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The 256-foot-tall 1,883-foot-long Göltzsch Viaduct’s construction completed in the year 1851. It is situated about 4 km west of the German town of Reichenbach Vogtland and is the world’s largest brick bridge. Before the period of industrialization and advancements in construction industries, bricks were the most commonly used construction material. Bricks and stones were the only available option for the architects at the time. The block, stone structures were more durable and, for sure, have outlived the modern forms of construction and development. In Asia, Europe, and some other parts of the world lie thousands of brick viaducts constructed hundreds and thousands of years ago, most of which are still in good shape. Steel & Iron took over bricks and traditional forms of construction with the passage of time and advancements in the construction industry. Multiple reasons accounted for the shift inclusive of low-cost new ways of development, and architects were able to dev...

This is Raphel Valadao, a Brazilian. Raphel and some of his fellow inmates dug an escape tunnel for about 5 years, but the worst happened when he wanted to escape. Raphel is said to be over weighed, and also very tall. When it was time to escape, he got to the ending of the tunnel, half of his body was already outside but the remaining half couldn't pass through. He tried all he could, but he couldn't get through because he was stuck. He had no other option than to shout for help. Eventually, some officers were around to help him.

13 Years After The War, Igbos gathered Together And Contributed Money To Build The Sam Mbakwe Airport Major Donors to the fundraising for the construction of the Imo Airport in 1983. Arguably the only airport in Nigeria built with the contribution of the citizens of the State. (More insight and rebuttal with facts welcome). Look closely at the list and you will see name of great Igbo men from the The 80s Great Igbo men! Igwe bu Ike! See the Pictures and Names below.

"A serious government will fix power problem in six months." - Babatunde Raji Fashola (November 12, 2014) "Stone us [APC] if we do not perform after two years." - Tony Momoh ( April 3, 2016, The Guardian) "The only way to have stable electricity is to vote out PDP." - Babatunde Raji Fashola (July 12, 2014, The Nation) "We seriously frown at President Goodluck Jonathan, over the unceremonious removal of the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr Andrew Yakubu." -(APC, August 4, 2014, Channels TV) "It's Time To Restructure Nigeria: The present situation of things where all component units get monthly allocation from the Federal Government only makes the states lazy and unproductive." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2010) "Jonathan should resign if he has no solution to the violence being unleashed on some parts of the country." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2012) "The only solution to the present political uncertainty i...

Anuforo’s next target was the residence of the Quartermaster-General at the Army Headquarters, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Chinyelu Unegbe. His house at 7, Point Road, Apapa, was just a few metres away from Colonel Mohammed’s house. So, Anuforo ordered some of the soldiers to follow on foot due to the presence of the Colonel in the car. As the Quartermaster-General, Lieutenant-Colonel Unegbe was responsible for the provision of every weapon, ammunition, vehicle, equipment, clothing, and food for the Army in general. Although he held no command nor battalion of troops, he was a senior officer who, as a threat to the “revolution”, had to be gunned down. Without the death of the senior officers, their “revolution” stood no chance. On arrival at Unegbe's house, Anuforo entered alone. When he found him, he shot him immediately in the presence of his pregnant wife. Anuforo came downstairs and ordered some of the soldiers to bring out the dead body of the Lieutenant-Colonel. “Come d...

The Palace of Parliament in Romania, also known as ‘The Peoples’ House’ is the heaviest building in the world, weighing about 4,098,500,000 kilograms. It is also the most expensive administrative building in the world valued at $3.4 billion as of 2008. The cost of heating and electric use and lighting alone exceeds $6 million per year, which is synonymous with the total cost for powering a medium-sized city. The building was designed by 700 architects under the direction of chief architect Anca Petrescu (1949-2013) and constructed over a period of 13 years (1984–1997). Spread across 365,000 square meters, the building has 20 floors, 8 of which are underground. There are around 3,000 rooms, two giant halls, and secret tunnels in the building. Between 20,000 and 100,000 people worked on the site and project, and about 3,000 workers died during the construction of the building.  However, I ask, Is this amazing or just a waste of resources? Good investment or Craziness? Cr...

Jerry John Rawlings took power in Ghana after a military coup on June 4, 1979, and handed over to a civilian government after just 112 days. The civilian president, Hilla Limann promptly retired Rawlings from the Ghana Air Force. However, Rawlings regained power by overthrowing the weak civilian government of Limann on December 31, 1981, just two years after, and imprisoned the president with some 200 other politicians. Jerry Rawlings would then go on to rule Ghana for the next 20 years.  Credit:  HistoryVille

A successful arms dealer, Francis Arthur Nzeribe sold weapons to both Nigeria and Biafra during the 30-month Nigerian Civil War. As a matter of fact, Nzeribe traded arms in every single place there has been a conflict in Africa. In the 1960s, Nzeribe worked for Kwame Nkrumah as a speechwriter but after the coup that sent Nkrumah and his aides to Conakry, Nzeribe sneaked back to Ghana to work for the new government that had overthrown his principal. In April 1969, Nzeribe was involved in a bribery scandal with Ghana's Head-of-State, Joseph Arthur Ankrah which forced the latter to resign. In 1979, J.J Rawlings deported the Nigerian businessman from Ghana where he found his way to the United Kingdom to continue his arms-dealing business. In 1970, after the civil war, Nzeribe returned to Nigeria to open his first company, FANS Holdings Limited. In 1993, Nzeribe's Association for Better Nigeria approached the court on the basis of corruption and rigging to stop the announc...