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 Good Friday and christians all over the world are currently focused on commemorating the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, which brought redemption to the world. It is a solemn feast dating back as early as the 3rd century by the earliest Christian communities, which was known initially as “The Day of the Lord’s Passion”. Even early texts like the Didache and writings of Church Fathers show that fasting on Friday was a weekly practice tied to the crucifixion.
I have sat down, played it piece by piece but yet it refuses to make sense to me. Maybe it wasn’t supposed to make sense! A student read for an exam, entered the hall, signed an attendance and wrote an exam. Fast forward to Three months later, he/she is told that your script is missing!
Have you heard of placebo and nocebe effects before? As a medical practitioner in training, I was taught that some treatment procedures were meant to deliver placebo or nocebe effects only to the brain. For drugs and treatment in this category, there is usually no active chemical or bioelectrical ingredients but because it was expected to be present, your brain can trigger real and measurable physiological changes when administered.
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:
Amidst the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, fuel pump prizes have surged more than 54 percent and it has pushed global oil markets higher. And recently, Nigeria has suspended the issuance of petrol import licenses for a second consecutive month, as regulators move to enforce rules that restrict imports when domestic supply is sufficient. Data obtained from Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) shows that no licenses were granted in February and Crude Oil Refineries Association of Nigeria has also confirmed that none has been issued in March.
Yesterday, Nigeria and the United Kingdom sealed a d eal of £746 million ($990.09 million) export finance deal to support the redevelopment of two major ports in Lagos. The agreement was announced during a meeting between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Bola Tinubu at Downing Street, London. With this deal, the UK Export Finance will sign off the loans for the refurbishment of the Apapa and Tin Can Island port complexes.
Well, if you missed the gist, here’s what has been trending since this week.
Hello guys! Lately, I have been skimming through some psychological phenomena that actually makes sense if you think about –not that they never made sense anyway. Today, I came with some fun tricks that you’ll love to know, just like I did.
You probably must have heard every motivator talk about self-awareness and how it can be a game-changer but no one talks about what happens next. Ask yourself this: How do you think? How do you study things around you? How do you show up for what matters? These are the things that you should consider after becoming self-aware. Here are the questions that will push you to do things differently;
Everyone loves associating with smart people – at least people who appear to be so. From companies, to organizations and associations looking for representatives, ambassadors and frontline interactors, sounding smart and over-educated has become essential criteria for standing in such position. So, take a look at how you're going to become dangerously overeducated.
Major Nigerian cities from historic lens… NB: All images belong to their respective owners and were obtained online for educational and historical purposes!
The West African Currency Board was charged with issuing currency notes from 1912 to 1959 when the CBN issued the first Naira notes and coins. Credit: @cbn.org
The house below, which is located in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom state, hosted the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914 as one entity.
This is Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, a powerful Benin Monarch who was forced into exile in 1897 after resisting British expansion in his kingdom.
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.
Nigeria’s 2026 budget debate took a tense turn on Thursday, 20th February, when members of the Senate of Nigeria openly challenged the federal government’s economic team during a five-hour scrutiny of what lawmakers described as recurring unrealistic budget assumptions, mounting debt obligations, and weak capital releases. This followed deliberations on the proposed ₦58.472 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill , which is set to be passed on 17th March 2026.
History was made in the Nigerian banking sector as it raised more than ₦4.05 trillion in fresh capital ahead of the March 31, 2026, recapitalisation deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), marking one of the largest coordinated capital mobilisation efforts ever known in the industry. This information was disclosed by the governor of the apex bank, Olayemi Cardoso, during the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) briefing held two weeks ago in Abuja.