Mary Slessor, the Scottish missionary who saved the killing of twins in Calabar, popularly known as “The White Queen of Calabar,” remains one of the most remarkable chapters in Nigeria’s history. When Mary arrived in Old Calabar in 1876, she discovered a practice deeply rooted in local spiritual beliefs. The idea that twins were evil,...
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Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas CFR was born on 27th of September 1960. He is a retired Navy vice admiral, who was the 22nd Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) of the Nigerian Navy from 2015 to 2021.
Ibas was born in Nko, Cross River State. He enlisted into the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of 26 Regular Course on 20 June 1979 and was commissioned sub-lieutenant on 1 January 1983. He began his primary education at Nko Primary School, Nko, in 1966 and completed at Big Qua Primary School, Calabar in...
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The woman who had the most children in history Valentina Vassilyeva, born in 1707 and died in 1782,
The woman who had the most children in history Valentina Vassilyeva, born in 1707 and died in 1782, is recognized as the “woman who had the most children in history” according to the Guinness Book of Records. She was the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev, a peasant from Shuya, Russia. At this time, there were...
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Quick facts about Rt Hon Mojisola Meranda
Meranda was born on August 16, 1980, to the family of late Ojora of Lagos, T. A Lawal Akapo and Princess M. A. Lawal-Akapo of the royal families of Ojora, Aromire, Onitana, Oloto, and Oniru. (Her late father was a legislator at the local level before becoming the Ojora of Lagos). She attended Anglican Girls...
THURSDAY PERSONALITY: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s First Democratically Elected Female Head Of State
2nd February. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is internationally known as Africa’s “Iron Lady”. She is a Africa’s first democratically elected female head of state, who led Liberia through reconciliation and recovery following the nation’s decade-long civil war, as well as the Ebola crisis, winning international acclaim for achieving economic, social, and political change. Sirleaf was born...