Jimi Solanke
• Uncle Jimi Solanke, a native of Ipara-Remo, Ogun State, was born on July 4, 1942. • He is a…
ICONS: Seyi Makinde (Governor of Oyo State)
Born on 25 December, 1967 in Ibadan, Oyo State, to the Late Pa Olatubosun Makinde and Madam Abigail Makinde of…
Arthur Eze
Born on the 27 November, 1948 in Ukpo village, Dunukofia Local Government, Anambra State, Nigeria. He is popularly known…
Allen Onyema CEO, Air Peace airlines
Allen Ifechukwu Onyema was born in March 1964 in Benin City. He hails from Mbosi in Ihiala Local Government Area…
Tony Elumelu CFR
• He is a Nigerian economist and philanthropist. He chairs Heirs Holdings, Transcorp, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and is the founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation.…
Professor Oshiote Andrew Okwilagwe (The first Professor of Publishing in Nigeria)
• Born July 17, 1951. He hails from Jattu-Uzairue, Edo State. Okwilagwe holds a M.A. in Communication and Language from the University of…
Ayodeji Richard Makun aka A.Y
• Born on 19 August, 1971. He hails from Ifon, Ose local government of Ondo State. • A.Y is a Nigerian actor,…
Kolade Oshinowo
• Although an indigene of Ikorodu, Lagos State, he was born in Ibadan, Oyo State on 6 February, 1948. •…
Femi Falana, SAN
• Born on May 20, 1958, in Ilawe Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. • He is a Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist. • Falana is…
Ben Okri
• He is a Nigerian poet and novelist. He is considered one of the foremost African authors in the post-modern…
Bode Olajumoke
• Born in Lagos on July 1, 1944, of a Yoruba family from Imeri in Ondo State. • He attended Fiditi Grammar School, Oyo State,…
Justice ‘Kayode Ariwoola GCON
• Born 22 August, 1954, in Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria. • He started his primary education at Local Authority Demonstration School,…
Reverend Mother (Dr.) Esther Abimbola Ajayi aka Iya Aladura
Born on April 2, 1963, in Mushin, Lagos State, Nigeria. She had her early education at St. Michael’s Catholic…
Prof. Olu Obafemi
• Born on April 4, 1950 in Akutupa-Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. • He had his elementary education in Kabba before…
Sam Adeyemi
Born on February 3, 1967 in Ndayako village, close to Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria, where he spent the first 10…
Sam Adeyemi
• Born on February 3, 1967 in Ndayako village, close to Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria, where he spent the first…
Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN
• Born on June 28, 1963 in Lagos at Island Maternity Hospital into the family of Ademola Fashola, a former journalist…
délé jégédé
Born in 1945 in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. délé jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́, Professor Emeritus of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA, is…
Bisi Fayemi
• Born in Liverpool, England, on Tuesday, 11 June, 1963. • She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history…
Hilda Baci
• Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci was born on September 20, 1996. • She is from Nsit Ubium, Akwa Ibom…


