Category: People
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Dabiri-Erewa Abike; Member, Nigerian House of Representatives of the 4th to the 6th Assembly and at different times, Chairman of the House Committees on Diaspora Affairs and Media and Publicity respectively. Dabiri-Erewa… read more
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Irene Chigbue; Director-General Of the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) who succeeded Dr. Julius Bala in March 2005. She was first involved with the Nigeria’s privatization programme between 1989 to 1991 when… read more
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John Pepper Clark; Nigerian folklorist, poet, essayist and playwright who draws on his graphic experience to empower the poetry, the songs and, indeed, the grandest engagements of his Ijaw people. He is… read more
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BUKAR Abdullah; Nigerian engineer instrumental in the multinational oil company Shell’s master plan to put out gas flares and the laying of the foundation of making Nigerian gas commercially useful both in… read more
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Jessie Edem Bassey; First Nigerian lady to work in the refinery for Shell-BP in Nigeria. Jessie transferred from the Shell-BP in UK to the Nigerian office just before the Civil War. During… read more
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Bakare Tunde; Nigerian Pastor and running mate of Muhammadu Buhari in the unsuccessful 2011 presidential race. Born on 11 November 1954 to a polygamous Muslim family at Iporo Sodeke in Abeokuta, Bakare… read more
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Muyiwa Peter Awodiya; Cultural crusader in Nigeria and Professor of Theatre Arts and Mass Communication at the University of Benin. Awodiya lamented the decay that has engulfed the country and eroded its… read more
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Ayoola Kehinde; Engineer and veteran of the Nigerian telecommunication sector. In 1985, when the Nigeria External Telecommunications Limited, NET and the technical arm of the Posts and Telegraph, P&T Departments were to… read more
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Atuyota Allelujah; Nigerian Stand-up comedian, known as Ali Baba. He does shows for big corporate concerns, including oil firms and banks. Born in Warri, Delta State to an educationist father, Ali Baba… read more
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Michael Kaase Aondoakaa; Attorney General and the most controversial in President Umaru Yar’Adua’s government. Aondoakka was part of the subcommittee that produced a white paper which upturned the Justice Uwais electoral reform… read more
