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19/06/2025

In Udi Local Government of Enugu State ,there is a town called Awhum and in this town exist a village called Amu-Ugwu that has a tourism hotspot ,Its Tourism Thursday in this Universe of our's we present another breathtaking beauty of Nigeria "Ahwum waterfalls and Cave " This Natures masterpiece sits pretty in Awhum Town ,Enugu State.

The cave, which formed as a result of a massive outcrop of granite rock, is a sight to behold. Water cascades down from the top to form a stream at its base with white sand along its shores. The cave itself stands at 30 meters (98 feet) high. The water flowing down the waterfall remains warm throughout the seasons.

Since the cave has been around for a very long time, its origins are unknown. During the Nigerian Civil War, the people sought safety inside the cave because bombs could not demolish it. Traditionalists made use of the location before it was handed to the monks' when they arrived in 1975 after the Civil War.

Awhum's waterfall is believed to have healing powers and the ability to ward off evil spirits. Because of this, a monastery was built close to the waterfall site. This has made the waterfall cave a pilgrimage and a prayer center for Christians, the site is sacred and therefore entry to the site is regulated by the monastery.

Awhum (sometimes spelled "Ohum"), is located in a lush green valley in Nigeria’s Enugu State. It is famous not only for its waterfall, but also for its many pristine lakes and streams.

18/06/2025

2000.Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a cease-fire, ending their month-long war.

1953 - Egypt becomes a republic with Gen. M. Neguib as president. They gained independence from Great British ,and monarchy was abolished.

1812
On this day U.S. President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain, initiating the war of 1812, which arose chiefly from U.S. grievances over oppressive maritime practices during the Napoleonic wars.

2023
The experimental submersible Titan imploded during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic; all five people on board were killed.

1983
The first American woman to fly into outer space, Sally ride, was launched with four other astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

1979
The Salt(Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) II treaty was signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.

18/06/2025

It's Wednesday and our tradition of celebrating great women that have giving service to humanity and also brought honour to their countries and Africa at large ,women who advocated for the development of Africa ,equality for women and Education for children.

Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born 3rd November 1955 in Clermont, a township of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.

Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has devoted her career to issues of human rights, equality and social justice. she has played a big role in education in South Africa by advocating for media technologies to help teachers have modern methods of transferring knowledge.

Having attended schools in KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, and England, the start of Mlambo-Ngcuka’s illustrious career began in the 1980s when she started at some of the world’s largest organizations in Geneva, to take up the position as the coordinator at World YWCA, where she established a global program for young women.

She is married to a South African attorney and activist , they have a son together and four adopted children.

She is a Political icon in South Africa and has encouraged more women to partake in Politics. she has held positions in various capacities in Government of South Africa, she was a member of the national assembly, a 2 termed Minister and rose to the peak of her Political career being the Vice President of South Africa from 22 June 2005 - 23 September 2008.

She took her service to humanity to the global stage, she served as the Under- Secretary General of the United Nations (Executive Director UN Women 13 August 2013 - 19 August 2021.

16/06/2025

Good Morning Everyone! It's Monday a good day to try again.
It's Money Monday go make that money and don't sleep on it.
The first step to achieving your goals is preparing your mind. So we have our MONDAY MOTIVATION for our esteemed Members.👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

MONDAY MOTIVATION

Never take a day off>>>
Don’t skip, even if you’re not feeling it.
Discipline is doing the thing, not just thinking about it.

Small steps takes you to big plans.

Keeping Promises >>>
You said you will do it, then do it no excuses.
Breaking promises to yourself and others will kill trust.

Start small,and always stick to the plan.

Choose your Circle>>>
Surround yourself with people who do things people who act, not people who are dreamers,building castles in the sky.

Having a weak circle drags you down; While choosing to grow a Power circle lifts you up.

Your Circle shapes your future.

MONEY MONDAY
MONDAY MOTIVATION.

15/06/2025

This is a 1,000-gram bar of iron, worth just $100 in its raw form.

Turn it into horseshoes, and its value rises to $250.

Craft it into sewing needles, and it becomes worth around $70,000.

Shape it into watch springs and gears, and its value soars to $6 million.

But refine it into high-tech laser components used in computer chips, and that same bar is suddenly worth $15 million.

Your true worth isn’t defined by what you’re made of — but by how you develop your skills and apply them.

Keep refining yourself till you get the best quality.
Cheers🥂 to greatness.

Remain blessed.

24/05/2024

Today in History...

May 24 1932.

Opening of Benue Bridge.

