Thonis, an Egyptian city, was discovered underwater in 2013 after being lost for 1,200 years in the Mediterranean sea. #HistoryVille#
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AN EXCELLENT AND GRIPPING CONTRIBUTION FROM MR. DAMOLA AWOYOKUN. I LEARNT SO MUCH FROM THIS EXTRACT FROM HIS FORTHCOMING BOOK! IT IS A MUST READ FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT NIGERIAN HISTORY. IT IS LONG BUT WELL-RESEARCHED AND WORTH THE TIME! PLEASE READ..... REAL FOUNDING FATHERS OF NIGERIA NOT AWO, ZIK OR SAURDANA by Damola Awoyokun Merchant sailor, businessman, farmer, pioneer industrialist, patriot, statesman, churchman, missionary and philanthropist.” So begins Adeyemo Elebute in this fabulous new book, The Life of James Pinson Labulo Davies: A Colosuss of Victorian Lagos. What is missing in these opening monikers is “founding father”. When Nigerians talk about founding fathers, they refer to Ahmadu Bello (Sardauna), Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo. Whereas modern Nigeria existed before these three were born. The first time Bello arrived on the national scene was in 1947 after the new 1946 Arthur Richards Constitution amalgamated the North and So...
Teslim Olawale Balogun ''Thunder'' (1927—1972) at Loftus Road stadium as a player for Queen Park Rangers, 1957. Balogun made only 13 appearances and scored 3 goals for QPR. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team for 12 years (1948-1960), making just 6 appearances. He was the first African to qualify as a professional coach and was a coach for Nigeria at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Survived by eight children, Balogun died in his sleep on July 30, 1972. He was 45. The Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos is named in his honour. #HistoryVille#
1966: ASSASSINATION OF ALHAJI (SIR) ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA “Who’s there?” A voice queried from inside. However, Ifeajuna replied by kicking the doors open with his boots. “You’re under arrest sir,” Ifeajuna said, pointing his gun at the Prime Minister, who looked startled. “Get up sir, we don’t have a lot of time.” “Alright,” the Prime Minister replied gently, “allow me to dress up.” He put on a white flowing robe with white trousers, a pair of slippers and his prayer beads. Without fear and a disciplined face, he trudged out of the room and the residence gently as Ifeajuna and his soldiers accompanied him with pointed guns. When they reached the parked vehicles, Ezedigbo had arrested the Finance Minister, Chief Okotie-Eboh, and had tossed him like a bag of groundnuts into the back of the 3-Ton truck while the Prime Minister was assisted into the backseat of Ifeajuna’s luxurious car, a red Mercedes Benz, as the convoy drove off to the rendezvous. Some few kilometers to th...
Headies 2019: Full List of winners The 13th edition of the Headies Awards took place at the Eko Hotel and Suites and witnessed amazing performances from talented acts. Teni, Falz, Burna Boy and Rema were some of the big winners of the night. While Teni won four awards for best vocal performance (female), best recording of the year, best pop single and Headies Viewers' Choice, Falz bagged three awards for best rap singer,best rap album and album of the year. Top performance from veteran singers, Zaki Adzay, Sunny Neji, Victor AD and Wurld; who emerged winner of best vocal performance (male) wowed the audience and viewers of the show. The event was hosted by TV personality, Nancy Isime and rapper, Reminisce. Below is the full list of winners (in bold): BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE) A non-voting category for the single female artiste with most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or album. GoodGirl LA – ‘Bless me’ Waje – ‘Udue’ Teni – ‘Uyo Meyo’ (WI...
Saint Mark, the writer of the second book of the New Testament, the Gospel of Mark, was African. He was from Libya. Mark founded the church at Alexandria, Egypt, but the pagans of the city resented his efforts to turn the Alexandrians away from the worship of their traditional gods. In 68 AD, they placed a rope around his neck and dragged him through the streets until he died. #HistoryVille#
*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Monday, 14th October, 2019. https://victoradedeji.blogspot.com FG budgets N360m for Chibok girls in Atiku varsity Downpour: Gas man drowns, Lekki, Ikorodu residents, landlords flee Nigerian education horrifying, country in serious trouble Soyinka Global Handwashing Day: Clean hands for all Police quiz UNTH doctor for defaming colleague Rivers varsity dismisses HOD, withdraws graduates certificates BDC operators seek cut in cashless processing fees Taraba killings: Ex-CP wants culprits prosecuted Expert advises institutions on poverty eradication Rising public debt, weak economy worry bankers 20 customers win N30m in UBAs final draw EU recommends renewable energy to combat climate change Fidelity Bank canvasses data sharing in retail growth Reinsurer advises farmers on climate covers Banks record N49.4tn online transactions, cheque payments shrink Navy hosts swimming competition to boost civil-military relations ...
