SHARE THIS POST:more 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 ...

SHARE THIS POST:more 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. ...

SHARE THIS POST:more 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 ...

SHARE THIS POST:more 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 ...

SHARE THIS POST:more 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 ...

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.

SHARE THIS POST:more Idanre hill, also known as Oke-Idanre, is one of the leading natural tourist destinations in Nigeria. The Idanre hill is located in Idanre town which is about 24 kilometers southwest of Akure, the capital city of Ondo State, Nigeria. The beautiful and wonderful Idanre hill has been a home to the people of Idanre for ...

SHARE THIS POST:more The burial place of the legendary and biblical Queen of Sheba, locally known among Yoruba people as Bilikisu Sungbo, has turned a place of worship and tourism in Nigeria. Millions of people visit annually from different parts of the world to share the mystery surrounding Bilikisu Sungbo grave-turned-shrine located in Oke-Eri, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria. The ...

SHARE THIS POST:more This is the story of how the world was created according to the Yorubas of West Africa. The entire world was filled with water when God decided to create the world. God sent his messenger Obatala to perform the task of creating the world. Obatala brought along his helper, a man named ...

SHARE THIS POST:more July 10 is Nikola Tesla Day. It’s understandable if you weren’t planning to celebrate. Maybe it’s because you had no idea there was a day to mark the birth of one of the unheralded geniuses of the modern age. Born in 1856 in Smiljan, part of modern-day Croatia, a young Tesla revealed ...