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Michael Ibru pioneered frozen fish in Nigeria in 1957, after Europeans tried & failed. When Ibru introduced frozen fish in Nigeria, Nigerians hated & called it "mortuary fish". He successfully persuaded a whole nation to accept frozen fish establishing depots throughout Nigeria.
The untold success story of catfish farming in Nigeria. It was started by the govt in the same period (1950s) Michael Ibru was pioneering frozen fish industry in Nigeria. https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1226254735017156608?s=19
Garri was inroduced to Nigeria by the Saros, Amaros & Agudas in the beginning of the 1900s. https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1281899801882370048?s=19
The name of African rice is not Oryza sativa. Africans taught Americans how to farm rice. https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1283845676254855169?s=19
Capt Davies a Saros pioneered cocoa farming in Nigeria & West Africa. https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1303215500516827136?s=19
How Heineken pioneered bottled beer in Nigeria (Star lager) https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1281688004134871041?s=19
As far back 1514 there were Edo people in Sao Tome https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1288608042976776192?s=19
Ancient facts & legends of Benin kingdom from over 2000 years ago. https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1287748542883299330?s=19
How rubber tree influenced British invasion of Benin & how their investment in rubber failed. https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1301871165158367235?s=19
The "Esan cotton": How ancient Benin export cloths to Europe as far back 1500s & the British interference. https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1280562755314036736?s=19
The Esan king that have the British sleepless nights. https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1219091774439940096?s=19
The 1st Nigerian to attend a university in 1611 https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1287968093193609219?s=19
A #thread of Legendary Edo queens https://twitter.com/uwagbale_/status/1279838541749641217?s=19
