Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On 18 December 2024, 35 children died in a crowd crush during a Christmas funfair event in Ibadan, Nigeria.The incident occurred at the Bashorun district's Islamic High School, where thousands of children and family members had gathered for advertised cash handouts and food distributions.
Established in 1949 by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, it is the oldest privately-owned Nigerian newspaper still in circulation. [ 1 ] During the colonial period, the Nigerian Tribune served as a platform for promoting Obafemi Awolowo’s welfare programs and represented the interests of the Yoruba community during a time of ethnic competition. [ 2 ]
This tradition firmly established newspapers as a means to advocate for political reform and accountability, roles they continue to fulfill in Nigeria today. Until the 1990s, most publications were government-owned, but private papers such as the Daily Trust , Next , Nigerian Tribune , The Punch , Vanguard and the Guardian continued to expose ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Nigerian Daily Sketch is a newspaper published in Ibadan, ...
The West African Pilot was a newspaper launched in Nigeria by Nnamdi Azikiwe ("Zik") in 1937, dedicated to fighting for independence from British colonial rule. It is most known for introducing popular journalism within Nigeria. The main focus of the newspaper was to promote Nigerian independence from colonial rule.
“This happened a couple of times before she’s like, ‘Just give me the code,’” he recalled. “So I gave her the code.” Shortly after, Egle wrote, the driver told them they’d gotten ...
The Ibadan Republic or the Ibadan Empire [2],was a powerful Yoruba state in present-day Nigeria, emerged in the 19th century following the collapse of the Oyo Empire. Initially a war camp in the 1820s, [ 3 ] Ibadan evolved into a major military power after its decisive victory against the Ilorin Emirate in 1838 at the Battle of Òsogbo .
1913 – Ibadan Grammar School established. 1916 – Moor Plantation established near Ibadan. [3] 1929 – Government College founded. 1947 – Economic protest. [4] 1948 – University College of Ibadan and its Botanical Garden established. [1] [5] 1949 – Nigerian Tribune newspaper begins publication. [6] 1951 – Ibadan Peoples Party organized.