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A photograph of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia being greeted by the Chancellor of the University of Ife, Chief Obafe...
15/08/2026

A photograph of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia being greeted by the Chancellor of the University of Ife, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Nigeria’s Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, stands on the right, 1970s.

Flashback to the 1985 Saudi Arabian Airlines-sponsored snooker championship at the Kano Club Snooker/Billiards Section.T...
15/08/2026

Flashback to the 1985 Saudi Arabian Airlines-sponsored snooker championship at the Kano Club Snooker/Billiards Section.
This action moment from the competition was captured by Ladan Abubakar. Seated at the far left is the airline manager, Sheikh Ali Omar Zahran.

A photograph of World Heavyweight fighter Muhammad Ali, left, playfully raising his fists toward 2-year-old Ibrahim Gowo...
15/08/2026

A photograph of World Heavyweight fighter Muhammad Ali, left, playfully raising his fists toward 2-year-old Ibrahim Gowon, son of Nigerian Head of State General Yakubu Gowon, who is holding the reluctant boy during a meeting between Ali and Gowon at Dodan Barracks in Lagos.

A photograph of a cotton vendors’ lane in Kurmi Market, Kano, 1951.
14/08/2026

A photograph of a cotton vendors’ lane in Kurmi Market, Kano, 1951.

A letter issued by Sir Kashim Ibrahim, Governor of Northern Nigeria, formally installing Alhaji Ado Bayero as the Emir o...
14/08/2026

A letter issued by Sir Kashim Ibrahim, Governor of Northern Nigeria, formally installing Alhaji Ado Bayero as the Emir of Kano, October 12, 1963

Who do you recognise in this picture?
14/08/2026

Who do you recognise in this picture?

In 1967, the then Head of State, Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon, inspected the first Passing Out Parade of the Nigerian Defence A...
14/08/2026

In 1967, the then Head of State, Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon, inspected the first Passing Out Parade of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). Standing behind him was the pioneer Commandant of the Academy, Brigadier Varma (an Indian). To his left was Cadet Salihu Ibrahim, who commanded the parade and emerged as the best graduating cadet of Regular Course 1. Salihu Ibrahim later rose to the position of Chief of Army Staff in the Nigerian Army before his retirement.

Other members of Regular Course 1 included Cadets Oladipo Diya, Mamman Kontagora, Joshua Dogonyaro, Mohammed Aliyu Gusau, Allison Madueke, Paul Osa Ogbebor, B.T.S. Kachim, Mohammed Bello Khaliel, P.A. Arokoyo, O.I. William, M. Dahiru, among others.

A Photograph of some Scout boys somewhere in Kano, 1947
14/08/2026

A Photograph of some Scout boys somewhere in Kano, 1947

A historical photograph showing a gathering of Kano residents who had assembled to witness one of the earliest judicial ...
14/08/2026

A historical photograph showing a gathering of Kano residents who had assembled to witness one of the earliest judicial proceedings conducted by the British colonial authorities in Kano in 1903. The case involved European soldiers who had seized goods from local traders in the city. The proceeding marked an early example of the colonial administration imposing its own system of justice following the British occupation of Kano.

A photograph of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser is seen in a group picture with the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayer...
13/08/2026

A photograph of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser is seen in a group picture with the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, and the Commander of the Five Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, in Kano State in the year 1964.

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