Personality

Nigerian Icons of 2023: Top 100 Personalities of the Year

  As we bid farewell to 2023, a year filled with challenges and triumphs, let’s take a moment to celebrate the remarkable achievements of some of Nigeria’s brightest personalities across various fields. From the world of sports to entertainment, activism,

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Forbes’ Most Powerful Woman in Africa

  In the recently unveiled Forbes Most Powerful Women for 2023, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, has secured the remarkable 87th position on Forbes’ global list. This makes Okonjo-Iweala the highest-ranked African on the list. This

Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary: Hero of the Week

In an awe-inspiring act of heroism, Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, a dedicated staff member at Eko Hotel and Suites, demonstrated extraordinary honesty by returning a misplaced sum of $70,000 to a guest in Lagos. This remarkable display of integrity has

Personality Profile: Esther Eruchie, CEO FriendnPal

  Esther Eruchie is the founder of FriendnPal, an AI mental health app which provides empathetic support to individuals struggling with mental health challenges in Africa, especially those in marginalized communities. She presents this startup as a technology-driven intervention in

The Most Powerful African Women in the World 2022

Since pre-colonial, colonial and early post-colonial eras, the world has witnessed the rise and influence of powerful African women whether as queens, queen-mothers, warriors, activists, writers, entrepreneurs, and industrialists. Read more about Women Whether it is Queen Hatshepsut of

Okonjo-iweala Wins ALM’s ‘African Female Leader of the Year Award

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Director of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has won the “African Female Leader of the Year” award from African Leadership Magazine (ALM). Read more about Finance According to ALM’s announcement, the category was part of the

Mohammad Barkindo, The Late OPEC Secretary General

On Wednesday 6 July 2022, news broke that the Secretary-General of OPEC, Nigeria’s Mohammad Barkindo, had passed on. Read more about Business The announcement, which was made by the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, came just hours

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

Nigerians In History: Karim Ayinla Babalola

Olowu was born in Lagos, Nigeria on 7 June 1924 to B. M. S. Olowu and R. A. Olowu (née Tinubu). He is the first grandson of Madam Tinubu and Saka Tinubu, part of a wealthy Yoruba family. He attended

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.

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