Category: People

Azikiwe Uche

History – Social, People

Azikiwe Uche; Lecturer, administrator and wife of Nigeria’s first president, Nnamdi Azikiwe, born on February 4, 1947 in Ogui, Enugu State. Uche schooled at Salvation Army School, Ogui, Enugu, Ajeromi Central School,… 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
Olanlokun Samuel

Education – Tertiary, Literature – Fiction, Literature – General, Literature – Others, People, Social – Psychology

Samuel Olajire Olanlokun; Children book author, novelist, folklorist, poet, who as a distinguished librarian and teacher attained the position of the president, West African Association of Library and Information Science. In 1991,… read more
Akinwunmi Ambode

Government, History – Political, People, Politics – General, Politics – Public Service

Ambode Akinwunmi; Lagos financial strategist who was elected Governor of the state, succeeding Babatunde Fashola in 2015. At his prime, Ambode showed the prospect of a promising person. At 21, he obtained… read more
Murtala Sule

Media – TV & Radio, Nollywood – General, Nollywood – Yoruba, People

Murtala Sule: Film maker and presenter of NTA 7 popular Sunday television programme, Lagbo Video. Murtala left secondary school in 1973 and joined LatdaFilms to learn film making. Murtala Sule went to… read more
Oladipo Diya

History – Political, Military, People, Politics – Civil Rights, Politics – General, Politics – Public Service

Diya, Donaldson Oladipo; De facto second in command to Nigeria Head of State, General Sani Abacha(1993-97) born in Odogbolu, Ogun State April 3, 1944. He is a retired soldier, lawyer and former… read more
Oluremi Aina

Business, Education – Tertiary, People

Oluremi Raphael Aina; Educationist, professor of business education and vocational training whose teaching career saw him teaching at the Nigeria Defence Academy, NDA, where he taught several of Nigeria’s top military officers.… read more
Farouk Abdulmutallab

People, Police, Social Sciences

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab: Fundamentalists whose failed bid in 2010 to bomb an airplane with 289 people on board lend credence to fears that Nigeria was becoming a fertile ground for extremist recruitment.… read more
David Dale

Arts, People

David Dale Herbert; one of the foremost masters of visual arts in Nigeria. Dale’s specialty is in illustration and graphic design, and he has won awards before university. After graduating from Ahmadu… read more
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha

Finance – Money, People, Politics – General, Politics – Public Service

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha; Bayelsa State Governor, 1999-2005, a proponent of resource control and the sovereignty for Ijaw nation other than Nigeria. DSP styled himself the “governor-general” of the Ijaw nation due to his… read more