Author: tope_litcaf
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Raph Uwechue; Pan Africanist and humanist, as a career diplomat, he joined the Nigerian Foreign Service at its inception in 1960, and served in Cameroun, Pakistan, and Mali. Raph was Nigeria’s first diplomatic envoy to France, where he opened the Nigerian embassy in Paris in 1966. Ambassador Uwechue also served with UNESCO in Paris as…
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Ogbemudia Samuel Osaigbovo; Soldier, military regime apologist and two-time governor of the defunct Mid-western Region and Bendel State with an enduring legacy, hardly surpassed by any of his successors, either military or civilian. This reputation earned him the sole administratorship of the problematic Nigerian Railway Corporation. There, he failed to live up to his billing. His…
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Zebulun Ejiro; Filmmaker who held sway in the Nollywood from the late 1980s to the next two decades. Ejiro brought about the renaissance of cinema in Nigeria when in 1997, he made Domitila, a movie about Ajegunle, which became a huge success for cinema exhibition. Ejiro is also known for 1998 movie Sakobi the Snake…
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Agege; Lagos suburb with vast market areas, a huge population, and a busy rail line. Agege never really sleeps. Until 2006, Pen Cinema in Agege was one of the most famous landmarks in the Lagos metropolis. To many, the cinema was synonymous with the Agege area, the reason for which, the area and its biggest…
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Oba Eweka (1200AD-1235AD) After the banishment of Owodo; the last Ogiso under the Ogiso Dynasty Oduduwa sent his son to Benin to rule the kingdom. The only area of departure is that the Benin people believe Oduduwa was their own Ikaladerhan who migrated to become monarch in Ile-Ife. It was believed that Oranmiyan (Oromiyan…
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Lake Chad; at the farthest northeast end of Nigeria sharing close boundary with Niger, Cameroon, and Chad republics. The Chad basin, 2258 kilometers wide, was in 1991 designated as a tourist site in Borno and Yobe states[i]. The International Court of Justice, ICJ ruled on Thursday, October 10, 2002 that the boundary in the Lake…
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Eyo is a visitor from the world of the spirit. It speaks in funny nasal sound which usually is the ventriloqual language of the dead. Attired in white flowing robes with an artfully decorated head gear, called the Aga and a face mask made of transparent lace or the traditional Aso Oke material, the Eyo…