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.
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Benin Oba Who Fought for Stolen Royal Treasures Before the World Finally Listened
Oba Akenzua II stands among the most important modern rulers of the Benin Kingdom....
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
J. M. Johnson: The Lagos-Born Politician Who Took Ibadan’s Mandate to the World
Chief Joseph Modupe Johnson, widely remembered as J. M. Johnson or JMJ, belonged to...
Crimes in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Secret Security Money Machine
Nigeria’s most controversial corruption channels do not always appear as ordinary stolen contracts or...