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H i s t o r y V i l l e

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Apr 10
On October 31, 1501, former Cardinal Cesare Borgia purportedly hosted an orgy in the Vatican with "50 honest prostitutes" in which his own father, Pope Alexander VI, not only attended but participated in. It was known as the Banquet of Chestnuts. Pope Alexander VI was
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Nov 14, 2019
A father stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old daughter severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota, Belgian Congo, 1904. The man’s name was Nsala. He had failed to make his daily rubber quota, so the Belgian-appointed overseers cut off his...
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Nov 14, 2019
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...daughter’s hand and foot. Her name was Boali and she was five years old. Then they killed her. But they weren’t finished; they killed his wife too. And because that didn’t seem quite cruel enough, quite strong enough to make their case, they ate both Boali and her mother...
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Apr 23, 2022
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III was the longest-reigning ruler of the kingdom since his great-grandfather, Oba Atiba Atobatele founded New Oyo in the 1830s.
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...and presented Nsala with the tokens; the leftovers from the once-living body of his darling child whom he so loved. His life was destroyed. #HistoryVille
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Dec 20, 2022
Lagos Lawyer, Moronfolu Abayomi was shot dead in a Lagos courthouse at the Tinubu Square, on August 25, 1923, three months and 15 days after his wedding day. Abayomi's killer was a popular Lagos entrepreneur and "big boy”, Duro Delphonso, from the renowned Delphonso family.
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Jan 21, 2024
Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the only presidential candidate since 1999 to lose Abuja (the Federal Capital Territory), Lagos (his home state), Kaduna, Kano and Katsina (the Kardashians) and still win a presidential election.
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Sep 30, 2021
In October 1983, Major Daniel Idowu Bamidele heard of coup rumours against President Shehu Shagari and promptly reported to his General Officer Commanding (GOC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (who, unknown to Bamidele at that time, was in the thick of the plot). #Thread
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Nov 8, 2020
It takes three years of higher education to become a police officer in Norway. The training takes place at a university college and each graduate gets a bachelor's degree in "Police Studies." #HistoryVille
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Mar 24, 2025
The Ibadan Malimbe (Malimbus ibadanensis), a rare red-headed bird, cannot be found anywhere in the world except in Ibadan, Western Nigeria. #HistoryVille
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Jan 22, 2022
1966: ASSASSINATION OF SIR ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA “Who’s there?” A voice queried from inside. However, Ifeajuna replied by kicking the doors open with his boots. “You’re under arrest sir,” Ifeajuna said, pointing his gun at the Prime Minister, who looked startled.
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Aug 30, 2025
English evangelist, Sydney Granville Elton (April 16, 1907 - January 14, 1987), with his wife, Hannah Catherine Elizabeth (February 25, 1894 - March 25, 1983), and daughter, Ruth (September 7, 1933 - August 30, 2025), in traditional Yoruba aso-oke, Iléṣà, Nigeria, c.1937.
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Sep 1, 2025
A successful arms dealer, Francis Arthur Nzeribe, sold weapons to both Nigeria and Biafra during the 30-month Nigerian Civil War. As a matter of fact, Nzeribe traded arms in every single place where there had been a conflict in Africa.
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Aug 29, 2020
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo was known as Belgian Congo from 1908 until its independence in 1960. DR Congo began as a king’s personal property known as the Congo Free State in 1885, before evolving into a colony as the Belgian Congo in 1908. buff.ly/2QdcF3j