#FlashbackFriday - Obama As A Boy With His Grandfather!

Yes, that is Barack Obama playing in the surf with his grandpa, his mother's father. Who would've thunk it? That that little boy with his grandpa in the backwoods of Hawaii would become the 44th president of the United States? With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.

Now, the president and his wife, Michelle, are the proud parents of two daughters, Malia, 16, and Sasha, 13. See more pics below from the Barack Obama Chilhood Photos collection.

#ThrowbackThursday - Charly Boy Rocks The Stage In 1983

Some of us reading were not even born in 1983! But Charly Boy is an Area Fada and it's not just a nick name. The verteran musician has been in the industry for more than 40 years. The 63 year old shared these pictures on Instagram to the years when he was just beginning.

See more below...

#TBT Throwback Thursday - Pastor EA Adeboye Was A Lecturer In 1980

Now general overseer of the global church brand, Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Pastor E.A Adeboye was once a mathematics lecturer at the University Of Ilorin. The photo above was taken during the 1979/1980 academic year. Pastor Adeboye sits to the extreme left.

Einstein Writes To Marie Curie On Haters: Don't Read That Hogwash

Haters gonna hate, and the higher you go, the hotter it becomes. Just ask Nobel Prize-winning physicist Marie Curie who had the height of her success over 100 years ago. A recently released letter, which was written by Albert Einstein has shown how much opposition Marie Curie faced and his advice to her on dealing with her critics.

Albert Einstein, himself also a renowned scientific genius and physicist, wrote the letter in support of Marie Curie after she came under fire from the press for both her personal and professional life. Check out his letter below...

#ThrowbackThursday - Seun Kuti Remembers First Time He Met Fela, Talks About Loyalty

Seun Kuti, last child of late Afrobeat legend Fela, has just revealed that when he met his father for the first time, he was already two years old. He shared the dated pic on Instagram with the caption;

#lifeondroad this is my first #tbt photo and a befitting one on so many levels. That's my mother and my step mum in the picture. The only women that stayed with my dad thru everything.

On this day, I met my father properly for the first time. He had been imprisoned by the evil and mean usurper and human rights abuser , Mohammad Buhari!

This pictures show U the truth about life.... When u are knocked down u know those that truly are loyal.

Blast From The Past - When Lagos To New York Round Trip Flight Was N17,000

I can't claim to have experienced those good old days, but a lot of older Nigerians enjoyed the largese of a rich, young and vibrant Nigeria, when out Naira had value, and our country was respected around the world.

A friend shared this on Nigeria Airways newspaper advert from the early 80s on FB and a commenter added his own reminiscence -

Them good ol' days. I still remember paying N1,040 as airfare for Nigeria Airways to and fro London from Lagos in 1980 (British Caledonian then was N1, 240). Reminiscence.

do you think inflation accounts for the high price now, more than 10X what it used to be, or the general decline of the economy is to blame? Is Nigeria Airways still working now BTW?

Blast From The Past - Dress Victoria Beckham Wore on First Date With David Beckham in 1997

Victoria Beckham showed off her sentimental side by posting a photo on Twitter of the mini dress she wore the first time she went out with her now-husband David Beckham in 1997. Victoria captioned the photo of the rust-coloured suede design, featuring a built-in belt, saying;

"Look what I found! The dress I wore on my first date with David!! X so cute!! X vb," 

Read on for the background of how the couple met and how far they've come in almost 20 years together.

Blast From The Past - Gowon and Wife

In this June 1973 picture, we can see the Head of the Federal Military Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the First Lady, Mrs. Victoria Gowon, rocking oleku. The Queen of England, Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh are the hosts at the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in honour of Yakubu Gowon.

See more pictures of the couple from Gowon and Victoria's traditional engagement in 1968 to the present day. Gowon will be 80 years old by October later this year.

Couple Love - Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the new Emir of Kano With His Wife Saadiya

Sa'adiya Lamido Sanusi, née Ado Beyero, is the daughter of the recently deceased Emir of Kano, a princess and now a queen as her husband, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is crowned the new Emir of Kano. Sanusi Lamido is a grandson of the Emir before Ado Bayero, meaning that the two are cousins. Kissing cousins, you could say. The couple have known each other since they were little and have been married for 26 years.

Blast From The Past - Onyeka Onwenu Lifting Weights

This is Onyeka Onwenu, the lady of songs, as you've never seen her before. The actor, politician and one of the foremost musicians in Nigeria was once a "FIT" lady, keeping in shape by lifting weights. And this was back in the early eighties before this means of fitness took off in Nigeria. Pictured above with Pamela Mojekwu. Photo by Godwin Usidamen