Did you know the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt was named for the British politician of the late 19th century who became Secretary of State for the Colonies for five years between 1910 and 1915? It gets more interesting. Viscount Harcourt was part of British nobility from birth and was elevated to the peerage as Viscount of Stanton Court in Oxfordshire County and ascended to the position of Secretary at a somewhat early age but there was a dimension to his life that is almost missed by the history books. According to Andy Hughes, the man had a dark side to him that either unknown at the time or deliberately ignored- he was a sexual predator of a reported voracious appetite. As Hughes puts it, he was “a bit of a sex pest”. Loulou, as he was known in his time, had a taste for both young boys and girls alike.
Ayodele Oluwatuminu Awojobi was born on the 12th of March 1937. He was also known by the nicknames “Dead Easy”, “The Akoka Giant”, and “Macbeth”, was a Nigerian academic, author, inventor, social crusader and activist. He was considered a scholarly genius by his teachers and peers alike.