Meet Madam Tinubu, The Powerful Slave Trader

Meet Madam Tinubu, The Powerful Slave Trader

Efunporoye Osuntinubu Olumosa (often referred to as Efunroye Tinubu or madam Tinubu) was a shrewd and ambitious Nigerian business tycoon who wielded enormous economic power across Western Africa and political power in Abeokuta and Lagos. Tinubu was born in the Ojokodo forest area of Egbaland. Her father’s name was Olumosa. She was allegedly of Owu […]

History of Katsina State

Katsina State is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It was created in 1987, when it split from Kaduna State. It had over 5,800,000 residents as at 2006. Katsina became the fifth state in Nigeria to adopt Sharia law in 2005. It the fifth largest state in the country by population, despite […]

History Of Jigawa State

Jigawa State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. The state was created on August 27, 1991, under the General Ibrahim Babangida regime, which announced the creation of nine additional states in the country, bringing the total number of states then to thirty. The state is […]

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