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Women You Should Know: Blessing Okagbare-Otegheri

  Born on the 9th of October 1988, Blessing Okagbare-Otegheri is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specializes in long jumping and short sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medalist in the long jump and a world

Everyday Heroes: Our Lady Of Guadalupe Health Foundation And Autism Center

  Our Lady of Guadalupe Health Foundation/Autism Center was founded in June 2006 by Engr Chidi Izuwah and Dr (Mrs.) Doris Izuwah and currently the 1st foundation that offers biomedical intervention for children in the Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in

Top 10 Most Populated Cities In Nigeria

  Nigeria is currently the seventh most populated country on earth, with more than 200 million people living within its borders. Of this number, more than half live in urban areas. Read more about Top 10 The cities are alive

Men You Should Know: Muraina Oyelami

  Muraina Oyelami was born on 21 February 1940 in Iragbiji, Osun State. He is a Nigerian painter and drummer of Yoruba extraction. He was among the first generation of artists to come out of the Osogbo School of Art

Men You Should Know: Dennis Chima Ugwuegbu

  Dennis Chima Ugwuegbu is the first Nigerian professor of psychology. He is also the co-founder of the Department of Psychology at the University of Ibadan and served as the department’s first professor and chair for over fifteen years. He

Nigerians In History: Thomas Adesanya Ige Grillo

  Thomas Adesanya Ige Grillo was born on January 29, 1927, in Lagos, Nigeria. The son of J. Aina Osaoba and V. Adenike Omolara (Serrano) Grill. He was the First professor of Anatomy in Nigeria. Read more about Nigerians in

Women You Should Know: Oluchi Onweagba Orlandi

  Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi was born on 1st August 1980. She is a Nigerian model based in New York City. Growing up in the suburbs of Lagos, she won “The Face of Africa” contest at the age of 16. Read more

Benedict Peters And Aiteo Group: Nigeria’s Largest Indigenous Oil Producing Firm

  Benedict Peters is a Nigerian billionaire who founded the Aiteo Group, Nigeria’s largest indigenous oil-producing firm. As of November 2014, he had an estimated net worth of US$2.7 billion. He is ranked by Ventures Africa as the 17th richest

Nigerians In History: Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

  Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, born 5th November 1922, was an outspoken Islamic scholar and Grand Khadi of the Northern Region of Nigeria (1962–1967), a position which made him a central authority in the interpretation of the Sharia legal system in

The Bahumono People Of Cross River

  The Bahumono (Ehumono, Kohumono) people are an ethnic group in Nigeria located primarily in the Abi local government area of Cross River State and are the largest ethnic group in the region. Read more about Ethnic groups in Nigeria

Men You Should Know: Gbenga Sesan

  ‘Gbenga Sesan (born Oluwagbenga Olabisi Sesan) was born on the 27th July 1977. He is a social entrepreneur who delivers Information and communications technology to the underserved. Read more about Men you should know He has had a career

Nigerians In History: Philomena Obiageliuwa Uyanwah

  Philomena Obiageliuwa Uyanwah known as Doctor Philomena was born on the 28th of March 28, 1938. She was a Nigerian doctor who was Chief Medical Officer in Biafra during the Nigeria-Biafran war. Read more about Nigerians In History She

Did You Know That Michael Okpara Was Nigeria’s Youngest Premier?

  Michael Iheonukara Okpara, born 25 December 1920, was a Nigerian politician and Premier of Eastern Nigeria from 1959 to 1966. At 39, he was the nation’s youngest Premier. Read more about Do you know? He was a strong advocate

Everyday Heroes: Toyin Ojora-Saraki

  Toyin Ojora-Saraki was born on the 6th of September 1964. She is a global health advocate, healthcare philanthropist and the Founder-President of Wellbeing Foundation Africa. Early life and education Toyin Saraki was born into the Ojora and Adele royal

Women You Should Know: Osonye Tess Onwueme

  Osonye Tess Onwueme, also known as T. Akaeke Onwueme was born on the 8th of September 1955. She is a Nigerian playwright, scholar and poet, who rose to prominence writing plays with themes of social justice, culture, and the

Men You Should Know: Halilu Akilu

  General Halliru Akilu is a Nigerian general who was Director of National Intelligence and Director of Military Intelligence at various times in the 1990s. Akilu was born and educated in Kano State. Read more about Men you should know

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