Usman dan Fodio was a Fulani scholar, Islamic religious teacher, revolutionary and a philosopher who founded the Sokoto Caliphate and ruled as its first caliph in the early 19th century. He was born in 1754 in Gobir, a Hausa state in present-day Nigeria, and belonged to the Torodbe clan of…

Nsibidi is a system of symbols or proto-writing that originated among the Ejagham people in southeastern Nigeria. It is one of the oldest forms of writing in Africa, dating back to at least 400 AD, and possibly earlier. Nsibidi is not tied to any one spoken language, but rather conveys…

Wole Soyinka a Nigerian writer, made history in 1986 when he became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and original voices in contemporary African literature, as well as a courageous defender of human rights and democracy….

Bayajidda is a legendary figure in the history of Hausa people, who are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. According to the legend, Bayajidda was a prince from Baghdad who traveled across Africa and settled in Daura, a town in present-day northern Nigeria. There, he married the…

Late Prof Felicia Adebola Adeyoyin was a renowned educationist, academic and author of the Nigerian national pledge. She was born on November 6, 1938 in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, as a princess from the Iji ruling house of Saki. She attended Idi-Aba Christian Baptist School in Abeokuta, where she graduated from…