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Lagos Gaol Execution of 1885: The Powerful Story of a Colonial Prison Crisis

The Lagos Gaol Execution of 1885 was reported in extraordinary detail by The African Times on 1 October 1885. Under its “Lagos News” section, the newspaper described the execution of three condemned men, Kanogbe, Ogunbuyi and Ateneroh, on Wednesday, 15 July 1885, following their conviction for the murder of a man identified as Darkoya.The...

MILITARY ERA

Debo Basorun and Babangida: The Powerful 1989 Court Battle That Exposed a Military Rift

Gideon Orkar coup attempt: 69 Executions After Nigeria’s Dramatic 1990 Military Uprising

Death of Timothy Onwuatuegwu: 3 Powerful Accounts Behind an Unresolved 1970 Mystery

5 Defining Chapters of Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo

Colonel Joseph Akahan: 5 Defining Moments in the Remarkable Rise and Sudden Death of Nigeria’s Young Wartime Army Chief

Ely Calil: The Kano-Born Oil Financier at the Centre of the Wonga Coup Allegations

8 Senior Leaders Of The Biafra Second Anniversary Parade

Nigeria’s Army Chiefs Who Died in Office

MILITARY ERA

Debo Basorun and Babangida: The Powerful 1989 Court Battle That Exposed a Military Rift

Gideon Orkar coup attempt: 69 Executions After Nigeria’s Dramatic 1990 Military Uprising

Death of Timothy Onwuatuegwu: 3 Powerful Accounts Behind an Unresolved 1970 Mystery

5 Defining Chapters of Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo

Colonel Joseph Akahan: 5 Defining Moments in the Remarkable Rise and Sudden Death of Nigeria’s Young Wartime Army Chief

Ely Calil: The Kano-Born Oil Financier at the Centre of the Wonga Coup Allegations

8 Senior Leaders Of The Biafra Second Anniversary Parade

Nigeria’s Army Chiefs Who Died in Office

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BIOGRAPHIES

King Ibanichuka of Okrika: 5 Defining Events Behind the 1896 British Expedition That Ended His Reign

Mojola Agbebi: The Powerful Nigerian Clergyman Who Challenged Missionary Control

John Ejikeme Nebolisa: The Powerful Story of Wealth, Kingship and the Awkuzu Throne

Chief Antonio Deinde Fernandez: The Remarkable Nigerian Businessman Who Became an African Diplomat

Chief Humphrey Omo-Osagie: The Powerful Iyase Who Shaped Benin and Mid-West Politics

Arisekola-Alao Estate: 12 Years On, the Complex Story of His Will, Bank Debts and Properties

Debo Basorun and Babangida: The Powerful 1989 Court Battle That Exposed a Military Rift

Ogundipe Twins: The Extraordinary 1978 Drum Story of Two Brothers Who Shared One Wife

MILITARY ERA

Debo Basorun and Babangida: The Powerful 1989 Court Battle That Exposed a Military Rift

Gideon Orkar coup attempt: 69 Executions After Nigeria’s Dramatic 1990 Military Uprising

Death of Timothy Onwuatuegwu: 3 Powerful Accounts Behind an Unresolved 1970 Mystery

5 Defining Chapters of Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo

Colonel Joseph Akahan: 5 Defining Moments in the Remarkable Rise and Sudden Death of Nigeria’s Young Wartime Army Chief

Ely Calil: The Kano-Born Oil Financier at the Centre of the Wonga Coup Allegations

8 Senior Leaders Of The Biafra Second Anniversary Parade

Nigeria’s Army Chiefs Who Died in Office

CIVIL WARS

Lagos Billion Naira Budget: 3 Powerful Headlines That Captured Nigeria Before the 1983 Coup

Awolowo and Biafra: The £20 Policy, Starvation and Currency War That Shaped Nigeria’s Civil War

Ogbugo Kalu: The Remarkable Commander Behind Biafra’s 1969 Recapture of Owerri

Mohammed Shuwa: The Civil War General Whose Death Exposed Nigeria’s New Security Crisis

The General Who Survived Nigeria’s Civil War, Then Fell in Maiduguri

Angelica Oyediran and the Quiet Work of Returning Biafra’s Displaced Children

Adekunle Fajuyi and the July 1966 Crisis

Why Ojukwu Declared Biafra After Killings, Fear, and the Collapse of Nigeria’s First Union

PRE-COLONIAL NIGERIA

Igboho and the Oyo Empire: 4 Crucial Reigns That Helped Rebuild Oyo After Exile

King Ibanichuka of Okrika: 5 Defining Events in the Reign and Fall of Ado VI

Warri Kingdom Origins: Ginuwa, Benin and the Rise of Iwere in the Western Niger Delta

Arogbo Freedom Post: The Remarkable 1885 Sanctuary for People Escaping Slavery

Bamboxê Obitikô: The Remarkable Yoruba Priest Who Connected 4 Atlantic Cities

The Historic 1956 Enugu Meeting of Obi James Okosi II and Queen Elizabeth II

Oduduwa and Ile-Ife: Powerful History Behind Yoruba Kingship

Esu in Yoruba Religion: 5 Defining Chapters Behind the Divine Messenger and the Devil Misconception

NIGERIAN HISTORY

Lagos Gaol Execution of 1885: The Powerful Story of a Colonial Prison Crisis

Dorugu and Abbega: 2 Remarkable African Travellers Who Helped Shape Heinrich Barth’s Record of West Africa

Abbega of Lokoja: The Remarkable 19th-Century Journey from Enslavement to Europe with Heinrich Barth

West African Negroland: Lady Lugard’s Powerful 1904 Vision of Islam, Empire and West Africa

King Ibanichuka of Okrika: 5 Defining Events Behind the 1896 British Expedition That Ended His Reign

Nigeria Automobile Industry in March 1975

Mojola Agbebi: The Powerful Nigerian Clergyman Who Challenged Missionary Control

John Ejikeme Nebolisa: The Powerful Story of Wealth, Kingship and the Awkuzu Throne

DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA

Nigeria Automobile Industry in March 1975

Mike Adenuga GSM Licence: How a $20 Million Setback Sparked Globacom’s 2003 Telecoms Breakthrough

Lagos Billion Naira Budget: 3 Powerful Headlines That Captured Nigeria Before the 1983 Coup

Industrial and Commercial Bank: Inside the Powerful 1930 Portrait of Nigeria’s First Indigenous Banking Experiment

Lagos Government Railway No. 101: The Remarkable 1901 Hunslet Locomotive Built for Lagos

Berom People of Plateau State: 5 Defining Turning Points in Their History, Culture and 2026 Security Crisis

David Mark Telephone Controversy: The Powerful Story Behind “Telephone Is Not for the Poor”

Lagos Co-operative Art Studio: The Remarkable Benin Carvers Who Remade Tradition in Modern Nigeria

INDEPENDENCE

Organised Nigerian Nationalism in Lagos: 5 Powerful Forces That Transformed Colonial Politics in the 1920s

Herbert Macaulay and Nigerian Nationalism

Lokoja House and Nigeria’s 1914 Amalgamation

Abakaliki Agricultural Show 1960: A Powerful Portrait of Farming at Independence

Nigeria at Independence: The Powerful Role of Zanna Bukar Dipcharima in the 1960 Cabinet

How Obafemi Awolowo’s Action Group Changed Western Nigeria Forever

Shagari, Ambrose Alli and Bendel’s Battle Over Federal Revenue

Flora Azikiwe and the Quiet Burden of Nigeria’s First First Lady

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