Category: Culture

Agbani Darego

Arts, Fashion – Lifestyle, Lifestyle – Fashion, People, Popular Culture

Agbani Darego; highly sought-after international model and a spokesperson of L’Oreal, the renowned French cosmetic house with her face appeared on several billboards around the world. On November 17,2001 Darego beat 92… read more
Hausa Dialects

Culture – Language

The Hausa according to Onwubiko (1967:71) are “people who lived between the Kanuri in the East and Songhai in the West and Niger Benue junction to the desert south of Agades”. This… read more
Afrobeat

Arts, Entertainment – Media, Entertainment – Music, music, Music – Afro-Hip-Hop, Music – Pop, Music – Rap, Social – Relaxation

There is no denying that Nigerian Afrobeat is fashioned after American popular music. When Majek Fashek, a musician from the old bloc came back to Nigeria after a while, he confessed to… read more
Lagos (City)

Culture – Others, Entertainment – Nollywood, Entertainment – Pop Culture, Environment – Others, Geography – Land, Geography – Others, Lifestyle – Properties, Music – Afro-Hip-Hop, Social – Relaxation, Towns/Cities

Lagos refers to the urban area called Metropolitan Lagos, which includes both the islands of the former municipality of Lagos and the main surburbs. On December 12, 1991, the city of Lagos… read more
Gaani Festival

Geography – Boundary, Geography – Map, Social – Tradition, Tradition – Ceremonies, Tradition – Customs

Gaani festival; is celebrated annually among the Bartonum of the old Borgu Empire in Baruten and Raima Local Government Areas of Kwara, Borgu in Niger; and Nikki, a community administered by Borgou… read more
Cotton

Agriculture – Others, Economics – Others, History – Civilization, Lifestyle – Fashion, Plants

Cotton; Plant grown and woven into cloth in western Nigeria and many parts of West Africa. Cotton was second to groundnut among cash crops through which farmers in northern Nigeria made their… read more
Obinna Uzor

People, Politics – General, Social – Welfare

Obinna Uzor; Businessman and politician, born March 17, 1963, Uzor founded GOCUZ, a trading outfit which grew to a conglomerate. Uzor was governorship candidate in the state on the platform of the… read more
Omafume Onoge

Education – Tertiary, History – Social, Philosophy – General, Politics – Civil Rights

Omafume Onoge; was one of the never say die radical intellectuals that had incessantly pummelled the reactionary state apparatus that miitary Head of State, Yakwubu Gowon had attempted to plant on Nigeria.… read more
Folawaiyo Wahab

Business, Lifestyle – Others, Oil & Gas, People

Folawiyo Iyanda Wahab; industrialist, known as the Baba Adini of Nigeria and a recipient of the nation’s honour of the Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR, born to a successful Lagos merchant, … read more
Wasiu Ayinde

Entertainment – Music, Music – Juju & Fuji, People, Social – Relaxation

Wasiu Ayinde; born in 1957, the episodic odyssey of his career began in 1966 at the age of nine as a small-time amateur singer in Agarawu area of Lagos Island. He dropped… read more