Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Life stories of Nigerian political leaders, monarchs, activists, writers, artists, and other influential historical figures.
Hanifa Abubakar’s Death: The Five Year Old Girl Who Disappeared on Her Way Home and the Case That Shook Kano
Hanifa Abubakar’s death in Kano in December 2021 began as a kidnapping case. It became a murder investigation, a national outcry, a courtroom battle...
Rosaline Omotosho Was Nigeria’s First Female Chief Judge, But Her Story Goes Much Further
For many Nigerians, Rosaline Omotosho can be reduced to one remarkable sentence: she was Nigeria’s first female Chief Judge.That is true.But it leaves out...
What They Left Out of the Story of Elizabeth Awoliyi
Most Nigerians who have heard of Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi know the headline: she was the first woman to practise medicine in Nigeria.But that famous...
Tanimowo Ogunlesi: The Teacher Who Put Nigerian Girls at the Centre of Politics
Tanimowo Ogunlesi did not enter Nigerian history by making a famous speech or leading a dramatic protest.She started with something much quieter.A school.In 1948,...
Laila Dogonyaro and the 300,000 Women WOLF Wanted for 2003
In 1999, Laila Dogonyaro's Women Opinion Leaders Forum launched a programme with an ambitious target: 300,000 women for the 2003 elections.But this was not...
Yemi Ayebo: How “Yemi My Lover” Made a Star Out of a Yoruba Filmmaker
For millions of Nigerians who encountered Yoruba home videos in the 1990s, Yemi My Lover was more than a film title. It became a...
Deborah Fasoyin: The Woman Behind Nigeria’s Famous December Song
Every December, something familiar begins to happen across Nigeria.A song starts appearing again.It comes from church gatherings, family homes, roadside shops and old recordings....
Bisoye Tejuoso: The Business Breakup That Built an Empire
The most revealing moment in Bisoye Tejuoso's career may not have been when she became a wealthy industrialist.It may have been when she lost...
Anike Agbaje-Williams: The Woman Who Became Nigeria’s First Television Face
Before Nigerian television had news anchors, celebrity presenters and popular television dramas, there was a young woman whose career began because another broadcaster failed...
Why They Called Grace Alele-Williams the “Iron Lady” of UNIBEN
Grace Alele-Williams had already made history before she arrived at the University of Benin.She had earned a doctorate in 1963, becoming the first Nigerian...