 You're welcome back to the Breakfast on Plus TV Africa. It's now time for Today in History. Let's tell you some interesting events that occurred on this day many years ago, and we're going back to the year 2014, and it's on this day, June 15th, 2014. Now, Today in History, we saw some Boko Haram insurgents attack a market in Borno State, and they killed at least 15 people, and that's including traders. So they had stormed a local market in the Daku village of Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. They went to the market on motorcycles. There were about 20 armed men. They invaded the market in the morning. They set fire to the market, burned down lots of stores, cut away foodstuffs, and they just ran away. This was in 2014, and at this time, we had been seeing lots of terrorist attacks. The week before, there were about six attacks in Borno State and in Northern Nigeria. Boko Haram insurgents were bombing cities, bombing towns, invading villages, attacking markets, and selling foodstuffs. So on This Day in History, such an event occurred in Borno State, Northern Nigeria. It's a time that nobody wants to go back to. This is 2014. Well, it's not like much has changed with regards to the figures of people still dying in the country to terrorist activities. But the tactics, I believe, are different. Now, we have even, sadly, even more of these groups. There's bandits, there's kidnappers, then of course, there's the headers. But 2014 was a time when it was mostly just Boko Haram. And there was the huge fears of going to church, huge fears of going to the market. A week before there was an attack in a church in Borno State. Remember those times when you wake up in the morning and you hear that there was a massive bomb blast at the telephone market or any of the markets in the north, and you see the figures of casualties and it just really, really breaks your heart. We've moved away from those times when there used to be bomb blasts. Some people might argue that we're now probably even in worse times with the number of these groups that have now emerged and have become really, really deadly and dangerous. But it's really just sad memories of where we are coming from. And we hope that it continues to get better. And we get to a place where this is all in the past. And Nigerians can walk around freely and go about their businesses, go to the market, go to the church and the mosque without the fear of terrorism or murder in any way. All right. Our next story on today's history is a story that you very likely wouldn't hear in Nigeria. Also, you very likely wouldn't hear among the black community, because blacks like life. And we don't like to risk our lives for any reason. And are we scared of heights too? Yes, we are scared of heights. People would argue that that's one of the reasons why black people don't invent a lot. Don't discover a lot, because nobody's trying to take a risk and lose their lives. We love our lives, don't we? So his name is Nicholas Walenda. He is an American acrobat, aerialist, a daredevil, high wire artist and author. He's also known for his high wire performances without a safety net. So it was on this day that he became the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls. He holds 11 Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feats, but was best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretch directly over Niagara Falls. I hope I'm pronouncing that right. Nigeria Niagara Falls. He walked 1,800 feet on a steel cable over the Messiah volcano in Nicaragua. His longest walk, he crossed Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012 on a live ABC special, following a two-year legal battle involving both sides of the Canada-United States border to gain approval. Those required to wear a safety harness for the first time in his life. The reality show aired on Science Channel, which followed his feats. And in 2013, he released a memoir entitled Balance, The Feet aired live on Discovery, breaking rating records for the channel. He is married, of course, with three kids and considers his Christian faith to be a central aspect of his life. So once again, yes, these are things that you would not see a lot of black people do because we like to remain here on earth where we're alive and we're good. Nigerians also, although there's a lot of Nigerians who are really, really, you know, daring, you know, those who still go bungee jumping, who go skydiving and some of all of that. Yeah, that's, that's maybe one of the things that I would love to, I will do, you know, skydive at some point. Okay. All right. So it's the Niagara Falls. Niagara. Yes. And he did great. What did I say? Niagara something. Lord have mercy. Niagara Falls. He goes to make an Igbo name for something. Niagara. So he crossed from the U.S. to Canada. It's crazy how he went through a period of illegal battle to make sure the U.S. and Canada gives him the required approval and permission to be able to make that walk. Because I'm sure that if he had done that, maybe the state would have had some bits of responsibility if any danger had come to him, maybe family suing or whatnot. But he gave, you know, was able to get permission and he walked. Just imagine him saying, you know, the view from above was just so breathtaking. So it was, it was truly an experience. Thank God he survived. He was even able to write a book about a tighter balance. And I think I love the title. It just captures everything and even such balance. Absolutely. What a way to live your life. All right. That's all we have for you. 2012 and 2014. Short break. When we come back, we're moving into our first major conversation for today. It's talking on the grazing routes across the country and the president, you know, stands with regard to that and the reaction from southern leaders saying there will be no grazing routes and the ban on open grazing remains. That comes up next after the short break. Stay with us.