Skip to main content

News&Info

Comments

Post a Comment

Comment here..

Popular posts from this blog

What Happened On This Day – 28 March

What Happened On This Day – 28 March 1990  Jesse Owens receives the Congressional Gold Medal The African American athlete dominated the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, which were held during the reign of Adolf Hitler's racist nazi regime. 1979  Three Mile Island nuclear power plant experiences a partial meltdown and radioactive leak The coolant leak was the worst commercial nuclear accident in the United States. A continuous string of nuclear disasters, such as Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986), and Fukushima (2011) continue to raise doubts about the security and environmental benefit of nuclear power. 1969  Greek poet Giorgos Seferis speaks out against the military junta The Nobel Prize laureate issued his now famous statement against Greece's repressive right-wing Regime of the Colonels on the BBC World Service. 1963  Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds is released The film about a swarm of birds wreaking havoc in Bodega Bay, California...
Post a Comment
Read more

IBADAN EMPIRE; Still on KIRIJI WAR, longest civil war in the word

The Ibadan empire With Ijaiye disposed of, Ibadan was free to consolidate its empire in the east. Between 1847 and 1870, large areas of Ijesha, Igbomina, Ekiti and Akoko came under Ibadan control (Akintoye, 1971: 33-75). Initially, this was in response to the threat from Ilorin. Some of the Osun towns like Osogbo had willingly come under Ibadan protection. More force was used in the subjugation of the towns further to the east. The Ijesha proved difficult to control. While Ibadan was occupied with the Ijaiye war, the Ijesha attacked them from the east. They were beaten off, and the Ibadan capture of Ilesha in 1870 marked the high point of Ibadan power (Akintoye, 1971: 56-60). The subordinate towns controlled by Ibadan came to be administered through officials called Ajele, a system similar to that of the former Oyo empire (Awe, 1964). Each of the towns was the responsibility of a “babakekere” in Ibadan, who administered through an Ajele in the town it...
Post a Comment
Read more

HEAD TO HEAD SEYI MAKINDE VS BAYO ADELABU

HEAD TO HEAD SEYI MAKINDE VS BAYO ADELABU 1. Oluwaseyi Abiodun Makinde  (born 25 December 1967) is a Nigerian Businessman, Politician and Philanthropist. He is the governor elect of  Oyo State [1]  in South-western  Nigeria . [2]  He is an Engineer and a subject matter expert on fluid and Gas Metering. [3]  He is the Group Managing Director of Makon Group Limited; an indigenous oil and gas company in Nigeria. [4] [5]  He established his first oil and gas private business called Makon Engineering and Technical Services, (METS) at the age of 29 in the year 1997, after earning years of work experience with international oil and gas companies. [2] Makinde contested for the Oyo State 2015 gubernatorial seat on the platform  Social Democratic Party  (SDP) Adebayo Adelabu  (born September 28, 1970) is the past deputy governor, operations of the  Central Bank of Nigeria . 2. Early life and education [ edit ] Makind...
Post a Comment
Read more