Opening of the Benue Bridge spanning the Benue River at Makurdi, Nigeria. At a cost of £1,000,000 (equal to £74,375,000 in 2022), it is the most expensive project Britain has undertaken in Africa, and is Africa’s longest bridge.

May 24, 1964.

Riot erupts in Lima, Peru over a soccer match.

A referee’s call in a soccer match between Peru and Argentina sparks a riot on May 24, 1964. More than 300 fans were killed and another 500 people were injured in the violent melee that followed at National Stadium in Lima, Peru.

May 24, 1993.

Eritrea receives independence.

Eritrea achieves national independence, from Ethiopia. The date commemorates this day in 1991 when soldiers of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, fighting a 30-year war for Independence against Ethiopia, moved into the capital Asmara.

23/05/2024

It's Tourism Thursday and our spotlight falls on yet another breathtaking location in Yobe State, Nigeria.

In one of our earlier series we talked about the Macarthy Beach resort with same scenery to Maldives, thereby bringing that saying to life "wetin you dey find for Sokoto dey for your Shokoto".

The location on the spotlight will give Dubai desert a run for their money if Public & Private Partnership invest in the beautiful gift of nature to Nigeria.

Hello Universe ,I present to you the beautiful and magnificent Yusufari Oasis and deserts ,located in Yusufari LGA Yobe State Nigeria.

This goldmine and tourism treasure doesn't even get the attention it deserves.

The Yusufari oasis and the Tulo Tulowa village are in a low valley. The name Tulo Tulo means marshy land with abundant water. The clear water in the pond is constant throughout the year.

Surrounding the pond is luxurious green vegetation with palm trees. The sand dunes form five hills around the oasis, giving it an undulating topography. Its beauty shines because of the vastness of the desert area.

This Goldmine is still untapped, it ought to be a beehive of activities like Camel and Horse riding, Picnic activities, Sand bashing and other games, watersport, canoeing taking place in the Oasis.

For sightseeing ,from Damaturu the capital of Yobe to Tulo Tulowa village ,in Yusufari LGA is 3hrs drive, There are serene and safe accommodations readily available, Oasis Hotel Damaturu is a good place to reside before embarking on the road trip to the paradise of Yobe State.

Nigeria is indeed blessed with nature's gift.

We would stop at nothing at the Airdeez Universe to explore and bring the beauty of Nigeria to your forefront.

Stay tuned for another Amazing Location. It's Tourism Thursday.

Cheers 🥂 to greatness.

23/05/2024

Today in history...

Nigeria's participation at the British Empire Exhibition.

May 23, 1925

NIGERIA: The British Colony ably represented at the British Empire Exhibition , drawing attention to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. On display at the exhibition are products from British Nigeria within a village setting. , “It is though you actually were in Nigeria.

May 23, 1934

Bonnie and Clyde ambushed and killed.

The notorious criminal duo Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police near Sailes, Louisiana.

The notorious couple and robbery syndicates ,popular for their romance while being robbery kingpins were ruthless and killed in one who dared interfered in their missions, until their ambush on May 23 they have killed 9 persons and over 10 Police Officers.

May 23 ,1900

William Corney becomes first Black American to earn the medal of Honor.

Recognized for heroically protecting the American flag during the Civil War, Army Sgt. William Harvey Carney receives the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, on May 23, 1900.

The first Black American service member to earn the award, Carney was born into slavery in Virginia in 1840. Although a handful of other Black service members had already received the medal, Carney’s award celebrated an earlier action. He was one of many Civil War-era honorees to be granted the medal decades later.

22/05/2024

22/05/2024

Its Pink Wednesday and the spotlight is on an Educationist an Erudite Professor ,The first Nigerian woman to receive a Doctorate degree (PhD) ,She is also the first Nigerian female Vice-Chancellor ,she needs no introduction as the latter feat made the current affairs of Nigeria. The spotlight is on Grace Alele Williams.

She was born Grace Awani Alele to Itsekiri parents in Warri, Western Region (present-day Delta State), Nigeria on 16 December 1932.

She attended Government School, Warri, Queen's College, Lagos and the University of Ibadan. She obtained a master's degree in mathematics while teaching at Queen's School, Ede Osun state in 1957.
She obtained her PhD in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1963. Which made her the first woman in Nigeria to have a doctorate, in December of the same 1963 she got married to Babatunde Abraham Williams
She later be known as Grace Alele Williams.

She started her enviable career at Queen's College Ede teaching Mathematics, 1954 -1957, she left for Vermont University in the United States were she rose to Assistant Professor in 1965, she came back to the University of Ibadan to work as a Post Doctoral research fellow in the Institute of Education, she went on to work in the University of Lagos ,where she was appointed Professor in the Mathematics Department in 1976.

