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Women You Should Know: Josephine Elechi
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Josephine Elechi
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Women You Should Know: Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
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Women You Should Know: Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim
April 19, 2022
Khadija Bukar Abba-Ibrahim was born on the 6th of January 1967. The Nigerian politician and was All Progressives Congress member of the House of Representatives for Damatura/Gujba/Gulani/Tarmuwa in Yobe State was born to the family of Waziri Ibrahim and attended Kaduna Capital School, Kaduna, Nigeria between 1972 and 1977. In 1978, she began her … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim
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Women You Should Know: Betty Abah
April 19, 2022
Betty Abah was born on March 6th, 1974. She was born in Otukpo, Benue State, Middle Belt region of Nigeria. She obtained a first degree in English and Literary Studies from the University of Calabar and a Masters’s in English Literature from the University of Lagos. She is a Nigerian journalist, author and women … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Betty Abah
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Women You Should Know: Rita Orji
April 19, 2022
Rita Orji is a Nigerian-Canadian Computer Science Professor, a Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology, and the Director of the Persuasive Computing Lab at Dalhousie University in Canada. A native of Enugu State, Nigeria and of Igbo extraction. Rita was born and raised by parents (Mr. and Mrs. Maria and Okonkwo Orji) who never … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Rita Orji
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Women You Should Know: Oluwatoyin Asojo
April 19, 2022
Asojo was born in Nigeria and volunteered at an orphanage whilst at school. Her father was a chief laboratory scientist at the University of Ibadan, and she would spend several hours a week in the lab. She attended the International School Ibadan and applied for a United World College scholarship that would allow her to … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Oluwatoyin Asojo
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Women You Should Know: Michelle Bello
April 19, 2022
Michelle Bello (born Michelle Aisha Bello on 30 September, 1982) is a British Nigerian film director and film producer. Bello is more specifically, of Nigerian, French, African-American and Congolese descent. She spent her early years in Lagos, Nigeria, attending nursery and primary school and at the age of eight, left for England where she … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Michelle Bello
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Women You Should Know: Dolapo Adeleke
April 19, 2022
Born on September 6, 1990 in Kano State, Nigeria, Adeleke began writing at an early age, publishing two literature books before university. Adeleke had her secondary education in Dansol High School, Lagos State. She graduated with a second class upper in Mass Communication from Covenant University in 2011. Dolapo Adeleke, also known as LowlaDee … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Dolapo Adeleke
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Women You Should Know: Sarah Ladipo Manyika
April 19, 2022
Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 7 March 1968) is a British-Nigerian writer of novels, short stories and essays. She is author of two well received novels, In Dependence (2009) and Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun (2016), and has had work published in publications including Granta, Transition, Guernica, and OZY, and previously served … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Sarah Ladipo Manyika
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Women You Should Know: Amy Jadesimi
April 19, 2022
Amy Jadesimi was born in Nigeria in 1976. Jadesimi was educated at Benenden School in the United Kingdom, then at the University of Oxford, where she graduated BA in Physiological Sciences and BMBCh in medicine in 1999. Later, she gained an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is a Nigerian businesswoman and … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Amy Jadesimi
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Women You Should Know: Aisha Ahmad Ndanusa
April 19, 2022
Aisha Ahmad Ndanusa is a Nigerian accountant, financial analyst and financial manager. She is currently a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria since her appointment on 6 October 2017. She replaced Sarah Alade, who retired in March 2017. Prior to her appointment, she was Head Consumer Banking & Investment at Diamond Bank. … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Aisha Ahmad Ndanusa
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Women You Should Know: Olufunke Iyabo Osibodu
April 19, 2022
Olufunke Iyabo Osibodu or Funke Osibodu was born in January 1959. She attended the University of Ife and the Harvard Business School. She was CEO and later a director of the holding company of Ecobank Nigeria until she left in 2006. Her husband Victor Gbolade Osibodu is a Nigerian entrepreneur. Read more about Women … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Olufunke Iyabo Osibodu
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Women You Should Know: Ipalibo Gogo Banigo
April 19, 2022
Ipalibo Gogo Banigo (née Harry) was born on the 20th of December 1952.A medical doctor by training, a politician by nature and the first female Deputy Governor of Rivers State by history, Banigo has held various important offices at the Rivers State Ministry of Health. During her service, she assumed the positions of Director … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Ipalibo Gogo Banigo
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Women You Should Know: Sarah Alade
April 19, 2022
Sarah Alade was the Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria during the suspension of Lamido Sanusi until his tenure ended. She was appointed to the post by President Goodluck Jonathan on 20 February 2014. Read more about Women you should know Alade was appointed acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Sarah Alade
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Women You Should Know: Nkiruka ‘Kiki’ Omeili
April 19, 2022
Nkiruka Omeili hails from the Igbo ethnic group, from Nimo, in Anambra state. However, she was born in Lagos, as the second of four children of Charles and Maureen Omeili. She came from an above-average income family. Her Father Charles was a banker with First Bank Nigeria and retired as a general manager, and … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Nkiruka ‘Kiki’ Omeili
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