An enslaved African is hung alive by the ribs to a gallows above skulls of beheaded slaves on posts, Dutch Suriname, 1773. An incision was made in the victim's ribs, and a hook was placed in the hole. In this case, the victim stayed alive for three days until he was clubbed to

No Nigerian President/Head of State was born on or after October 1, 1960, the day the West African country gained independence from Britain. Incumbent President Bola Tinubu was eight years old on that day. #HistoryVille

Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the first Nigerian since 1999 to become President, despite being voted against by more than half of the accredited voters. Of the 23.4 million total votes cast, 8.8 million voted for him (37.62%) while 14.6 million (62.38%) voted against him. #HistoryVille

Bola Ahmed Tinubu's campaign poster as a Senator under the Social Democratic Party (SDP), 1992. Since joining politics in 1992, Tinubu has never lost any election he has contested. #HistoryVille

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria is the first Yoruba man who is not from Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to be Head of State and Commander-in-Chief, and the first Yoruba man who is not from Ogun State to occupy one of the two highest offices in the West African country.

Louis XIV's younger brother, Philippe I, the Duke of Orléans, was raised as a girl so he would not compete with his elder brother for the French Crown. He was brought up with wigs, makeup, dresses, and jewellery from a young age. A habit he retained all his life. #HistoryVille

As attorney-general, Gabriel Olusoga Onagoruwa, in 1994, disowned eight decrees issued by the General Sani Abacha regime he was serving. As a result, he was not only promptly fired by the head of state, but his son, also a lawyer, was shot dead by some unknown gunmen who

Nigerian Afro-beat maestro, Fela Kuti, prepares for a show, 1977. #HistoryVille

Whenever Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao had a fight, the crime rate in his country, the Philippines, dropped to 0%. #HistoryVille

Ghanaian footballer, Mohammed Anas, accidentally thanked both his wife and girlfriend in a speech after a football match in March 2017. #HistoryVille

Arab slave traders and their captives along the Ruvuma River, Mozambique, 1866. The engraving shows a coffle of men, women, and children, led by Arab slavers; one of the slavers is murdering a captive unable to keep up with the rest. These people are being taken across Central

As a millennial (Gen Y) growing up in Nigeria in the '80s and '90s, your parents must have, at one time, called you "Dundee United," which at the time was slang for an idiot, fool or "mumu." This is the full story. Between the end of May and the start of June 1972, Dundee

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In January 1986, General Ibrahim Babangida made Nigeria a full member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). His Christian deputy, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, and the Christian ministers in his cabinet, were kept in the dark and knew nothing about it. Did this move by

As of the time he was arrested on December 20, 1985, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit treason, Squadron Martin Olufolorunsho Luther was 33 years old. He was the Staff Officer in the Presidential Aircraft Fleet with a direct reporting relationship to Group Captain Sunmonu.

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua rendered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) useless with the removal and hounding of its chairman, Nuhu Ribadu (pictured), while withdrawing the prosecutorial powers of the anti-graft agency. Yar'Adua's subsequent appointment of

As Nigeria's head of state, General Sani Abacha rarely travelled and was always isolated in Aso Rock. Most of the presidential pilots lost their licenses due to Abacha's rare travels. #HistoryVille

In 1999, Argentina's World Cup hero, Carlos Roa, snubbed a transfer to Manchester United because he thought the world would END in 2000. The goalkeeper dramatically retired at age 30 to join a religious retreat with his Seventh-day Adventist Church amid prophecies of doom for

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In 1963, Muhammadu Ribadu, Nigeria's Minister of Defence in the First Republic, was Acting Prime Minister while Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was out of Lagos, the capital. Ribadu was also the Acting Finance Minister at the same time. When he purchased a new office