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I have a friend who used to have a business here in Nigeria, her business was doing like N50-60m annually. She moved to Canada with her Family and continued the business there. After a year in Canada she closed the Nigeria branch because it wasn’t easy running a business in 2 continents. It took about 1year to get the business stable(legalities, office, equipments, marketing) but the business is doing great now bringing in 10k - 20k CAD monthly and she and her family are okay. But this babe is an entrepreneur, she sabi hustle so it didn’t come as a surprise to me that she was able to pull it off in Canada too. She would have been the best person to advise you.

Personally I think it’s because she has something upstairs and since she was able to make it Lagos, so she can make it anywhere.

So my question is does you brother have something upstairs? And how strongly do you believe he make it in Canada?

ironheart:
Its sad it only happens in the south east, they will take your full payment and will not notify you of their true destination. They will drop you off along the way. Pay the other driver a lesser fee compared to what the true amounts was.

It happens in lagos too

Very easy solution - keep drinking it till you get diabetes & fall sick. Dem no dey tell person, u go learn ur own lesson.

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They were never meant to win.
And yet… they did.

In the late 18th century, Saint-Domingue was the most profitable colony in the world.

It was controlled.
Structured.
Built on a system that seemed impossible to break.

At the bottom of that system were enslaved Africans.

Outnumbered.
Unarmed.
And expected to remain that way.

But something shifted.

Not suddenly.
Not randomly.

A movement formed.

A strategy emerged.

And what followed was not just a revolt…

It was a complete collapse of power.

This is the story of the Haitian Revolution, not as a simple uprising, but as a moment where control, belief, and strategy collided.

Historians debate aspects of leadership and sequence.
But the outcome is undeniable.

A system built to last… didn’t.

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They arrived as outsiders.

No army.
No control.
No authority.

Just information.

And that made them dangerous.

When two European explorers reached the Niger Delta, they were detained — exactly as they should have been.

Because the river was not open.

It was controlled.

By powerful trading states who understood something clearly:

👉 Whoever controls access… controls power.

But then, a decision was made.

They were released.

Escorted.

Allowed to leave.

And with that single act…

The Niger was no longer hidden.

This is the story of King Boy Amain of Brass (Nembe) and the decision that quietly changed the future of trade, power, and colonial expansion in West Africa.

Historians debate the full context of this moment.

But the consequence is difficult to ignore.

Thanks, these facts about his daughter are interesting, I'm happy to learn about her too and your English is fine.

budaatum:
You very impressed me! Thank you.

His daughter. The fruit he produced.


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Pardon my ginglish.

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He didn’t start with an army. He started with an idea.

In the early 19th century, power in Northern Nigeria looked stable.

Kings ruled.
Structures held.
Authority seemed unquestioned.

But beneath that structure, something was shifting.

This is the story of Usman dan Fodio — not just as a religious leader, but as a strategist who understood how power moves, how systems weaken, and how ideas can become revolutions.

This is not a simple story of conquest.

It is a story of:

belief
miscalculation
resistance
and transformation

A movement that began with words…
and ended by reshaping an entire region.

Historians debate the details.
But the shift in power is undeniable.

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LGBTQ is a choice/decision. There’s nothing like “I was born this way” so long as you’re male or female. Don’t let anybody deceive you. There are only a few, real LGBTQs in this world & they are hermaphrodites cuz they were legit born that way & I can only pity them.

Facts! Most things that happen are never understood at the moment it happens. Eventually time slowly reveals the truth behind all things. It's just a pity our history played out the way it did.

jkpbestseries:
no body understand what the coup was for, but it consequences thereafter couldn't heal the many wounds created

Are you serious? Pls enlighten me

googi:
I think they finally got a fake golden stool

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History often remembers empires. But sometimes it forgets the people who stopped them.

For years, the Ijebu Kingdom controlled the trade routes leading into Lagos, deciding who could pass and who could not. The British Empire at the height of its global power wanted those routes open.

