Gbolade Akinwale
Gbolade Akinwale is a Nigerian historian and writer dedicated to shedding light on the full range of the nation’s past. His work cuts across timelines and topics, exploring power, people, memory, resistance, identity, and everyday life. With a voice grounded in truth and clarity, he treats history not just as record, but as a tool for understanding, reclaiming, and reimagining Nigeria’s future.
Crimes in Nigeria
Lessons from History: Why Armed Robbery Still Persists
In the early 1970s, Nigeria witnessed the dramatic downfall of one of its most...
Colonial Nigeria
Colonial Public Flogging Scandal
From the early 1900s until the 1930s, corporal punishment, particularly public flogging, was a...
Democratic Nigeria
Cement Armada Scandal (1974–75)
In 1974–75 Nigeria confronted one of the most extraordinary procurement disasters of post-war Africa....