*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Sunday, 13th October, 2019. https://victoradedeji.blogspot.com Electricity: *Senator Akinyelure (Allover-1)* visited ECN, promised synergy Riverine Schools Shut-down: We are concerned about the lives of the pupils - Gov. Akeredolu Sex-for-grade video is work of devil, says UNILAG lecturer Igbeneghi Nyekachi Douglas emerges 2019 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Help varsities expand admission capacities, FUNNAB urges wealthy Nigerians Thousands in Europe march against Turkeys Syria offensive My mother inspired me to join politics Gbajabiamila Partnership: Rivers indigenes to study at Ethiopian Aviation Academy Euro 2020 qualifier: Ramos sets Spain record with 168th cap Nigeria's religious leaders forget religion is opium Turkish offensive stretches Syria hospital to limit FG suspends 2019 teachers professional qualifying exam in Ibadan KDSG proposes N245.4bn for 2020 budget Crowds back Sudanese Islamist cleric oppose...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari made what appears to be a surprise return to Nigeria in the early hours of Friday, October 10, 2019 only to find her quarters locked up. Her return comes amidst rumours that her husband, President Buhari is marrying a second wife today. In a video, shared on Facebook by journalist George Onmonya Daniel, Friday, the first lady is protesting being locked out of her personal quarters at the Presidential Villa. “What did I do to you people,” Mrs. Buhari, whose face is not shown, is heard saying in the video “Nobody told us you are coming back Gogo,” a lady tries to appease Mrs. Buhari. “Nobody told us you are coming back.” Gogo is the first lady’s term of endearment used by her staff and close friends. She continues to ask questions. “Is that why they should lock my room? “Tell me this is the Villa, we have over 200 soldiers guarding us, 200 policemen guarding us, why do they have to lock this door?” “What for? What for? Enough is enough! E...
1. Port Harcourt was named after a British man named Lord Lewis Vernon Harcourt who was a rapist and a paedophile. History records that he enjoyed to have sexual liasons with both underage girls AND boys. Simply put, he was a sadistic pervert and a sex maniac who could not control his lustful passions. After he was exposed and faced with public condemnation he committed suicide in his London home on February 24 1922. Rivers state please CHANGE the name of your capital! 2. Lord Frederick Lugard and wife Flora Shaw gave Nigeria her name. History records that they were both closet Lucifereans who were members of numerous underground satanist and devil-worshipping societies, covens and temples. Their union was childless and Lugard was cremated in a thorougly bizarre, mystical and ritualistic cerenony when he died. The meaning of the word "NIGERIA" from the latin word "NIGER" (meaning "BLACK") is "BLACK AREA, AREA OF DARKNESS OR BLACK SPOT...