But Ijebu said "No!"

What followed was a slow confrontation between an expanding empire and a kingdom determined to control its own commerce, territory, and sovereignty.

This documentary explores the power struggle behind one of the most important, and least discussed, moments in West African history.

Not as myth. Not as folklore.

But as a story of strategy, resistance, miscalculation, and the moment the British Empire finally forced the gates open in 1892.

If you enjoy serious historical storytelling about Africa, empire, and the power struggles that shaped the modern world, subscribe for more.

Because history is rarely as simple as it was told.

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Before cavalry. Before empire. Before Oyo dominated the savannah. There was Ilé-Ifẹ̀.

This documentary explores where the Yoruba came from before Oyo rose to power and how legitimacy, cosmology, and political structure shaped what followed.

Because power did not begin with horses and tribute.

It began with narrative.

In this video, we examine:

• The role of Ilé-Ifẹ̀ as a spiritual capital
• The myth of Odùduwà and its political function
• How migration reshaped authority
• Why Oyo rose in the savannah
• And how power shifted without rejecting origin

This is not a tribal argument.

It’s a structural analysis of how identity becomes empire.

Historians debate aspects of early political organization, but the diffusion of legitimacy from Ifẹ̀ and the later institutional rise of Oyo are well documented patterns in Yoruba history.

Power moved.
Memory stayed.
And both still matter today.

In the 19th century, one of Africa’s most feared military forces—the Dahomey Amazons—launched repeated attacks against the city of Abeokuta.

They were elite women warriors, trained for battle and loyal to the Kingdom of Dahomey. Abeokuta was a fortified Yoruba city, built beneath Olumo Rock and defended by terrain, strategy, and unity.

This video tells the true story of their clashes: why Dahomey targeted Abeokuta, how the Amazons fought, and why despite their strength, the city resisted conquest in 1851, 1864, and 1867.

This is not a story of villains and heroes. It is a story of power, survival, and resistance in pre-colonial West Africa.

So what matters more in history - raw military strength, or the ability to endure and adapt?


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👇 Share your thoughts in the comments.

"A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their disputes are like the bars of a castle." - Proverbs 18:19

Greed and wickedness. 2 wrongs that can never make a right.

In 1900, the British Empire demanded something it could never own.

The Golden Stool of the Ashanti people was not a throne.
It was not decoration.
It was believed to carry the spirit of a nation.

When Governor Frederick Hodgson demanded to sit on it, the Ashanti chiefs hesitated.

And then Yaa Asantewaa stood up.

This is the story of the War of the Golden Stool — a moment when empire miscalculated power, when resistance reorganized itself, and when legitimacy proved stronger than force.

In this documentary, we explore:

• The spiritual meaning of the Golden Stool
• British expansion into the Ashanti Kingdom
• Yaa Asantewaa’s leadership in 1900
• The siege of Kumasi
• The exile and legacy that followed

This story is based on documented historical accounts, colonial records, and modern Ghanaian scholarship.

The Ashanti lost the war.

But the Golden Stool was never surrendered.

And that still unsettles history.


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On January 15, 1966, Nigeria experienced its first military coup, an event that ended the First Republic and reshaped the nation’s political future.

This video tells the full story of the coup: the political tensions that led to it, the actions of the young officers involved, the assassinations that shocked the country, and the consequences that followed — including ethnic violence, countercoups, and the road to civil war.

More than a coup, this was a turning point that changed Nigeria forever.

Was January 15, 1966, a necessary intervention…
or the moment Nigeria lost its democratic path?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quKzFpn5wuM&t=19s

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I doubt this girls story. It’s not everything on social media I believe hook line sinker

If people were like me churches will be empty

During the age of empire, as British power spread across Africa, one Nigerian city stood apart.

Abeokuta was never conquered by British troops.
Not by warships.
Not by cannons.
Not by force.

