Today, anyone who has grown around the typical Nigerian displays of power would have a hard time understanding why a sitting military head of state would drive through Lagos traffic with no security. The nation was thrown into turmoil on the 13th of February...
Idanre Hill is one of the most beautiful natural landscapes in Nigeria. Added to Idanre Hill beauty, which fires human curiosity is the fact that the entire people of Idanre lived on these boulders for almost a millennium. Located in Idanre Town, about 24...
Its so destructive when people leave their own history to tell other people’s without proof. Just like white man came to Africa parted the lands, reduced our history to few centuries claiming Greek was the start of creation of 4,000 years. They called us monkeys but...
During the reign of Oba Ozolua (1481 – 1504), two of his wives, Oloi Idia and Oloi Ohonmi, gave birth on the same day. They both had sons. Oloi Ohomi gave birth in the morning to the first son and he was named Idubor, who was fondly called Aruanran (sometimes spelt...
When I was in primary school, I and my friends used to envy the King’s tortoise that had its own car, house, and servants, ate whatever it liked and enjoyed life to the fullest. I could remember one of my friends saying the king must do whatever the tortoise...