GIANT IN THE TROPIC OF AFRICA: VICTOR OSIMHEN
• Victor James Osimhen was born on 29 December, 1998, in Lagos, Nigeria. • He is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie…
Mike Adenuga GCON (Founder of Globacom)
• Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr. was born on 29 April, 1953. • His father, Oloye Michael Agbolade Adenuga Sr, was…
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye (General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God)
• Born on 2 March, 1942, in Ifewara, near Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. • Adeboye began his education at Ilesa Grammar School, Ilesa, Osun State in…
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye (General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God)
• Born on 2 March, 1942, in Ifewara, near Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. • Adeboye began his education at Ilesa Grammar School Ilesa Osun State in…
On the path to a new Nigeria?
A ‘child’, in his cradle, was interviewed after voting in Kano State, last Saturday. He showed his interviewers the N1,…
Mahmood Yakubu
• Born in 1962 in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria. • He completed his basic and secondary school education at Kobi Primary…
icons: Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto State Governor)
• Born on January 10, 1966, in Tambuwal village, Sokoto State, Nigeria. • He attended Tambuwal Primary School, Tambuwal, Sokoto State, where he…
Icons: Razak Okoya
• Born in Lagos on January 12, 1940. • He is a billionaire industrialist and the Aare of Lagos. He…
icons: Ibukun Awosika
• Born December 24, 1962 in Ibadan, Oyo State. Ibukun Awosika completed her primary and secondary school education at St. Paul’s…
ICONS: Professor Eyitayo Lambo
• Born on 28 December, 1944 in Isanlu, the headquarters of Yagba East local government area in Kogi State, Nigeria.…
icons: Aisha Buhari
• Born on 17 February 1971, in Adamawa State, north-eastern Nigeria. Her grandfather, Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu, was Nigeria’s first minister of defence. Aisha’s father…
Amb. Ademola Rasaq Seriki, CON (Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain)
• Demola Seriki was born on 30 November, 1959. • As a junior public servant, Demola Seriki was not satisfied…
Jim Ovia, CFR (Founder of Zenith Bank)
Born on Sunday, November 4, 1951 in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Jim James…
Jim Ovia, CFR (Founder of Zenith Bank)
• Born on Sunday, November 4, 1951 in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. • Jim…
ICONS: Daisy Danjuma
• Daisy Ehanire Danjuma was born on August 6, 1952, in Benin-City, Edo State. • She attended Government Secondary School in…
ICONS: Tayo Fatunla
• Tayo Fatunla, an accomplished African comic artist, editorial cartoonist, writer, author and illustrator, was born in the UK and…
ICON: Iyiola Omisore
• Born 15 September, 1957, into a royal family of Ile-Ife, Osun State. • He had his primary education at the…
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,…
Segun Odegbami, “Mathematical”
Patrick Olusegun Odegbami, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward/winger. He was born on August 27, 1952 in…
Kayode Fayemi
• John Olukayode Folorunso Fayemi was born in Ibadan on 9 February 1965 to Ekiti parents from Isan-Ekiti in Oye Local Government of Ekiti State. John Olukayode…