She had interest in women being educated as she introduced non-degree programmes allowing older women who worked as elementary school teachers obtain certificates, She worked with the African Mathematics program in Newton in America.
She published the "Mathematics handbook for teachers" in 1974. Her love for Mathematics and empowering women made her attend various workshops in different African cities .

She was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin in 1985, becoming to the first woman to attain that feat. She was a great influence to higher education in Nigeria, she was on the board of various companies.

She got awarded OON(order of the Niger) in 1987, she was awarded as one of the 100 people in Nigerians Centenary celebration in 2014, she elected fellow of the Mathematical association of Nigeria and Fellow of Nigerian Academy of Education.

She was survived by 5 Children, when she passed on in March 2022.

Grace Alele-Williams was a trailblazer in Education especially in the field of Mathematics. She wrote her name on the sands of time.

Shoutout to the women putting all the work.
Cheers 🥂 to greatness!!

Its Pink Wednesday and the spotlight is on an Educationist an Erudite Professor ,The first Nigerian woman to receive a Doctorate degree (PhD) ,She is also the first Nigerian female Vice-Chancellor ,she needs no introduction as the latter feat made the current affairs of Nigeria. The spotlight is on Grace Alele Williams.

She was born Grace Awani Alele to Itsekiri parents in Warri, Western Region (present-day Delta State), Nigeria on 16 December 1932.

She attended Government School, Warri, Queen's College, Lagos and the University of Ibadan. She obtained a master's degree in mathematics while teaching at Queen's School, Ede Osun state in 1957.
She obtained her PhD in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1963. Which made her the first woman in Nigeria to have a doctorate, in December of the same 1963 she got married to Babatunde Abraham Williams
She later be known as Grace Alele Williams.

She started her enviable career at Queen's College Ede teaching Mathematics, 1954 -1957, she left for Vermont University in the United States were she rose to Assistant Professor in 1965, she came back to the University of Ibadan to work as a Post Doctoral research fellow in the Institute of Education, she went on to work in the University of Lagos ,where she was appointed Professor in the Mathematics Department in 1976.

She had interest in women being educated as she introduced non-degree programmes allowing older women who worked as elementary school teachers obtain certificates, She worked with the African Mathematics program in Newton in America.
She published the "Mathematics handbook for teachers" in 1974. Her love for Mathematics and empowering women made her attend various workshops in different African cities .

She was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin in 1985, becoming to the first woman to attain that feat. She was a great influence to higher education in Nigeria, she was on the board of various companies.

She got awarded OON(order of the Niger) in 1987, she was awarded as one of the 100 people in Nigerians Centenary celebration in 2014, she elected fellow of the Mathematical association of Nigeria and Fellow of Nigerian Academy of Education.

She was survived by 5 Children, when she passed on in March 2022.

Grace Alele-Williams was a trailblazer in Education especially in the field of Mathematics. She wrote her name on the sands of time.

Shoutout to the women putting all the work.
Cheers 🥂 to greatness!!

22/05/2024

Today in history...

May 22, 2017.

The Ariana Grande concert bombing in Manchester.
Just moments after Ariana Grande finished the final song of her May 22, 2017 concert at Manchester Arena, a su***de bomber detonated an explosion on the premises, killing 22 concertgoers and injuring 116 more. ISIS claimed responsibility for what was the deadliest act of terrorism in Britain since the 2005 London metro bombings.The attacker was later revealed to be 22-year-old Salman Abedi, a Manchester native of Libyan descent.

May 22 , 1455.

The War of Roses.

In the opening battle of England’s War of the Roses, the Yorkists defeat King Henry VI’s Lancastrian forces at St. Albans, 20 miles northwest of London. Many Lancastrian nobles perished, including Edmund Beaufort, the duke of Somerset, and the king was forced to submit to the rule of his cousin, Richard of York. The dynastic struggle between the House of York, whose badge was a white rose, and the House of Lancaster, later associated with a red rose, would stretch on for 30 years.
The war is said to have inspired the movie :The Game of Thrones.

May 22, 1990.

North Yemen and South Yemen becomes the Republic of Yemen.

After 150 years apart, Marxist South Yemen and conservative North Yemen are unified as the Republic of Yemen. Ali Abdullah, president of North Yemen, became the new country’s president, and Ali Salem Al-Baidh, leader of the South Yemeni Socialist Party, vice president. The first free elections were held in 1993.