Category: Culture

Yusuf Lasun

People, Politics – Public Service, Social – Welfare

Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun; Deputy Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives 8th Assembly. Lasun was known for embarking on tutorial exercise for fresh students in science-oriented subjects in his native town of… read more
Omolade Olufemi Jacob

People, Tradition – Customs

Jacob Olufemi Omolade; Monarch of Ibara in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Omolade was one of the pioneer Lagos State civil servants who came in as graduates. He succeeded Morakinyo Ayinla Odunjo, the… read more
Kukah Matthew Hassan

People, Religion, Social – Welfare

Matthew Hassan Kukah; Catholic priest in Nigeria and social critic, an engaging intellectual, author of memoirs about religion and politics, who also served as the General Secretary of the Catholic Secretariat of… read more
Charles Oputa

Entertainment – Pop Culture, Media – TV & Radio, Music – Pop, People, Social – Welfare

Charles Oputa; Nigerian eccentric entertainer, often appearing with a scarf tied round his neck, nose and eyelids pierced and fixed with big earrings. Oputa, the first son of Chukwudifu Oputa, highly revered… read more
Oputa Chukwudifu

History – Political, Justice, People, Social – Welfare

Oputa Chukwudifu Sylvester; Chair of the Human Rights Violations Investigations Commission, HRVIC, nominally called the Oputa Panel which was fashioned after the the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa as one… read more
Chima Ubani

People, Politics – Civil Rights, Social – Welfare

Chima Ubani; Nigerian human rights activist who was at the centre of several anti-military campaigns during the regimes of Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha, mobilizing the masses against two among the most… read more
Shehu Idris

People, Tradition – Customs

Shehu Idris; Nigerian monarch in the northern region, in 1975 ascended the throne as Emir of Zauzzau corrupted as Zaria by the British Colonialists, a position in which he carried out traditional… read more
Ndayako Umar Sanda

People, Policy, Tradition – Customs

Ndayako Umar Sanda; Monarch and administrator, was the chairman of the Technical Committee set up by the federal government on the review of the structure of local government councils in Nigeria. Young… read more
Vaughan Gladys

Education – Primary, People, Social – Welfare

Gladys Aduke Vaughan; Educationist who was one of the first women to to found indigenous private primary school in Ibadan, pioneering with her efforts, quality private schools in Nigeria. After the HSC,… read more
Femi Falana

Law – General, People, Politics – Civil Rights, Social – Welfare

Femi Falana; Nigerian Lawyer, democracy and human rights advocate. From 1988 he used his membership of and activities in different organisations to fight for an egalitarian society, often with comrades of different… read more