In March 1962, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa offered Obafemi Awolowo the post of Deputy Prime Minister. He rejected it. In August 1962, Nnamdi Azikiwe offered him the post of Deputy Governor-General. He also rejected it. Awolowo later wrote: "I declined the two offers because they were designed exclusively to gratify my self-interest, with no thought of fostering any political moral principle which could benefit the people of Nigeria. #HistoryVille#
Hillary and Bill Clinton on their Wedding Day, October 11, 1975. Hillary Diane Rodham met the future president, Bill Clinton, while they were both attending Yale Law School in 1971. He was staring at her in the library, so she went up to him and introduced herself. They fell in love and he proposed three years later. Bill wanted a big wedding while she didn’t even care about an engagement ring. (He gave her one anyway.) The wedding was intimate, but she didn’t even have a dress until the day before. Hillary’s mother went to Dillard’s in the Fayetteville Mall and bought her daughter a Jessica McClintock Victorian lace gown. Hillary and Bill married in the living room of their new home in Arkansas on October 11, 1975. A local Methodist minister and his wife officiated the ceremony as 15 of their closest friends and family looked on. #HistoryVille#
*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Friday, 4th October, 2019. https://victoradedeji.blogspot.com Infrastructure: We ll continue to move Ondo State forward - Gov. Akeredolu Dealing with Nigeria's kidnapping crisis EFCC arraigns ex-amnesty boss, accomplice on alleged fraud Kano recovers 804 cows Gunmen kill final year CRUTECH student Make roads your constituency projects Army arrests 27 IPOB members Positioning oneself for 2023 is playing God Oshiomhole Notes from a roundtable on xenophobia, Afrophobia Nigerias fresh appeal wont stop assets seizure P&ID Repay our support, open your economy, Buhari tells SAfrica Historic 344-year-old tortoise dies at Souns palace Gunmen kidnap six pupils, two teachers in Kaduna Bayelsa commissioners father kidnapped Yuguda mismanaged N200bn ecological fund Bauchi panel Akinlade, APM appeal tribunals verdict in Ogun I will protect Bayelsas interest, says Diri NUPENG accuses IOCs of flouting labour laws Sanw...
Around 8:00 am in 1821 in Osogun village, present-day Oyo State, there was an alarm; “The Fulani slave raiders are here. They are invading the town walls”. It was at first mistaken for the Fulani slave raiders who usually passed by Osogun. However, within a short time, the village was surrounded by the Foulahs, the “Yoruba Muslims”. They numbered about 2,000 on strong swift horses. The enemies came at a time when most of the able men and women of the town had left at home for work. Houses were ruthlessly set on fire and the inhabitants fled for their lives. The whole town was in flames. Ajayi, his mother, and two sisters ran into the hands of two of the raiders, who put nooses around their necks. They were later marched to Iseyin where the 12-year-old Ajayi was exchanged for a horse. He was then taken to the town of Ijaye where he was sold to a Muslim woman. This woman was planning to take him on a journey to Popo, which is today known as Aného in the West African country of ...
*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Thursday, 3rd October, 2019. Southwest Govs proactive about security challenges - Gov. Akeredolu FG have concluded to return of toll gates ' Fashola DSS confirms Maina's arrest, says 20-year-old son resisted his arrest with a gun Minimum wage: We can't guarantee industrial peace beyond 16 October ' NLC, TUC General Akinrinade at 80 Solicitor General asks magistrates to monitor detention centres Akume appeals tribunals judgment on senatorial poll Women lawyers want stricter law against rape N27bn Senate president, Speaker, others houses remain uncompleted SDP Chairman, Faforiji, quits Senate bill imposes tax on GSM, cable TV subscribers Adamawa ex-civil servants protest unpaid salary Gunmen raid Rivers community, kidnap two Nigeria @ 59: The mockery of true freedom Troops defuse bombs, rescue 51 Boko Haram captives Have regular checkups, UBTH CMD tells elderly people Tribunals uphold Lalong, Gandu...
King Ibrahim Mbouombouo Njoya (1867-1933) of Bamum, Western Cameroon, had 600 wives and 177 children. Out of fear that important historical facts of the Bamum could be erased or corrupted, he developed the Bamum alphabet of 70 symbols and a writing system to preserve his kingdom's oral history which the French later destroyed. Njoya, as part of ways to ensure the written language was widely adopted, established schools and directed that the Bamum language is used as a form of instruction along with the German language. Njoya was a very brilliant king who also invented a hand-powered corn grinder. After World War I, France took over German territories and subsequently took control of Cameroon. The French who felt threatened by the achievements of King Njoya banned the use of his writing system and destroyed his printing press, libraries and several books he had written. He was later sent into exile to Yaoundé in 1931, where he died in 1933. He was 66. Whenever King N...
