Do You Know The First Chairman of INEC?
Ephraim Omorose Ibukun Akpata was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the first chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, responsible for the 1998/1999 elections that re-introduced democracy in May 1999. Read more about Do you know Background Ephraim Akpata was born in 1927 in Edo State. He attended […]
Nigerians In History: Babatunji Olowofoyeku
Olowofoyeku was born on 21st May 1917, and he grew up as the last born of a traditional extended family in Ilesha, a town in the west-south-west of what had previously been Northern Nigeria, a protectorate within the British Empire. Ilesha had previously been right on the border with Southern Nigeria and was near the […]
Women You Should Know: Mariam Temitope Masha
Mariam Temitope Masha is the senior special assistant to the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on humanitarian interventions. Prior to that appointment, she served as the senior special assistant to the President of Nigeria on internally displaced persons. She has also served as a strategic advisor to the vice president on North-East interventions. […]
Women You Should Know: Joy Emodi
Joy Emodi was born on 23 May 1955 in Onitsha, Anambra State; and is of the Igbo extraction. She attended the Queen of the Rosary College, Onitsha and went on to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she earned a B.Sc. in Geography Education (1979), and then an LLB. Law (1985). After further legal […]
Women You Should Know: Josephine Elechi
Elechi was born in Ezza Ofu Village in Ezza Inyimagu Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State in 1948. Elechi attended Covenant Primary School in Afikpo from 1954–1961. She then moved to Holy Child Secondary School in Sharon from 1962–1966. Elechi took a break from school to work at Nigeria Construction and Furniture Company […]
Men You Should Know: Shamsudeen Usman
Background Shamsudeen Usman was born on the 18 September 1949 in Warure Quarters of Kano State. His father, an Islamic scholar, died when he was about six years old. He began his education at Dandago Primary School. After attending secondary school at the prestigious Government College Keffi and King’s College, Lagos, he gained a BSc. […]
Did You Know Akinola Aguda: The First Indigenous African To Head The position Of Chief Justice In Botswana
Akinola Aguda, who was born in 1923 in Akure, Nigeria, to the family of Elijah Aguda and Deborah Fasu, a prominent Anglican couple in Akure. He was a Yoruba Nigerian jurist and a former Chief Justice of Botswana. Prior to becoming Chief Justice, he was a lawyer and a High Court judge in Nigeria’s […]
Do You Know Dorothy Ufot: The First Akwa Ibom Woman To Become A Senior Advocate Of Nigeria
Working in a male-dominated profession like ADR poses different challenges to women at every stage. As a young arbitrator, one of the first challenges I observed is the unwillingness of senior and older male lawyers to appear before you as an arbitrator, particularly as a Sole Arbitrator. But this is where Dorothy Udeme Ufot […]
Men You Should Know: Eyitayo Jegede
Eyitayo Jegede was born to the family of late Chief Johnson Bosede, the Odopetu of Isinkan, Akure, and Mrs C.O Jegede (née Asokeji) from Ipele town, near Owo in Ondo State, Nigeria. He attended St. Stephen’s “SA” Primary School Modakeke and was at Aquinas College Akure from 5 January 1973 to July 1978 for his […]
Men You Should Know: Ahmed Abdullahi Aliyu Abdurrahim Sumaila
Ahmed Abdullahi Aliyu Abdurrahim Sumaila born on 19 December 1976, was appointed as Grand leader of the Madinawa Clan and Naqib al-Madinawa by the Madinawa Majlis-ash-Shura Council, he also holds the royal titles of Wamban Sumaila, Dan Isan Wudil, and Makaman Massu, he is a District Head at Wudil and Sumaila Local Governments in […]
Men You Should Know: Ernest Ojukwu
Professor Ernest Maduabuchi Ojukwu, who was born on the 23rd of September 1960, is a partner at the Law firm of Ojukwu Faotu & Yusuf (OFY-lawyers). He has deep experience in litigation practice, including finance law, energy law, tax law, access to justice, risk and compliance, and mediational and international commercial arbitration. He was Deputy […]
Men You Should Know: Tahir Mamman
Mamman was born in 1954, on the 7th of July, at Michika in Adamawa State. He holds an LL.B degree from Ahmadu Bello University in 1983 and the Nigerian Law School in 1984. He earned his masters from the University of Warwick England in 1987 and his PhD in 1990. Read more about Men you […]
Do You Know Justice Olumuyiwa Jibowu: The Nigerian Jurist Of Many Firsts
Sir Olumuyiwa Jibowu, Kt was born on the 26th of August 1899. was a Nigerian jurist who was the first African to serve on the Supreme Court of Nigeria.The first African police magistrate, the first Nigerian High court judge, a pioneer of the Nigerian Judiciary and one-time Chief Justice of Western Region, Nigeria. Jibowu […]
Women You Should Know: Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
Catherine was a Nigerian author, researcher and political activist. She served as a Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to President Olusegun Obasanjo on Arts and Culture and was a founder-member of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). Read more about Nigerians in history Early life, marriage and education: Catherine Obianuju Acholonu was born in an […]
Did You Know That Taslim Olawale Elias Was The First African To Earn A PhD In Law From The University Of London?
Elias was born into the traditional aristocracy of Lagos, then the capital of Nigeria, on 11 November 1914. Taslim Olawale Elias received his secondary education at the Church Missionary Society Grammar School and Igbobi College in Lagos. He married Ganiat Yetunde Fowosere, and the couple would have five children together (three sons, two daughters). After […]
Do You Know Folake Solanke: The First Nigerian Female Lawyer To Wear The Silk Gown As Senior Counsel
Chief Folake Solanke was born on the 29th of March, 1932. She is a Nigerian lawyer, administrator, and social critic. She is the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the first Nigerian female lawyer to wear the silk gown as Senior Counsel. She is also the first Commissioner of Western State and is […]