ICONS: Chief Adedeji Adeleke (Davido’s father)
• Dr Deji Adeleke, also called Elder Deji Adeleke, was born on March 6, 1957. He is a Yoruba man…
ICONS: Prince Sam Amuka-Pemu (Uncle Sam)
• He was born on 13 June, 1935 in Sapele, a city in Delta State, Nigeria. • He is a Nigerian journalist, columnist and publisher, who…
Icons: Josy Ajiboye
• Josiah Akanbi ‘Josy’ Ajiboye was born on 25 May, 1948. • He is a Nigerian painter, illustrator, graphic designer…
Icons: Yinka Ayefele, MON
Born on February 1, 1968 in Ipoti-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. He had his primary education at Our Saviours Anglican…
ICONS: Segun Odegbami (Mathematical)
• Born on 27 August, 1952 in Lagos, Nigeria. • Patrick Olusegun Odegbami, often shortened as Segun Odegbami, is a…
ICONS: Kofi Annan
Born in Kumasi, in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), on 8 April, 1938. He was a Ghanaian diplomat…
ICONS: Chief Festus Adegboye Onigbinde
Born March 5, 1938, in Modakeke, Osun State, Nigeria. Adegboye Onigbinde is a Nigerian football coach, administrator and technocrat.…
Toyin Ojora-Saraki
Born 6 September, 1964, into the Ojora and Adele royal families of Lagos, Nigeria, as the daughter of the Yoruba aristocrat Oloye Adekunle Ojora, the…
ICONS: Hakeem Belo-Osagie
He is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1955. Belo-Osagie holds a law degree from…
ICONS: Chinua Achebe (Father of African literature)
Born on 16 November, 1930 in Ogidi town, Anambra State, Nigeria. He was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and…
ICONS: Nyaknnoabasi Osso
Nyaknno Osso is a librarian, journalist and founder of the Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation (BLERF) www.blerf.org. He graduated from…
ICONS: Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II
Born on Thursday, October 17, 1974 to the family of Oluropo and Wuraola Ogunwusi of the Giesi Royal House,…
ICONS: Tamunominini Makinde (Wife of the Executive Governor of Oyo State)
Tamunominini Olufunke Makinde was born to the family of Songo Batubo of Buguma in Asari Touri Local Government Area of Rivers…
ICONS: Abass Adigun Agboworin
Born on June 28, 1970, in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. He had his early education at Ibadan Christ Apostolic…
ICONS: Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu
Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu is a Nigerian neurosurgeon. Born in Ilorin in 1980, she is a native of Okene, Kogi State. …
ICONS: Justice Olukayode Ariwoola
Born August 22, 1954, in Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria. He started his primary education at Local Authority Demonstration School, Oluwole…
ICONS: Dotun Sanusi
Born on October 17, 1968 into the family of Alhaji Ganiyu Oladosu Sanusi from Oja’ba, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. …
