History

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua born on August 16, 1951 and died May 5, 2010 was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on April 21, 2007, and was sworn in on May 29, …

EndSARS was a decentralised social movement, and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria. The slogan calls for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police with a long record of abuse on Nigerian citizens. The protest takes its name from …

Dele Giwa (March 16, 1947 – October 19, 1986) was a Nigerian journalist, editor and founder of Newswatch magazine. Sumonu Oladele Giwa was born on to a family working in the palace of Oba Adesoji Aderemi, the Ooni of Ife. He attended local Authority Modern School in Lagere, Ile-lfe. When …

Hosni Mubarak (May 4, 1928 – February 25, 2020) was an Egyptian politician who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force. He served as its commander from 1972 to 1975 and rose …

According to data from the international streaming service Spotify, Nigeria is Africa’s second-largest podcast consumer. In honour of International Podcast Day, Ncebakazi Manzi, Spotify’s podcast manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, made this declaration. He claims that over the previous two years, the number of podcast listeners in Nigeria has grown exponentially, …

Chief Abdul-Ganiyu “Gani” Oyesola Fawehinmi April 22, 1938 – September 5, 2009) was a Nigerian author, publisher, philanthropist, social critic, human and civil rights lawyer, and politician. Born into the family of Saheed and Munirat Fawehinmi of Ondo, in Ondo State. His father, Chief Saheed Tugbobo Fawehinmi, the Seriki Musulumi …

Moshood MKO Abiola was a Nigerian businessman, publisher, and politician. He was the honorary supreme military commander of the Oyo Empire and an aristocrat of the Egba clan. Abiola ran for the presidency in 1993, for which the election results were annulled by then military president Ibrahim Babangida because of …

El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba December 30, 1935 – June 8, 2009, was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon for almost 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon’s first President Léon M’ba …

Sani Abacha; September 20, 1943 – June 8, 1998 was a Nigerian politician and military officer who held the position of military head of state from the time he took control in 1993 until his death in 1998. The last successful coup d’état in Nigerian military history occurred when Abacha …

Marc-Vivien Foé (May 1, 1975 – 26 June 26, 2003) was a Cameroonian professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder for both club and country. Having initially played for Canon Yaoundé, Foé went on to play professionally in Ligue 1 and the Premier League with Lens, West Ham United, …