Edmond Albius : The African Child who invented Vanilla
Edmond Albius was just a 12-year-old boy, enslaved and without formal education, in 1841. However, he managed to develop an innovative technique to pollinate vanilla orchids quickly and profitably, solving…
Senator Akobundu Moves Motion for Speedy actions on the Long Neglected Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Federal Road
The peoples of Abia and Akwa Ibom states and indeed a lot of Nigerians have reacted with glee to a bold move by Senator Austin Akobundu of Abia Central Senatorial…
John Bellingham and the killing of Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated.
Born: 1769, St Neots, United Kingdom Died: May 18, 1812 (age 43 years), London, United Kingdom Resting place: Dissected, skull preserved at Barts Pathology Museum The only assassination of a…
Emmanuel Endeley and the Making of Southern Cameroun. Mistake or Success?
Emmanuel Mbela Lifafa Endeley, OBE (1916–1988), was a Cameroonian politician who played a pivotal role in leading Southern Cameroonian representatives out of the Eastern Nigerian House of Assembly in Enugu…