Hon. Gaza Jonathan, Hon. David Maiyaki Hail Monarch His Royal Highness Pharm. Luka Panya Baba, the Esu Karu has turned 63 years of age, a celebration that attracted diverse prayers for long live and prosperity for the monarch as continues to provide leadership to his people. Describing the Monarch asContinue Reading
Mansa Musa I was born in Mali, West Africa in 1280, to Faga Laye (his father). In several different scripts, his name was documented as Kankou Musa, Kankan Musa, and Kanku Musa meaning “Musa whose mother was Kankou.” The wife of King Mansa Musa I was called Inari Kunate. MansaContinue Reading
Some consider it a legend, others contemplate it to be the truth, and now the debate can end after scientists have reportedly proved that it is certainly true that Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail was the biological father of over 1000 children. As per a Live Science report, scientists and anthropologistsContinue Reading
The team also discovered dozens of sarcophagi, wooden masks and ancient board games Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a cache of treasures—including more than 50 wooden sarcophagi, a funerary temple dedicated to an Old Kingdom queen and a 13-foot-long Book of the Dead scroll—at the Saqqara necropolis, a vast burialContinue Reading
Some traditional rulers and high chiefs in Ogun State have lauded the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, for averting a traditional crisis over the Alaketu stool. The monarchs also condemned an attempt by some individuals to subvert the history and tradition of the Ketu nation by orchestrating theContinue Reading
By Toba Ajayi Farmers in Ilorin have called on the Kwara State Government for urgent intervention over what they described as indiscriminate bush burning in parts of the state. The farmers, who expressed worry amidst consistent bush burning in the state, spoke in Ilorin, the state capital recently. Mr BabatundeContinue Reading
Minister of Power Alhaji Saleh Mamman recently inaugurated various projects at Federal University, Wukari, which were executed by the Ecological Fund Office. The projects include 3.54 kilometre roads, drainages, culverts and several other erosion control facilities within the university community. Performing the inauguration ceremony in Wukari, the minister, who representedContinue Reading
By Kelly Reed What we eat can harm not only our health, but the planet itself. About a quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that humans generate each year come from how we feed the world. Most of them are methane released by cattle, nitrogen oxides from chemical fertilisersContinue Reading
By Olalekan Abdulsalami The history of agriculture in Nigeria dates far back to the pre-colonial era. Subsistence agriculture was overwhelmingly dominant on the eve of European colonial rule in Nigeria. In this enterprise, food production featured prominently and there was self-sufficiency in the food supply. Major crops include beans rice,Continue Reading