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When N125 Could Buy 25 Bags of Rice

There was a time when a Nigerian worker could look forward to payday with a different sense of financial security. A salary, even at the lower end of the pay scale, carried a purchasing power that many workers today can only imagine. The cost of basic food items was considerably lower, and ordinary households...

MILITARY ERA

Theophilus Danjuma in 1966: The Untold Story of Nigeria’s Coup Crisis

Murtala Mohammed: The Remarkable Story of a Nigerian War Commander

Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi: The Tragic July 1966 Counter-Coup

Murtala Muhammed’s 1975 Appointments: The First Supreme Military Council

Biafran Child Soldiers: The Powerful 1968 Photograph from Umuahia

Yakubu Gowon in Exile: The 1975 London Photograph with His Children

General Martin Luther Agwai: Nigeria’s Commander at the Birth of the UN-AU Mission in Darfur

Florence Ajimobi and Adeyinka Adebayo: The Powerful 1967 Photograph Linking an Ibadan Schoolgirl to Nigerian History

MILITARY ERA

Theophilus Danjuma in 1966: The Untold Story of Nigeria’s Coup Crisis

Murtala Mohammed: The Remarkable Story of a Nigerian War Commander

Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi: The Tragic July 1966 Counter-Coup

Murtala Muhammed’s 1975 Appointments: The First Supreme Military Council

Biafran Child Soldiers: The Powerful 1968 Photograph from Umuahia

Yakubu Gowon in Exile: The 1975 London Photograph with His Children

General Martin Luther Agwai: Nigeria’s Commander at the Birth of the UN-AU Mission in Darfur

Florence Ajimobi and Adeyinka Adebayo: The Powerful 1967 Photograph Linking an Ibadan Schoolgirl to Nigerian History

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BIOGRAPHIES

Forcados: The Forgotten Nigerian Port That Once Connected the Niger Delta to the World

Olusegun Obasanjo: The Remarkable Story of His Life After Prison

Arthur Nzeribe: The Remarkable Story of Nigeria’s Controversial Political Figure

The Awolowos: The Remarkable Story of Three Generations

Dele Giwa’s Mother: The Remarkable Story of Mama Giwa’s Lasting Grief

Solomon Arase (1956–2025): The Intelligence Officer Who Became Nigeria’s Police Chief

The Miracle Well in Badagry

Irefin Palace: The Historic Ibadan Landmark with 125 Rooms That Appeared in Saworoide

MILITARY ERA

Theophilus Danjuma in 1966: The Untold Story of Nigeria’s Coup Crisis

Murtala Mohammed: The Remarkable Story of a Nigerian War Commander

Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi: The Tragic July 1966 Counter-Coup

Murtala Muhammed’s 1975 Appointments: The First Supreme Military Council

Biafran Child Soldiers: The Powerful 1968 Photograph from Umuahia

Yakubu Gowon in Exile: The 1975 London Photograph with His Children

General Martin Luther Agwai: Nigeria’s Commander at the Birth of the UN-AU Mission in Darfur

Florence Ajimobi and Adeyinka Adebayo: The Powerful 1967 Photograph Linking an Ibadan Schoolgirl to Nigerian History

CIVIL WARS

Lieutenant Macaulay Lamurde: 7 Fateful Days from a Filmed Killing to Execution in 1968

Stephen Odike Photograph: 5 Crucial Clues from Nigeria’s Civil War Years

Ndubuisi Kanu: The Igbo Naval Officer Who Fought for Biafra and Later Governed Lagos State

Obasanjo’s Letters to Gowon: 4 Revealing Wartime Dispatches from Nigeria’s Civil War

4 Major Political Crises of the Nigeria’s First Republic

Joseph Hannibal Achuzia: 3 Decisive Phases of the Battle for Onitsha, 1967–1968

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

PRE-COLONIAL NIGERIA

The 1929 Women’s War: How Igbo Women Rose Against British Rule

Ooni Luwo Gbagida: Why Did Ife Crown a Woman, and Why Did It Never Happen Again?

Human Zoos: When Humans Were Put on Display Like Animals

Chinwuba Onumba: 7 Seeds and the Enduring Story of an Aguleri Afa Diviner

Bamidele Areogun: The Powerful Story Behind a 1974 Epa Sculpture and a Yoruba Carving Legacy

Funmilayo Ranco: The Woman Who Fought Men in the Ring and Played Men on Stage

The King Who Changed Ilaro: Farming, Punishment and the Origin of “Oko Oba”

The Prince Who Died on His Way to Become King of Ilaro

NIGERIAN HISTORY

When N125 Could Buy 25 Bags of Rice

Forcados: The Forgotten Nigerian Port That Once Connected the Niger Delta to the World

Olusegun Obasanjo: The Remarkable Story of His Life After Prison

Arthur Nzeribe: The Remarkable Story of Nigeria’s Controversial Political Figure

Attah Ameh Oboni: The King Who Chose Death Rather Than Surrender His Royal Authority

Why the Slave Trade Continued

The Awolowos: The Remarkable Story of Three Generations

Dele Giwa’s Mother: The Remarkable Story of Mama Giwa’s Lasting Grief

DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA

Solomon Arase (1956–2025): The Intelligence Officer Who Became Nigeria’s Police Chief

The Court Battles of Fela Kuti in the 1980s

M. C. K. Ajuluchukwu: 5 Defining Chapters in the Life of a Zikist Journalist and Political Communicator

7 Defining Milestones of Professor Itse Sagay

1973 Gboko Bank of the North Opening: A Historic Window into A.J. Adeka, Gondo Aluor and Benue-Plateau

Nigerians’ Idea of Kindness: 5 Revealing Themes in Femi Oyawale’s 1968 Sunday Post Essay

The History of Obalende

Victor Oyenuga’s 1950 Newcastle Wedding: The Remarkable Ceremony That Drew Around 4,000 People

INDEPENDENCE

M. C. K. Ajuluchukwu: 5 Defining Chapters in the Life of a Zikist Journalist and Political Communicator

4 Major Political Crises of the Nigeria’s First Republic

Nigeria’s First Republic: 4 Critical Events Behind Its Collapse

How Colonial Institutions Shaped Post-Independence Nigerian Politics: 3 Powerful Constitutional Shifts That Entrenched Regional Rivalry

Nigeria’s First Republic: 4 Critical Crises That Broke Civilian Rule, 1960–1966

6 Defining Crises That Shattered the Nigeria’s First Republic in 1960–1966

5 Critical Turning Points of Nigeria’s First Republic

Northern Nigerians in London in 1950: 10 Remarkable Faces Before Independence

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