Nigerians In History: Mikhail Adisa Bashua
Alhaji Mikhail Adisa Bashua, S.A.N., C.O.N. was fondly and popularly known as M.A.Bashua. He was regarded as an illustrious and eminent indigene of Isale Eko community of Lagos and looked upon as a mentor and father to so many. It is attested that during his lifetime, he was a man of simplicity, always smiling, […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Bangwa People
The Nigeria-Cameroon border is a large cultural area, which is inhabited by a large number of related peoples. These peoples can be divided into three smaller subgroups: Bamileke, Bamum, and Bamenda Tikar. They can be found in Kano state. Read more about Ethnic Groups In Nigeria The Bangwa are one of the numerous smaller […]
Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Dukawa People
Located in the Yauri division of the Sokoto Province and also in the Yelwa division of the Kontagora Province are the Dukawa people of Nigeria. The Dukawa language is part of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family and they are closely related to the Kambari people due to their similar language. They […]
Men You Should Know: Akinwunmi Ambode
Akinwunmi Ambode was born on the 14th of June 1963 at Epe General Hospital, Lagos to the family of Festus Akinwale Ambode and Christianah Oluleye Ambode. He is one of ten children. Read more about Men you should know Education Ambode attended St. Jude’s Primary School, Ebute Metta, Lagos State, from 1969-1974, where he sat […]
Men You Should Know: James Aneke
James N.J. Aneke is a one-time Military Governor of Imo State in Nigeria who served from December 1993 to August 1996. Before He retired as a Nigerian Naval officer, He was at one time, the Commandant of Nigerian Naval Engineering College (NNEC), Sapele, Delta State. Read more about Men you should know Background James […]
Men You Should Know: Adamson Adeboro
Adamson Adeboro is regarded as a committed and dedicated litigation lawyer. He is the Principal Partner in ADVOCARE LAWYERS with its headquarters in Abuja. Some others have also referred to him as a fearless, erudite, ebullient, indefatigable young lawyer and a dogged and unrepentant fighter for justice and equity. Read more about Men you […]
Men You Should Know: Etigwe Uwa
Etigwe Uwa, is a Nigerian lawyer, specializing in the field of Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Arbitration, Shipping, Tort, and Administrative Law. Read more about Men you should know An alumnus of the Tufts Fletchers University (GMBA), Nigerian Law School (BL) and the University of Lagos (LLB), He was called to Bar in 1990 and […]
The First Hospital Facility In Nigeria: The Sacred Heart Hospital, Abeokuta
The first hospital in Nigeria was the Sacred Heart Hospital in Abeokuta which was built by the Roman Catholic Mission in 1885. Sacred Heart Hospital is located in Lantoro, in the heart of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, in the Southwest region of Nigeria. Read more about […]
Interesting Facts About Kebbi State
The Land of Equity is the slogan. Birnin Kebbi is the capital. Kebbi is the State. Read more about Discover Nigeria Kebbi state was one of the states carved out and created by the government of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida. The state was created on the 27th of August 1991 out of Sokoto State. […]
Women You Should Know: Ariyike Lawal-Akinbobola
Ariyike Lawal-Akinbobola born 25 April 1982, professionally known as Ariyike Akinbobola is a Nigerian television presenter, talk show host, model, blogger, trained lawyer and occasional actress. Since 2011, she has worked as an associate producer and TV presenter for Spice TV, a fashion and lifestyle channel on the DSTV platform. Read more about Women […]
Women You Should Know: Oyeyemi Aderibigbe
Oyeyemi Aderibigbe is a Senior Associate in the Corporate and Commercial Practice at Templars. She obtained her law degree from the University of Lagos. She has extensive experience advising various clients on commercial transactions in relation to mergers and acquisitions, employment and immigration, regulatory compliance, corporate restructuring and corporate governance. Read more about Women […]
Women You Should Know: Ivie Temitayo-Ibitoye
Ivie Temitayo-Ibitoye is the Founder of Work in Nigeria: a talent recruitment and outsourcing agency established with the mission to consistently provide MSMEs and corporate organizations with resourcing and advisory services. Read more about Women you should know With a wealth of experience across the oil and energy, automobile, consulting, media and communications sectors, […]
Women You Should Know: Fiyin Toyo
A highly ambitious senior marketing and innovation professional with a track record of driving brand equity, share and accelerated growth, Fiyin Toyo is a creative and performance-driven marketing manager with communication, strategy and leadership skills. She is currently the West Africa Marketing Manager for the Oral Health Category at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer, where she executes […]
Women You Should Know: Yimika Adesola
Yimika is the founder of Legally Engaged. It is claimed to be Nigeria’s first career centre for lawyers. Read more about Women you should know She is a corporate lawyer with a diploma in Human Resource Management. Yimika states that she is blazing the trail for a new path in the legal profession which […]
Men You Should Know: Usman Umar Kibiya
Early life And Education Usman Kibiya Umar was born on 12 June 1949 in Kibiya Local Government Area. As customary of many northern towns, people bear the names of the communities they hail from thus, Kibiya bears the name of his own local government area: Kibiya. He attended Kibiya Junior Primary School from 1955-1958 […]
Nigerians In History: Talabi Braithwaite
Talabi Braithwaite was born on 2 July 1928 in Lagos. He was born into a family of many firsts, the Braithwaite family in Lagos. In 1880, Rev. I. Braithwaite led the first Anglican missionary expedition, which introduced the gospel to the Ijebu province in today’s Ogun State. Read more about Nigerians in history In […]