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#OnThisDay December 15, 2012, Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State was killed in a helicopter crash while travelling from Bayelsa State to Port Harcourt, alongside the former National Security Adviser, General Owoye Andrew Azazi (rtd). They were returning from the funeral of

"I take the honour bestowed on me by God seriously in serving the people of Kaduna State, and I am not a Christian Governor but a Governor for all." —Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa (December 1, 1948 – December 15, 2012), after he had taken the oath of office and was sworn in as the

The Gurara Falls, Minna, present-day Niger State, Northern Nigeria, in a 1969 postcard. #HistoryVille

A child eats grass due to a lack of food during the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1968. #HistoryVille

What women look for in a man, 1967. The last lady. 😃

Imo State Governor, Anayo E. Rochas Okorocha, greets President Barack Obama of the United States as President Muhammadu Buhari looks on, Washington D.C., July 2015. #HistoryVille

Professor Felicia Adetowun Ogunseye (née Banjo) holds the historic distinction of being Nigeria’s first female professor. She was a professor of library and information science at the University of Ibadan before retiring in 1987. Ogunseye was born on December 5, 1926, in Benin

Merry Christmas to you, from #HistoryVille.

Christmas in Badagry, Lagos, British Nigeria, 1923. This is a Christmas photo of the staff of the African Oil Nuts Company and Miller Brothers of Badagry in Nigeria in 1923. Mr and Mrs Baxendale of Miller Brothers, a Liverpool-based company, are seated on the bench at the

British District Officer, Jimmy Black, dressed as Santa Claus on camel-back in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria, Christmas Day, December 25, 1962. #HistoryVille

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, also known as the underwear bomber, failed in his plot to blow up a plane bound for Detroit, United States, on Christmas Day in 2009, because he wore the same pair of underpants for two weeks, which degraded the explosives. #HistoryVille #OnThisDay

SIR AHMADU BELLO'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO CHRISTIANS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, 1959 In December 1959, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria, delivered a Christmas message to Christians living in the North: "We are people of many different races, tribes, and

In this episode, we investigate how Awolowo starved Biafra. The background to the blockade, Awolowo’s actions during the war, and the ensuing humanitarian catastrophe. #HistoryVille Full story: youtu.be/VytwwH6OZQU

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State was the first sitting Nigerian governor to die in office since Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State in December 2012. Akeredolu died #OnThisDay, December 27, 2023, after a prolonged battle with leukaemia. He was 67. #HistoryVille

While Ojukwu became an icon of Biafran resistance during the Nigeria-Biafra War, his policies and stubbornness contributed significantly to the starvation of his own people. #HistoryVille Full story: youtu.be/ZvSohi3-CZE

Which country celebrates the New Year first and last? #HistoryVilleAsks 🎥: GeoGlobeTales