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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

Far back 1514, there were Edo men in Sao Tome. They were mainly traders and interpreters (faladors) who speak Portuguese and/or dutch. When Ohen-Okun the ambassador from Benin visited Lisbon

With no record of fish farming in Nigeria before 1951, 69yrs later, Nigeria is the world’s largest producer of farmed North African catfish. This is one Nigerian success story that

Like in other parts of Nigeria facial tribal mark (scar) is not a thing in most part of Edo. Those who do it, do it mostly for beauty (women) &

From 1400s - 1900s, the "Igbu" which the Portuguese referred to as "Mukponoqua or Bini cloth was a currency & sought after commodity by Europeans & West Africans. The cloth