#NigerDeltaSportsFestival

Team Bayelsa reigns supreme, with Delta attaining an exemplary second place. Warmest congratulations to all participants, the #NigerDeltaSportsFestival has been a resounding success, marking a truly remarkable achievement for all involved.

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At the end of the Games, Team Bayelsa topped the overall medals table with a total of 86 medals — comprising 42 gold, 29 silver, and 15 bronze — a performance that proved too strong for their closest rivals.

Delta State, despite a spirited effort and finishing with the highest number of medals overall (99), set…Read More

As the first and only Prime-Minister of Nigeria, his office, the Cabinet Office was about half-a-kilometer away from his official residence.

Very many times, Tafawa Balewa would trek from his home to the office or vise versa.

His official residence was the house facing the Island Club at Onikan, Lagos.

It is now the Lagos office of the…Read More

General Philip Effiong, c. 1960s, speaks about the Anti-Igbo Pogroms that occurred across the Northern and Western Regions, and Lagos the capital of Nigeria over several months in 1966. Effiong himself narrowly escaped being killed in Lagos. People perceived to be Igbo or from the Eastern Region were targeted, hunted down and killed. Reported…Read More

#NigerDeltaSportsFestival

It was a privilege to meet the illustrious Victor Ikpeba, Prince of Monaco, at the Niger Delta Sports Festival. A truly enriching experience, meeting this Delta State icon and Ambassador of the ongoing #nigerdeltasportsfestival2025

Gowon appoints 11 Military Governors for 12 of Nigeria’s newly-created states.

1. Major Mobolaji Johnson, Lagos State.

2. Major David Bamiboye, Kwara State.

3. Mr. Joseph Gomwalk, Benue-Plateau State.

4. Lt. Colonel David Ejoor, Mid-Western State.

5. Air Force Major Udoakaha Esuene, South-Eastern State.

6. Mr. Usman Faruk,…Read More

How coincidence made her the first face to appear on Nigerian television.

Anike Agbaje-Williams was born in Abeokuta on 23 October 1936. Her father was of Egba heritage, but she had part of her school years in Lagos under the care of her guardian.

After completing secondary school education, she was hired by the Nigerian Broadcasting…Read More

President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada tests the firmness of his bed in July 1975 in Kampala as an unidentified woman looks on.

His reign of terror lasted from 1971 when he seized power from Milton Obote, to 13 April 1979, when Tanzanian troops and exiled Ugandans stormed Kampala and removed him from power. The self-styled field marshal settled then…Read More

Vote UPN

This is Prof. Ambrose Alli’s Governorship election campaign poster of 1983 in old Bendel State, (now Edo and Delta State)
He provided free education
He provided free healthcare
He provided rural integrated development.
He provided industries.
He provided water supply
He provided housing (BDPA) electricity (REB) and good…Read More

36-year-old Nigerian Head-of-State, Brigadier Murtala Muhammed, his 30-year-old Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant Akintunde Akinsehinwa (at the rear) and 33-year-old Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Professor Bolaji Akinyemi arriving for the opening meeting of a 50-man committee to draft a new constitution at the…Read More

Former Presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, has passed away at 72 after a prolonged battle with cancer.

Adedoyin Ajibike Okupe (22 March 1952 – 7 March 2025), better known as Doyin Okupe, was a Nigerian physician and politician who co-founded Royal Cross Medical Centre and was the National Publicity Secretary of National Republican C…Read More

General Oladipo Diya’s narrow escape

In an interview, Diya said:

We were to be executed in Jos, Plateau State. They had taken us out of prison and Sergeant Barnabas Rogers was in charge, decked in battle dress. They were to take us for execution. They took us out. Adisa was there, so was Olanrewaju. As we were going, around midnight, the…Read More

Ibrahim Coomassie was a renowned Nigerian police officer who served as the 9th Inspector General of the Nigerian Police from 1993 to 1999. Born on March 18, 1942, in Katsina State, Coomassie came from a family of distinction, being the son of Malam Ahmadu Coomassie, a respected educationist and businessman.

Coomassie’s educational background…Read More

Years ago, a guy built a house for 40 million naira. He was down financially because he invested everything. His woman brought out her money to do the whole interior designing to the tune of 19 million naira.

No, she did not do it because she is the wife. She did it because she has family values. She did not loan him the money. She did her own…Read More

This Is An Unforgettable Quote By A Nigerian Troops Commander During The Civil War (1967-1970)

“I Want To See No Red Cross, No Caritas, No World Council Of Churches, No Pope, No Missionary, And No UN Delegation. I Want To Prevent Even One Ibo From Having Even One Piece To Eat Before Their Capitulation. We Shoot At Everything That Moves, And…Read More

Meet Maryam Ndidi Okogwu-Babangida, former first lady of Nigeria.

Maryam Ndidi Okogwu was born 1st of November 1948 in Asaba, to the family of Pa Leonard Nwanonye Okogwu, an indigene of Asaba, Delta State.

She had her primary education at Asaba before her parents moved to Kaduna. Her mother Hajiya Asabe Halima Mohammed hailed from the…Read More

“A Father’s Love, A Nation’s Betrayal, From a Soldier on the battlefield to a firing squad.. ”

A soldier on the battlefield, a poet with a voice, a friend betrayed. Mamman Vatsa’s life was cut short, his legacy stained by power and politics. From trusted leader to condemned man, his journey ended at the firing squad, his voice silenced forever.…Read More