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HISTORIES MADE ON DECEMBER 12 – BY BABATUNDE ADEBOLA
SHARE THIS POST: I have a little write up and it is today in history. December 12 seems to be known as a special day, with different occurrences over the years. Below are 12 occurrences or events that happened on December 12 December 12 has been known as a normal date in December but there were history ...AFRICAN ETHNIC CONFLICT – BY OGUNLEYE OLUWAKOREDE
SHARE THIS POST: Have you ever wondered how some nations and countries are filled with different ethnicity and diversity? There is no way we can treat this question without making historical references. Nations like Yugoslavia suffered break up after the collapse of the Nazis in 1945; also, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) that ...THE UNTOLD STORY ABOUT THE INVENTION OF ‘ZERO’
SHARE THIS POST: When you were a little kid, even before you ever dealt with your first word problem in math class, you probably had to solve a problem something like this. You have four Starbursts, and you eat four Starbursts. What are you left with? That’s right: sadness. And also no candy. But though ...THE LEGEND, HISTORIES AND MYSTERIES OF DALA HILL(THE PRIDE OF KANO)
SHARE THIS POST: The history of the Dala community and Kano cannot be told without including the significance and importance of the magnificent Dala hill also known as ‘Dutsen Dala’ in Hausa language. The mystery-filled Dala hill majestically stands 534 meters high and covers a land mass of 289,892 metres in the Dala Local Government Area of Kano city, Kano State. The hill has a ...Rwandan Genocide That Shocked The Whole World In 1994
SHARE THIS POST: It is fair to say that many young people first became aware of the Rwandan genocide from the movie ‘Hotel Rwanda.’ The film was a heroic depiction of one man going against the wishes of his tribe to save a handful of people. By the end of the Rwandan genocide that started ...THE SCARY HISTORY OF HONEYMOON
SHARE THIS POST: Naturally, what happens after many couples get hitched is an ‘elopement’ to a place where they spend the first few days [maybe weeks] of marriage together, happily soaking in the sun and enjoying the peace of each other’s presence. Words like peace and happiness were however not originally used to describe honeymoons. ...Ibini Ukpabi- The Long Juju of Arochukwu And A Passage of No Return
SHARE THIS POST: During the olden days in Igbo land, Ibini Ukpabi, a deity popularly called the ‘Long Juju‘, was used to settle disputes in the community and punish perpetrators of crimes. The Long Juju shrine served as a supreme court for the people of Arochukwu kingdom in modern day Abia State. The decision of the oracle was final ...How the Cannibals drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)
SHARE THIS POST: VERY many years ago, before the oldest man alive at the present time can remember, the towns of Ikom, Okuni, Abijon, Insofan, Obokum, and all the other Injor towns were situated round and near the Insofan Mountain, and the head chief of the whole country was called Agbor. Abragba and Enfitop also ...MYTHICAL CREATION OF THE YORUBA TRIBE
SHARE THIS POST: The Yoruba tribe were believed to have emerged from Oduduwa (one of the servants of Olodumare- the Supreme Being) who was sent down to the world to create the earth. It was believed that he descended with a long chain from heaven and carried a calabash full of sand and also brought ...The History Of Ibadan- The City Of Heroes
In the 1960s, according to history Ibadan was known to be the largest city in Africa after Cairo (Egypt) and Johannesburg in South Africa. Ibadan, which was formally called Eba Odan at the point of its creation.