*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Wednesday, 2nd October, 2019. https://victoradedeji.blogspot.com Nigeria @59: Gov. Akeredolu sues for Peace, prays for unity, oneness Nigeria @59: All is not well, may God heal our Nation - Atiku Abubakar Kogi gov, Ondo CJ release 70 prisoners FECA trains 500 youths in agriculture, entrepreneurship Slain policemens wives get N1.5m in Nasarawa Doctors exodus portends bleak future, says UCH CMD Edo inducts 1,000 newly recruited civil servants HKong police shoot protester as violent clashes escalate PDP, others attack Buhari over Independence Day speech eTranzact grows annual revenue by 59% CIPM seeks NICs support for labour law review Nigeria needs long-term economic development plan -Economist Nigeria @ 59: Restructuring as the best way forward A word for South-West - Nigerians DSS accused me of being a Biafran holding Nigerian passport Onumah Cops foil Lagos bank robbery, arrest one Buhari presents budget to Nati...
59th Independence: Nigeria growing in age but diminishing in Development. Oh Nigeria my Country! God loves you so much and my reason for saying this, is evidenced by the colossal natural and human resources deposits in you to sustain infinitely and stands out greatly among Nations of the World as well as quelling the numerous want of Nigerians. Today as a Nation State, there is nothing wrong to be classified among the World economic Powers considering the gargantua natural gifts(natural resources) from the alpha and omega, though reverse is the case today due to the activities of political locusts and economic cankerworms who instead of managing these abundant resources to rescue Nigerians from the hand of poverty and other socio-economic vices but squandered and still squandering for egocentric interest of their personal selves and families. Sorry my dear Country Nigeria for been plagued by bad leaders. They can only delay your destiny, it will surely manifest one day. Yes Ni...
Breaking: Court Rules for Arraignment of Sowore & Mandate As both Plead Not Guilty to All Counts including (1) Treason (2) Cyberstalking (3) Money Laundering Sowore laughed when the count of Money laundering was read. He said he doesn’t have a UBA account and that he doesn’t understand what the prosecutor is up to. He had also reacted to the first count saying that he had been arrested on 3rd of August and does not understand what is meant by “staging protest to overthrow the president on 5th of August” meant. The prosecution asked the court to allow Sowore be returned to detention as trial continues but Defense counsel objected that it was not right, since the defendants had been held in custody for several days already and the DSS said their investigation had been concluded. He also argued that the prosecution has no witness for their claims at moment and would not be fair to continue holding the defendants. Judge asked the defense counsel to file another formal ...
MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY: BE HUMBLE Oba Adeniran Adeyemi II was the Alaafin of Oyo, between 1945 and 1954, until he was forced into exile by the Action Group- led government of the Western Region of Nigeria, as a result of the death of the Deputy leader of the Action Group, Chief Bode Thomas (1918–1953), and also for having sympathy, for the rival National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) party of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. Thomas was a brilliant lawyer, but also very haughty and arrogant. He was made the Divisional Council Chairman in 1953, while the Alaafin of Oyo was a mere member. On his first appearance in council, after being appointed chairman, all the council members stood up for him in deference, to welcome him except Oba Adeyemi II, who for cultural reasons, could not show deference to anyone in public. Bode Thomas rudely shouted at the king, for having the temerity and audacity to disrespect him. “Why are you sitting when I walked in, you don’t know how to show respect?” A...
*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Monday, 30th September, 2019. https:.//victoradedeji.blogspot.com Ondo worker's welfare: Gov. Akeredolu seriously doing well - NULGE My cabinet nominees picked on merit - Gov. Oyetola PFN asks SEast govs to tackle insecurity Atiku, Ezekwesili mourn activist, Nwabia No tax increment, says Oyo Taraba REC dies in Borno Imprisoned by Lagos-Ibadan Expressway gridlock, motorists forced to live with insecurity Youths install dead crown prince as Delta monarch Attempted e-payment fraud falls by 47.28% Sigma tasks professionals on continuous capacity building Nigerian bank customers as beasts of burden NNPC, Shell to evaluate 35,000bpd OML 25 damage Cross River asks soldier, plantation workers attackers to surrender Imo SARS arrests nurse, five others for robbery BBNaija (S4): Elozonam, Ike evicted Bauchi gets $44.63m from AfDB for development Abuja-Kaduna train service generates N100m monthly ' NRC MD 2019 UTM...
