I want to do everything I can. I want to be everything I can. So that on that Day, when I shall see my Maker, I shall say, "I have used ALL my Talents."
LAGOS, NIGERIA: HistoryVille’s Ayomide Akinbode (@AmazingAyo) was present at the Citizen Town Hall hosted by @ZikokoCitizen on February 28, 2026, under the theme “Who Shapes the Nigerian Life?”
The panel explored Nigeria’s journey from independence through military and democratic rule, examining why certain policies succeeded while others failed—and why the country often repeats the same policy mistakes.
At the session, Akinbode emphasised that Nigeria must begin to treat history as data rather than nostalgia. Understanding the decisions, institutions, and policies that shaped the past is essential to building stronger systems and avoiding cycles of repeated failure.
Special thanks to @ZikokoCitizen for the invitation and for creating a space where history, policy, and civic responsibility intersect.
Ayomide Akinbode is the founder of @HistoryVille, Nigeria’s leading online history magazine and a respected voice in history journalism and storytelling.
He’ll be speaking at #CitizenTownhall on 28 February.
Click the link to join the conversation: https://t.co/TCTWi8uzhH
Interestingly, President Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar were marking their birthdays on the same day you tweeted this.
In fact, it was the same day Mukhtar retired. She had just clocked the statutory age of 70.
Meanwhile, Jonathan was 57.
I renewed mine in February. I was given a timeline until May. But when I visited in July, I was told it wasn't ready that I should wait until the end of August (which I doubt). That's six months just to renew. In this era of ours, the FRSC is just as useless as "P" in psychology.
...1990 Orkar coup which led to the founding of the Arewa Consultative Forum 10 years after, and the latter cries for Sharia throughout the North.
The bloody violence that followed in Kaduna, a 50:50 Muslim/Christian state, proved that the North was not one. It is still not is.
There was never "One North" in the first place. It was the British that subjugated the Tiv, Igala, and other minorities in the region under Ahmadu Bello's Arewa. The January 1966 coup shattered it.
Then, the plan to make the North "one" again started in response to the...👇👇👇
#OnThisDay 10 years ago, I wrote and published my first history article: 50 Interesting Facts About Ahmadu Bello, on the free WordPress dot com website. I have written over 100 articles since then.
The processes and plans for Nigeria's Amalgamation on January 1, 1914, took 16 years.
Frederick Lugard was just a pawn. It was not his decision.
Also, without George Taubman Goldie and his Royal Niger Company, there would have been no Nigeria, especially as it is currently is.