British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher at the State House, Kano, during her official visit to Nigeria, 1988. #Historyville#
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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 appl
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