This video tells the true story of how Abeokuta was founded in the early 19th century by the Egba people, how Olumo Rock became a natural fortress, and how the city survived through strategy rather than isolation.

Instead of military conquest, Britain entered Abeokuta through trade, diplomacy, and agreements. Merchants and missionaries gained access, but political control remained firmly in Egba hands. Abeokuta engaged the empire — without submitting to it.

This is a story about geography, diplomacy, and survival in pre-colonial Nigeria, and a reminder that conquest does not always come with guns.

So what matters more in history:
being conquered by force, or being influenced through access?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kKKjegy_2g&t=19s

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Nnyama WTF is this??

Who knows that in 1851, Lagos was invaded, burned, and it changed forever?

This video tells the true story of the rivalry between Kosoko and Akitoye, the British invasion, and the war that turned Eko into a battlefield.


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In 1897, British forces entered Benin expecting submission.

What they found was something far more unsettling.

This is the story of the Benin Kingdom; not as a textbook event, but as a moment when power was challenged, resisted, and remembered.

The city burned.
Thousands of bronzes were taken.
An empire claimed victory.

But conquest does not always equal control.

This documentary explores:
– The political structure of the Benin Kingdom
– The British Punitive Expedition
– The looting of the Benin Bronzes
– What historians agree actually happened
– And why this moment still shapes debates about restitution and memory today

This story is based on documented historical records from British military accounts, museum archives, and modern academic research.

History is not just what happened. It’s what survives.


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lol, when people make your job unnecessarily hard

Long before Europe dominated global commerce, Africa stood at the center of the world economy.

In the 13th and 14th centuries, the Mali Empire controlled vast gold supplies that shaped global currencies and connected Africa to North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia through powerful trade networks. At the heart of this system was Mansa Musa, the emperor whose wealth and influence stunned the medieval world.

In 1324, Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca altered economies across North Africa and the Middle East. His generosity flooded markets with gold, destabilized currencies, and forced the world to pay attention to West Africa. Cities like Timbuktu became global centers of trade, scholarship, and diplomacy, while travelers like Ibn Battuta documented a sophisticated and secure society.

This video explores the real history of African global trade, the Mali Empire, and how Africa once shaped the world economy — long before colonialism rewrote the narrative.

👇 What does this history change about how you see Africa’s past? Share your thoughts in the comments.


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In 1914, a country was created without consent.

No vote.
No negotiations.
No African leaders at the table.

Britain merged the Northern and Southern Protectorates for administrative efficiency — not unity — and called it Nigeria.

This video explores:
• Why Britain ruled the North, East, and South differently
• How trade made the South wealthy while the North struggled
• How the name “Nigeria” was coined by a British journalist
• Why borders ignored culture, identity, and history
• And why the consequences still shape Nigeria today

More than a century later, over 200 million people still live inside a map drawn in 1914.

So the real question remains:

Can a nation created by force become one held together by choice?

📌 Watch till the end — and share your thoughts.


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E don cast

Misplaced priorities, you should be asking which area has the best electricity supply? Since you’re working remote

LarryMurphy:
I’m curious though, for someone working remotely, which of these areas do you think balances affordability with good internet access and reasonable commute options?

Better to be playing Sporty than to go into Forex. Na free advice I don give you

From where I’m standing he’s live a very long & good life so let him go & rest. Nothing special dey this life. RIP Ron Kenoly

Just do what is right in your heart. Jesus broke the ten commandments to heal on the sabbath

Mayflowa:
We are saying the same thing. If u have love of God and Man, you won’t break any of the commandments. Even people without God knows that the commandment law is very moral to keep.

Personally, I don’t think Jesus will have a problem with people who have tattoos. God will not condemn you to hell just because chose to get a random tattoo. Anyone condemning him is a hypocrite & lacks exposure. Travel overseas and you’ll see Christian rockstars tatted up leading spirit moving praise and worship, preaching the gospel and winning souls for Christ.