International Men’s Day: Why We Should Celebrate Good Men More Often

  November 19 is celebrated around the world as International Men’s Day. It is a day dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating the men who contribute positively to our families, communities, and society at large. Read more about International Days But

Men You Should Know: Zacch Adedeji

  Zacch Adedeji is a name that’s becoming hard to miss in Nigeria’s financial world. Born on January 8, 1978, this dedicated accountant is the current Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Before taking on that high-profile

Men You Should Know: Tope Awotona

  Tope Awotona has achieved remarkable success as a tech entrepreneur and founder of the hugely popular scheduling app Calendly. His story is of perseverance, innovation, and turning personal tragedy into motivation to carry on his family’s entrepreneurial legacy. Read

Men You Should Know: Innocent Chukwuma

  Chief Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma is a highly successful Nigerian businessman and industrialist. He is the founder and CEO of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, Nigeria’s first-ever indigenous automobile company. Born on October 1, 1961, Chief Chukwuma grew up in a family

Men You Should Know: Henry Dele Alake

  Henry Dele Alake is a Nigerian journalist, activist and technocrat recognised as one of the heroes of Nigeria’s democracy. He is a former commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos State between 1999 and 2007 under the then Governor

Men You Should Know: John Omoniyi Abiri

  Background Abiri was born into the family of Pa Abraham ‘Muyiwa Abiri (d.1964) at 28, Oke Ayetoro street, Ile-Ife, South-Western Nigeria. Abiri attended St. Phillips School, Ile-Ife and, Odudwa College Ile-Ife, where he obtained the West African School Certificate

Men You Should Know: Mike Okibe Onoja

Mike Okibe Onoja was educated at a Roman Catholic mission school in the Agila district, beginning in 1954. He left for the Methodist Central School, Igumale, for a year before leaving for Saint Mary’s Primary School, Otukpo, Benue state, where

Men You Should Know: Ifiesimama “Ifie” Sekibo

Ifiesimama “Ifie” Sekibo was born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on April 18th, in the year 1965. He attended both primary and secondary schools in Port Harcourt before proceeding to the University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt where he

Men You Should Know: Ausbeth Ajagu

Ajagu was born in Asaba, Nigeria. Though he lives in Canada, he is a native of Nimo in Njikoka in Anambra State. He attended Oneh Primary School, Asaba, Delta State from 1971 to 1976 and later Osadedenis High School from

Men You Should Know: Ben Akabueze

Ben Akabueze is a Nigerian Chartered Accountant and the current Director-General of the Budget office for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He served as the CEO of NAL Bank Plc (now Sterling Bank Plc) and was two terms Commissioner for

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

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.

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

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

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

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,

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