The Federal Government will on Monday, September 30th arraign Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore, before the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to a report by Punch, he is to be arraigned on seven counts of treasonable felony, money laundering and cybercrimes which was instituted against him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation. The Department of State Service, which has been detaining the former presidential candidate since August 3, continues to hold him in custody in violation of the court order granting him bail six days ago. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, who earlier on August 8, granted the DSS permission to hold the activist for 45, had on September 24, granted him bail. Despite meeting the bail condition on September 25, Sowore has not been released by the DSS. Sources also confirm that the criminal case instituted against Sowore was not assigned to Justice Taiwo Taiwo, but to Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who has subsequently fixed Monday for arraig...
MOTIVATIONAL SUNDAY: WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE? In 1976, when Claudio Vieira de Oliveira was born in Bahia, Brazil, with his head upsidedown, his hands and legs severely deformed and his joints fused together, doctors told his mother to starve him to death. She ignored their advice and nurtured him till Oliveira came up with ways of overcoming life's challenges. He learned to use a pen with his mouth to type words and also use a computer mouse or a phone with the help of his lips. He gained admission to study Accountancy at the State University of Feira de Santana, Brazil, and successfully qualified as a chartered accountant. In 2016, at the age of 40, he wrote his first book, ''El Mundo Esta a Contramano'' (The World is the Wrong Way Around) with his lips. As at December 2016, Oliveira does a bit of accounting, research for clients and consults as well. He's also a public speaker as he often gives inspirational speeches at special events. Although Ol...
MOTIVATIONAL SUNDAY: WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE? In 1976, when Claudio Vieira de Oliveira was born in Bahia, Brazil, with his head upsidedown, his hands and legs severely deformed and his joints fused together, doctors told his mother to starve him to death. She ignored their advice and nurtured him till Oliveira came up with ways of overcoming life's challenges. He learned to use a pen with his mouth to type words and also use a computer mouse or a phone with the help of his lips. He gained admission to study Accountancy at the State University of Feira de Santana, Brazil, and successfully qualified as a chartered accountant. In 2016, at the age of 40, he wrote his first book, ''El Mundo Esta a Contramano'' (The World is the Wrong Way Around) with his lips. As at December 2016, Oliveira does a bit of accounting, research for clients and consults as well. He's also a public speaker as he often gives inspirational speeches at special events. Although Ol...
Lawmakers Urge Justice Ojukwu To Recuse Self From Sowore’s Case The Lekki Forum of the Nigerian Bar Association has called on Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to recuse herself from presiding over the case brought against pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, by the Nigerian Government. The lawmakers stated that Justice Ojukwu should not preside over the case as the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration and the Department of State Services had refused to abide by the order of Justice Taiwo Taiwo of coordinate jurisdiction, asking Sowore to be released on bail. Justice Taiwo had last Tuesday asked the DSS to release Sowore on bail after the expiration of the 45 days detention order given to the security agency. The NBA chapter in a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the Lekki Forum, Yakubu Eleto, posited that Justice Ojukwu must reject taking the case to save the judiciary from “executive recklessness” and...
Around 1675, King Houegbaja of Dahomey formed the Dahomey Amazons, originally, to hunt elephants. However, they became a feared all-female military regiment under King Ghezo, participating in slave raids and the unsuccessful wars against the Egba people of Abeokuta in the middle of the 19th century. The women's army consisted of a number of regiments; huntresses, riflewomen, reapers, archers, and gunners. Each regiment had different uniforms, weapons, and commanders.#Historyville#
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerians evacuated from South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in the Rainbow Nation to get ready to go back saying he's confident the meeting between President Buhari and Cyril Ramaphosa, next month will yield a positive outcome. Obasanjo who spoke on Saturday, September 28th in his Abeokuta residence said Buhari and Ramaphosa should be ready to make the right statements that would encourage the Nigerians who returned home to go back to South Africa. When asked by reporters what he discussed with Ramaphosa last week, he said, “I took the opportunity of being in South Africa to actually pay a courtesy call on President Cyril Ramaphosa and he quickly granted me the opportunity.One of the major things we discussed was this issue of xenophobia or Afrophobia. “The President told me that there was so much at stake and whatever mistake we had made, we had to correct it. And I think that...
