History

The Federal Government (FG) has launched the first phase of a teacher education program to reintroduce history into basic school curriculum. The announcement was made during an inauguration ceremony in Abuja on Thursday. History was…

The senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sen. Shehu Sani has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for reintroducing history into the Nigerian secondary schools curriculum. The senator…

The Federal Government has ordered the reintroduction of history as an independent subject into the basic and junior secondary schools in the country. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who gave the directive, at the launch of…

Google goes beyond just a search engine as it also stores data about individual online behaviour including their browsing history. However, persons who are interested in keeping their online business private may find this data collection to…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to revive teaching and learning of history as a subject in schools for nation building. The House called on Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode to direct relevant ministries and agencies…

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) is a retired armored General in the Nigerian Armed Forces.  A professional coup plotter, he ruled the giant of Africa from August 1985 to August 1993. He was forced to 'step aside' following the violent…

The Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, scientific prowess will get a big fillip on Thursday June 1st at 10.55pm (Nigerian time), when the SpaceX Falcon9 Rocket launches the Birds 1 satellite, comprising 5 CubeSats belonging to…

Your Excellency: I greet you. First, this disclosure: I am neither a PDP nor APC member. I do not belong to any political party in Nigeria. I am a passionate patriot of our great nation. However, I am also an unapologetic supporter of our…

When Nigeria’s motion for independence was moved by Anthony Enahoro, the unified aim was to dislodge the common enemy (the British) from the helm of affairs of this nation. Yet, barely 56 years after independence, we have failed as a nation…

After 12 years of physical construction, the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta yesterday became a reality, the first of its kind in Africa. At exactly 12 noon, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia unveiled the…

Some fifty years ago, in the sixties; the great era of African liberation arrived. Most African countries were granted autonomy from their colonial masters and became sovereign nations. There was great rejoicing and much hope for the…

One day, Nigerian History will join English language and Mathematics as compulsory subjects in our schools. The need for this sure inclusion is staring Nigeria in the face; while inaugurating the recent disarticulation of history from…

A former Speaker of House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba, will on Wednesday join the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, to launch a book on Nigeria’s history in Ibadan. Others expected at the launch, according to a statement…

The Federal Government called for immediate dis-articulation of social studies in the current curriculum of basic schools and reintroduction of history as a subject. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said this in Abuja while…

On the 15th of August 1945, the axis nations fighting in the Pacific theater defeated imperial Japan and two weeks later, Japan formally surrendered to allied forces led by the U.S. General, Douglas McArthur, who formally accepted the…

Rwanda is set to make history of its own history as the country will be participating- for the first time ever- in the Miss World Beauty Pageant. The country's representative, 19-year-old Jolly Mutesi who was crowned Miss Rwanda in…

The Director-General of the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB), Mr Biodun Onayele, has applauded the Federal Government’s plan to reintroduce history in the curriculum of schools. Onaleye told a forum of the News Agency of…

An Octogenarian and renowned author, Prof. Anezionwu Okoro, has decried the scrapping of History from secondary school curriculum in Nigeria, saying no country could develop without history. Okoro, 87, made the observation in Enugu on…

Beyonce's latest offering, has had everyone up in knots for all the time it has been out, but could there be a hidden meaning behind one of the music videos, one that relates to Nigeria perhaps? It has been mooted that the album drew…

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, says the Federal Government is taking steps to restore history as a subject in primary and secondary schools’ curriculum. Adamu made this known when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria…

Labour Day which is observed annually as International Workers’ Day on the 1st of May had its origin in the May 4th 1886 Hay Market massacre. The massacre was as a result of series of protest for a better welfare package and conducive…

Three sets of well-preserved coffins from China's second dynasty have been unearthed in central Henan province, a report said on Tuesday. Kong Deming, Head of the Anyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology disclosed this to…