Historical Nigeria https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Deborah Fasoyin: The Woman Behind Nigeria’s Famous December Song Bisoye Tejuoso: The Business Breakup That Built an Empire Anike Agbaje-Williams: The Woman Who Became Nigeria’s First Television Face Why They Called Grace Alele-Williams the “Iron Lady” of UNIBEN Etso Ugbodaga Ngu: The Nigerian Woman Behind a Generation of Modern Artists In 1996, Nkechi Nwankwo Asked Nigeria a Question It Still Hasn’t Answered Esien Esien Ukpabio: 2 Defining Milestones in the Rise of Indigenous Leadership in Old Calabar Aholu Menu-Toyi I: The Remarkable Story of a Journalist-King Who Ruled Badagry for Nearly 49 Years Joseph Hannibal Achuzia: 3 Decisive Phases of the Battle for Onitsha, 1967–1968 Wesley College Ibadan in 1929: The Powerful Story of Missionary Education, Scouting and a Rising Nigerian Professional Class Mohammed Shitta-Bey: The Powerful Merchant Who Helped Shape Muslim Lagos Ankwe Men in Shendam, 1923: 4 Figures in a Striking Portrait of Colonial Muri Province Treasury building at Shendam, Nigeria, 1923: Inside the Powerful Machinery of Colonial Taxation Ogbete Market in Enugu: How 3 Powerful Forces Shaped the Coal City’s Commercial Heart Hornbill Hunting Decoys in Nigeria: 3 Remarkable Records of Hausa and Nupe Hunting Before 1920 4 Defining Milestones of Silas Ezenwa of Awka-Etiti Lagos Steam Tramway: The Remarkable 1902 Rail Link That Connected Lagos Island to Iddo 1983 NECOM House Fire: 2 Deaths, 600 Rescues and the Mystery That Shook Lagos Who Killed Alfred Rewane? The Unresolved 1995 Assassination at the Heart of Nigeria’s Democracy Struggle Ali Must Go: The Powerful 1978 Student Revolt That Shook Nigeria’s Universities Mary Magdalena Mami Wata Priestess: The Rare 1989 Portrait from Oron, Nigeria Home Elizabeth Kafaru: The Nigerian Woman Who Took Herbal Medicine to the Newspaper Fatima Lolo: The Nupe Queen of Musicians Who Made History Sing Toyin Olakunri: The Woman Who Broke Accounting’s Ceiling Udo Udoma: The Woman Who Broke a Colonial Officer’s Gun Safiya Hussaini: The Nigerian Woman Who Defeated a Death Sentence by Stoning A Hero Without a Medal: How Emmanuel Chukwu Saved More Than 1,000 Nigerians During Liberia’s Civil War Thomas Babington Macaulay: The Powerful 1859 Story Behind Nigeria’s First Secondary Grammar School Central Bank of Nigeria Building: The Landmark 1959 Opening at Tinubu Square History of Nnewi Kingdom: 4 Enduring Quarters, Colonial Change and Orizu III’s Remarkable 63-Year Reign Ayanti Udo Udoma and Nigeria’s Lost Cricket Generation That Faced the MCC Era Owiwi War: The Decisive 1832 Battle That Transformed Abeokuta and Yorubaland Sheikh Muhammad Jamiu Bulala: The Enduring Legacy of Offa’s Remarkable Tijaniyya Mystic Who is Lt-Col Abogo Largema? Alhaja Bintu Ofili: The Woman Behind Sunny Adé’s ‘Alhaja Bintu’ and a 1977 Currency Case The Western Nigeria Housing Corporation Fela Kuti £1,600 airport case: The dramatic 1984 arrest that ended in a five-year sentence Captain Sinmisola Ajibola: The Woman Who Took Command of the Skies Jaja Wachuku’s Famous “Sleeping” Photo Was Actually a Protest Anthony Ndubuisi: The Shoe Dealer and the Bodies Found in His Septic Tank How Hannah Awolowo Tried to Create a Way Back to Parliament for Her Imprisoned Husband The Good Side of Sani Abacha: What His Government Built Ladi Kwali: The Potter Who Took Nigerian Craft to the World 25 Years Ago Today, Nigerian Godwin Ajala Gave His Life Saving Others on 9/11 They Went to Recover a Debt. Hours Later, Four Students Were Dead Why Poor Young Men Were Drawn to Maitatsine The Strange Things Maitatsine Followers Were Told to Reject Why Did Clifford Orji Spend 12 Years in Prison Without a Trial? Clifford Orji: The Nigerian Cannibal Who Shocked Lagos in 1999