History

Easter is a period that reminds us that there was once a time people went through the most excruciating form of torture to be executed. Let me tell you something I have gathered so far about this form of execution!

It's April 1st!

Do early Christian medieval stories interest you? Then I found something that you would like to know.

Do early Christian medieval stories interest you? Then I found something that you would like to know.

We know of 9/11, 1st October and other significant timelines when events changed the ways we see ourselves live today. But I have always believed that everyday has a story to tell in history. So, I did a little digging around and discovered some interesting facts about 24th March. They are:

Earlier today when I was doing a comparison on how other sectors contribute to the economy in relation to the past and present, I stumbled on this article “ Rediscovering the abused pearls of Africa ” where Chinemelu Nwokike took us back in time on the exploits of a great city which was regarded as the Japan of Africa. It was a pretty long read but every historical insight in the piece reminded me how easily we can get stuck in the present because we forgot the moves we made in the past.

Back in the days when current affairs was a thing among Nigerian primary and secondary schoolers, I won a competition by correctly answering the date when Nigeria launched its first satellite. September 27, 2003! By the time I was in junior secondary school two (JSS 2), I learnt that NigeriaSat–1 wasn’t the only satellite launched because NigComSat–1 joined space in 2007. I also discovered that it later experienced a technical failure and had to be replaced with NigComSat–1R because the fault developed within the guaranteed period.

Have you ever wondered what the first television station in Africa looked like and where it was located? Well, I wondered a little harder, and I found something that might interest you.

I can still remember my grandpa telling me how they walked through famous African leaders, their shoulders high, as the nation that fed nations. Obviously, you don’t expect me to give in to such tales now, especially having lived my life in alternating and accelerating seasons of hardship in Nigeria. I’m not entirely always skeptical about information like this, but most of the time I appreciate reality more than fantasies. For me, I care less about the past because I live in the present, but that changed last month when I stumbled on what appeared to be an interesting piece of Nigerian agricultural history.