇳🇬 ditched the British- styled right hand drive to the left hand drive 🚗 .

23/04/2023

On the 6th of March 1957, Ghana gained independence from the British colonial rule making it the first country in Africa 🌍 to be free from British colonial rule.

21/04/2023

This page is an active page that talks about history around the world 🌎.

Bringing history to your doorstep.

21/04/2023

Efunroye Tinubu was born in 1810. She was the first woman to buy a car in Nigeria 🇳🇬.

She was a powerful and active slave trader during the slave trade era. She was among those who sold our forefathers and mothers into slavery.

She died in 1887.

21/04/2023

Family Ransome Kuti was born on the 25th of October 1900 in abeokuta, ogun state, Nigeria 🇳🇬. She was the first female to attend the abeokuta grammar school. In the 1940s Ransome Kuti established the abeokuta women's union and advocated for women's rights demanding better representation of women in the local governing bodies and an end to the unfair taxes on market women. She was described by the media as LIONESS OF LISABI.

Ransome Kuti led a protest of up to 10,000 women forcing the then ruling ALAKE to temporarily step down in 1949.

She was the first woman in the whole of Nigeria 🇳🇬 to drive a car 🚗. Her children include FELA KUTI, BEKO KUTI, OLIKOYO KUTI.

Reports had it that she died at the age of 77 on the 13th of April 1978 after being wounded in a military raid on family property.

21/04/2023

Boko Haram is an Islamist militant organization based in the northern part of Nigeria 🇳🇬.
It was formed by Mohammed Yusuf in the year 2002 in maiduguri the capital city of BORNO STATE, NIGERIA 🇳🇬.
Boko Haram has spread its operations to neighboring countries like Chad , Niger 🇳🇪, mali 🇲🇱 and northern Cameroon 🇨🇲.

The Nigerian government have been waging war against the Boko Haram for about 2 decades.
Boko Haram was the world 🌎 deadliest terror group during part of the mid-2010s according to the Global terrorism index. The Boko Haram split in 2016 resulting in emergence of a hostile faction known as the ISLAMIC STATE'S WEST AFRICA PROVINCE (ISWAP).

20/04/2023

In 1992, the Legendary Nigerian FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI and the Legendary Jamaican SHABA RANKS had a ☘️Weed Smoking Contest at the Kalakuta Shrine.

Shabba Ranks (born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon; 17 January 1966) is a Jamaican dancehall musician. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of the most popular Jamaican musicians in the world.

Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997), also known as Abami Eda, was a Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist.

He is regarded as the pioneer of Afrobeat.

In 1992, Jamaica’s Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, a.k.a. Shabba Ranks came to Nigeria to perform at a concert but decided to visit Afro-beat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti at his Kalakuta Shrine early in the day.

Of course he was very blunt about the purpose of his visit. Out of youthful exuberance, he promptly told Abami Eda that he’d heard about his smoking legacy and that he’d come to collect his bragging right of being the guy who out smoked Fela.

Well, there is a saying that “It is not wise to go on a drinking or smoking challenge with another man if you do not understand your own system”. Baba 70 as he’s also known, accepted the challenge and the G***a Kings drew and puffed their smokes away while exchanging banters.

Turns out each successive wraps of blunt got bigger and bigger until Shaba Ranks passed out and fell asleep. It seems he was beaten black and blue because when he woke up he was informed he has missed his concert last night.

Credit - This is Bendel

20/04/2023

Lets talk about the BERMUDA TRIANGLE 🔺️.

The Bermuda triangle 🔺️ is also known as the devil's triangle. It is located in the western part of the northern Atlantic ocean. A number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared mysteriously once they get to the spot where the Bermuda triangle is located.

Any aircraft that flies above the Bermuda triangle is said to vanish mysteriously and the cause of this haven't been discovered up till this day.

20/04/2023

THE STORY OF A LEGEND

Sam Loco Efe was born in Enugu on 25th December 1945.

His father was a warder, by name— Arase Efeimwonkiyeke. He was a Benin man who worked in Eastern Nigeria and his mother was a petty trader who sold akara.

He spent his childhood in the town of Abakaliki in present-day Ebonyi State. In fact, he spent much of his years in Abakaliki.

When he was in primary school, he lost his father. He had to support his mother in her business which made him spend longer than usual years before graduating from primary school.

He started acting while still in school when a theatre group came to stage a play called "The Doctor In Spite of Himself", afterwards he discussed with members of the group about the theatre and performance arts.

In elementary school, he was a member of various groups including a drama society that performed a rendition of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at an Eastern regional arts festival in Abakaliki, the play came last in the drama competition but Efe was noted as the best actor which earned him a scholarship to complete elementary school.

After finishing elementary school, he attended various secondary schools and was active in the drama society, organizing a performance of The Doctor in Spite of Himself and a play called Vendetta.

After secondary school, he was a member of a traveling theatre group and played soccer earning the moniker locomotive later shortened as loco. That was how his name Loco came to being.

During the Biafran genocidal War, Efe fought on the Biafra side until he returned to Benin in 1968. He saw himself as an Igbo man and a Biafran before anything.

While in Benin in the 60s, he started the Ovonranwen Theatre Group with their debut production being Ogierhiakhi’s Obaiwape.

However, his earnings from acting was meagre and thereafter, he traveled to Lagos to seek better career opportunities and to explore a career in football.

He got his first job in 1972 working for Michelin Tyres.

Sam loco died in his hotel room in 2011.
May his soul continue to rest in power 🕊.

Credit - mc pinklips comedy.

20/04/2023

Abraham Lincoln born on the 12th of February 1809. He was an American lawyer and politician.
He was the 16th president Of the United States of America from 1861 - 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

20/04/2023

On the 4th of July 1776, United States of America 🇺🇸 got her independence from British colony.

20/04/2023

In 1963 Nnamdi Azikwe became the first ceremonial president of Nigeria 🇳🇬.
His government last from 1963 - 1966 before the first bloody coup in Nigeria 🇳🇬.

19/04/2023

19/04/2023

Lagos is the most populous state in Nigeria 🇳🇬. The name Lagos was given by the Portuguese which means LAKE. Lagos was originally inhabited by the awori subgroup of the yoruba people in the 15th century.

Lagos was the first place the colonial masters landed before they expanded their territory to the southern and northern part in present day Nigeria 🇳🇬.

Lagos is known for being the center of commerce due to the presence of a seaport which remains the only functioning seaport in the country and an international airport.

18/04/2023

In 1984 rtd Gen Muhammadu Buhari waged war again indiscipline .

17/03/2023

HISTORY!!!

The woman on the Nigeria 🇳🇬 twenty Naira note is Ladi Kwali. She was born in Kwali, Gwari region of Northern Nigeria, where pottery was a common occupation among women.

She was so skilled that her work became known in Europe, Britain and America. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, her work was displayed in London at the Berkeley Galleries.

She became Nigeria's best-known Potter, was awarded a doctorate and made MBE in 1963 despite not having a formal education.

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