Category: Culture

Ebitimi Banigo

Economics – CBN, People, Politics – General, Tradition – Customs

Ebitimi Banigo; banker and financial consultant argued by some to be the real father of modern banking in Nigeria. Banigo became the managing director of International Merchant Bank at age 33 and… read more
Arochukwu

Culture – Others, Towns/Cities, Tradition – Customs

Arochukwu is the third largest town in Abia State (after Aba and Umuahia) in southeastern Nigeria. The city, consisting of 19 villages is about 120km from Umuahia and shares common boundary with… read more
Television

Entertainment – Media, Media – TV & Radio, Nollywood – General, Social – Relaxation

Television in Nigeria was anticipated by Adekanbi, editor of Eko Akete in a 1924 publication when, in reaction to Colonel Malone, chairman of the Radio Association’s prediction of the emergence of the television… read more
Gele

Fashion – Lifestyle, Fashion – Textiles, Lifestyle – Fashion, Tradition – Ceremonies

Gele; popular headdress fashion in Nigeria. Gele was for the fashion divas of the 1950s the ultimate head piece. At no other time did the beauty of the gele become more apparent… read more
Jimi Solanke

Literature – Others, Media – TV & Radio, Philosophy – African

Jimi Solanke; Children’s storyteller, also an acclaimed actor, teacher, and poet . Born July, 1942, the versatile artist with a warm personality also veered into such business as owning a club and… read more
Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju

Entertainment – Music, Music – Old, Social – Relaxation

Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju; Legendary highlife maestro popularly called Fatai Rolling Dollar. A guitarist, singer and exponent of native thumb piano – Agidigbo, he was the oldest artist on the Nigerian music circuit… read more
Ethanol

Food, Innovations, Oil & Gas, Research

Ethanol; is an alcohol derived from grains like corn and tubers of cassava[i]. It is emerging as an important motor fuel in view of the Kyoto Protocol Agreement to which Nigeria is… read more
Stella Obasanjo

People, Social – Welfare

Stella Obasanjo; First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 1999 till her demise in October, 2005. Stella was praised as a stablising influence in the nation’s turbulent political turf and… read more
Ekwueme Lazarus

Music – Others, People, Tradition – Customs

Ekwueme Lazarus; Nigerian musicologist, an alumnus of Royal College of Music, London and the first professor of music made in Nigeria, University of Lagos. Laz Ekwueme was born January 28, 1936 in… read more
Rilwan Akiolu

Tradition – Customs

Rilwan Akiolu; the first Oba of Lagos to be crowned since the creation of the state in 1967. Oba Riiwanu Osuolanie Aremu Babatunde Akiolu was installed as the Oba of Lagos on… read more