Ayọmide Akinbọde

Historian.

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

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."

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

I now understand why my uncles watch and still follow business news.

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

Editor-in-Chief.

I love that title. 😊

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

He is Risen.

[H i s t o r y V i l l e @HistoryVille]

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.

[Zikoko Citizen @ZikokoCitizen]

A very insightful session with @je_mc2, @Adesuwa_G and @AmazingAyo at the #citizentownhall2026

[Zikoko Citizen @ZikokoCitizen]

.@Adesuwa_G, @je_mc2 and @AmazingAyo speak on the “Then, Now and What Changed” panel session
#citizentownhall2026

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

There is another one: ai — a pale-throated sloth found only in the tropical forests of northern South America.

So, we have ox and ai.

[Ayilola of Nigeria /Laptop Guy 🩺 🇳🇬 🇬🇧🇺🇸 @silverpenydr]

What is the only Animal that is just 2 Letters ?

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

Gather your manna early in the morning, as much as you can eat, before the sun grows hot and melt it.

[Zikoko Citizen @ZikokoCitizen]

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

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

I just heard the most interesting Bible rizz.

"Did you walk around me seven times? I realised I have been falling for you."

😊😊😊

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

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.

[Olúwatósìn Olaseinde @tosinolaseinde]

I paid N178 to the dollar for an online transaction.
CBN needs to consider other options to rein in the Naira besides its defence strategy

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

Which of your brothers? 😒

[Peps @St_Desola]

I have so much to tweet,but my brother is my PR manager 😂. “Lois take down that post”😞.

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

I finally got my driver's licence after nine months.

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

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.

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

Wow! Time flies. #MyXAnniversary

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

...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.

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

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...👇👇👇

[Onye Nkuzi @cchukudebelu]

The Political Sharia Movement of the 2000s ended the "One North" narrative.

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

This served as a prelude to the founding of @HistoryVille four months later, and it has been UP.

Forward! Onward!!

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

#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.

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

I am on the right path. Grateful. 🙏🏼

[Ayọmide Akinbọde @AmazingAyo]

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.

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

Tell us a crazy but true story.