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Nigerian Historical Moments / Throwbacks

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Scientists Find Unknown Alloy Formed in Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Fireball

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Ceuta Is in Africa but Governed by Spain: Why Its Border Sparks Debate

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Bishop Michael Samuel Cole and the Early Yoruba Translation of the Qur’an

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Aguiyi-Ironsi Family Seeks Federal Government Apology, Compensation Over 1966 Assassination

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Did Slavery in Igboland Amount to Chattel Slavery?

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Eze Chima, Benin Residence and the Igbo Origins of Anioma, Ikwerre and Onicha

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July 29: How the Coups That Removed Aguiyi-Ironsi and Gowon Reshaped Nigeria

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60 Years After: Remembering the Killing of Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi

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How Failed Terror Plots Changed Airport Security Worldwide

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How Ibusa Evolved From a Rural Community Into a Semi-Urban Town

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Ekpe and Okonko: How the Leopard Society Spread From Cross River to Igbo Communities

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Anioma and Igboland: How the Niger River Connected Rather Than Divided

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How MC Oluomo Rose Through Oshodi’s Street Factions

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How Cassava Travelled From South America to Become Nigeria’s Garri

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What “Igbo Enwe Eze” Really Means: Kingship and Shared Power in Igboland

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Journalist Disputes Claim That Abacha Died in Bed With a Woman

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How Nigeria’s Looted Sacred Treasures Were Shared Across Foreign Museums

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From Emperors to Exhibits – Demanding the Return of Our Stolen Artifacts

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Reclaiming Our Stolen Heritage: From Roman Emperors to Benin Bronzes

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British ‘Corona Time’: 130 Years of Colonial Theft in Ezza, Benin and Nri

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Decades-Old Pan Am Clipper Endeavor Crash Site Located 2000ft Below Sea

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How Samuel Akintola Used Violence and Fraud to Rig Western Nigeria’s 1965 Elections

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From Mgboto to Monarch: Ahebi Ugbabe’s Rise in Pre-Colonial Igboland

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The Final Moments of Sir Ahmadu Bello During the January 1966 Coup

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‘He Died on Top of Me’: Mistress of Sani Abacha Denies Killing Him

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