Wednesday, 21 January 2015

The Ghana, Accra Earthquake of June 22, 1939

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This earthquake, which caused the deaths of seventeen people and injury to upwards of 135 others, besides doing damage to buildings to...

FESTUS OKOTIE-EBOH (1919-1966)

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Festus Okotie-Eboh (1919-1966) was a Nigerian politician and former minister for finance during the administration of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa...

LARGEST SALE OF HUMAN BEINGS IN AMERICA

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In March of 1857, the largest sale of human beings in the history in the United States took place at a racetrack in Savannah, Georgia. Durin...

Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo

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Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo was a Military Governor of Kwara State from July 1975 to February 1976 during the military regime of General Murtala M...

Gurara Waterfall is popular tourist destination in Niger State, Nigeria

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NIGER: Gurara Waterfall is popular tourist destination in Niger State. Located in north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Niger State wa...

OFADA RICE

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This is a local rice and it’s not prepared like any other common rice you know, Ofada rice is one of the most popular traditional rice in th...

January 1981 state visit of Nigerian President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari to Cameroon

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Made by CICAM in 1981, commemorating the January 1981 state visit of Nigerian President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari to Cameroon. Shagari led...

1960 English made Nigerian independence fabric

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1960 English made Nigerian independence fabric. Blue color recalls the blue field of the colonial flag, with the Ibo inspired star, which wa...

YOU REMEMBER YEAH?

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Jaclyn Smith, (Kelly Garrett), Kate Jackson, (Sabrina Duncan) and Farrah Fawcett, (Jill Munroe) on "Charlie's Angels" (1976-1980)

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BLAST FROM THE PAST.

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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Michael Jackson at James Brown’s funeral. Wouldnt leave until he had a 5 hour vigil

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The Vatican's women's rifle team

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Yoni Netaniahu March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976)

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Yoni Netaniahu March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976), was the assault commander of the elite Israeli army commando unit Sayeret Matkal. He was the ...

BERLIN WALL 1961

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A West Berlin police officer stands in front of the concrete wall dividing East and West Berlin at Bernauer Strasse as East Berlin workers a...

Queen Victoria – Monarch of the United Kingdom and Empress of India (reign: 1837 – 1901)

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Queen Victoria – Monarch of the United Kingdom and Empress of India (reign: 1837 – 1901): January 13, 1886 – Queen Victoria, monarch of The ...

Nuba tribe East Africa

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Nuba tribe East Africa ~ Nuba Warrior Women of Kau, also known as the South East Nuba. Nuba mountains, Sudan ~ Photo taken by Leni Riefensta...

Door Of No Return, Slave Castle, Cape Coast, Ghana

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Door Of No Return, Slave Castle, Cape Coast, Ghana. Recently a DOOR OF RETURN has been added. This signifies the return of the slaves descen...

Osun Sacred Grove on the outskirts of Osogbo, Western Nigeria.

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Osun Sacred Grove on the outskirts of Osogbo, is one of the last remnants of primary high forest in southern Nigeria. The abode of the godde...

Queen Amina of Zaria 1588-1589

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Queen Amina of Zaria 1588-1589 The elder daughter of Bakwa Turunku, who founded the Zazzau Kingdom in 1536, Queen Amina came to power betwee...
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Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi of Nigeria

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Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi of Nigeria Son of Tabansi of Igboezunu-Aguleri and Ejikwevi of Nteje; one of five children. Though hi...
Monday, 19 January 2015

The Ogunsanya Quadruplets: Tolu, Toks, Temi, and Tobi, age 23, graduated from Warwick University with Masters Degrees on January 18. 2012. They are the first quadruplets in the UK to graduate from the same university.

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The first Nigerian prime minister, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa greets air stewardess Miss Christina Twsela, after the inaugural flight of the WAAC (West African Airline Company) on Oct. 1, 1958. (Keystone/Getty Images)

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Elizabeth Odilile Ofili (MD, MPH, FACC)

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Elizabeth Odilile Ofili (MD, MPH, FACC) is the first female president of the Association of Black Cardiologists. She is the Director and Pri...

BOOKSHOP HOUSE, LAGOS, NIGERIA

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Bookshop House was built in 1973 by G. Cappa and designed by architects Godwin and Hopwood with special sun-screening and windows to redu...

Atilogwu dancers from Eastern Nigeria. Atilogwu means "Is this magic" in Igbo. It's a very acrobatic dance

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A lost wax cast of a ram's head from Igbo-Ukwu, eastern Nigeria, 9th century. From the British Museum.

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Robert Chesebrough

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Robert Chesebrough was down an oil well when he discovered a gooey substance known by workers as ‘rod wax.’ Chesebrough noticed how the work...

Sixteen year old girl in a death camp, Biafra, Nigeria, 1969

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Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital. He was born on October 1, 1924 at the Wise Sanitarium in Plains, Georgia – now the Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center – which is still in use today. Photo is of him, age 15, at a FFA Camp. (History By Zim)

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NAVY SEAL WAR DOG: CAIRO.

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When U.S. President Barack Obama went to Fort Campbell, Kentucky,for a highly publicized but very private meeting with the commando team tha...

Victor Ehikhamenor

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Victor Ehikhamenor was born in Udomi-Uwessan, Edo State, Nigeria. He is an award winning visual artist, writer and photographer. He lives in...

These unusual urinals at a pub in Freiburg, South Germany, were put in by landlord Martin Hartmann

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Thomas Adeoye Lambo (March 29, 1923 – March 13, 2004)

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Thomas Adeoye Lambo (March 29, 1923 – March 13, 2004) was a Nigerian scholar, administrator and psychiatrist. He is credited as the first we...

The frozen corpse of a German soldier is used as an impromptu street sign near the front line - Eastern Front, 1942.

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Source: WW Historic images
Saturday, 17 January 2015

Ghanaian couple probably the 1940s or 1950s. Marriage between Blacks and whites was against the law in many U.S. states. But this couple is in Ghana.

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Nelson Mandela. When you are in prison for 27 years ... you pick up some necessary skills, like sewing!

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Friday, 16 January 2015

DEC 13 1967-DEC 17 1967

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DEC 13 1967-DEC 17 1967; Mrs. Barbara Norgren, left, and Mrs. Hardin Holmes Holmes examine first contribution to the May 25 auction dinner...

Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe (November 16, 1904 - May 11, 1966)

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Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe (November 16, 1904 - May 11, 1966) became the first president of Nigeria in 1960. He graduated from historically bla...

NIGERIA AUGUST 1960, KANO AIRPORT

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August 1960: Swedish troops, part of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Republic of Congo, stand talking with Nigerian soldiers a...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in Nigeria

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) laughs with Noidi Okereke Onyiwke (L in purple), Director General of the Nigerian stock exchange, durin...

1956: On a Royal State visit to Nigeria, the Queen showcases one of her many majestic gowns at a state banquet in Enugu Government House

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In 1956, BEN ENWONWU was commissioned to sculpt a bronze portrait of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Artist and HRH viewing the final sculptural work.

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Robert Campbell (1829–84)

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Robert Campbell (1829–84) was a Jamaican-born printer, journalist, and teacher who, along with Martin Robison Delany (1812–85), made up the...

Igbo-Ukwu Burial Igbo-Ukwu (Igbo: Great Igbo)

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Igbo-Ukwu Burial Igbo-Ukwu (Igbo: Great Igbo) is a town in the Nigerian state of Anambra in the southeastern part of the country. It is nota...
Wednesday, 14 January 2015

OLD BOOK OF BIBLE STUDIES USED IN NIGERIA YEARS AGO

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