Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Life stories of Nigerian political leaders, monarchs, activists, writers, artists, and other influential historical figures.
Emir Abdullahi Bayero of Kano, Faith, Governance, and Change in Colonial Northern Nigeria, 1881 to 1953
Abdullahi Bayero was born in 1881 and became Sarkin Kano in April 1926. He was formally installed on 14 February 1927 and ruled until...
Prince Nico Mbarga and “Sweet Mother”, the highlife single that outlived its era
Some songs become popular for a season, then fade into memory. “Sweet Mother” did the opposite. Decade after decade, it stayed in circulation, not...
US Hospital Appointment for Dr Ijeoma Akunyili
Dr Ijeoma Akunyili has made history with her appointment as Chief Medical Officer of Jersey City Medical Center, a major healthcare institution in New...
Chief Akinola Maja: Pioneer of Medicine, Banking, & Nationalist Leadership
Chief Akinola Maja was a Nigerian medical doctor, businessman, and nationalist leader whose career spanned medicine, banking, and political and cultural activism during the...
Colonel Yohanna Madaki: Soldier, Governor & Public Servant
Colonel Yohanna Anteyan Madaki, born on 31 December 1941 in Ziturung, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was a Nigerian Army officer...
Chief Simeon Olaosebikan Adebo (1914–1994)
Chief Simeon Olaosebikan Adebo was one of the most prominent Nigerian public servants of the twentieth century. His career spanned regional administration in Western...
Olabisi Onabanjo: Education and Media Legacy in Ogun State
Victor Olabisi Onabanjo served as the first elected civilian governor of Ogun State from October 1979 to December 1983, during the Nigerian Second Republic,...
Michael Ibru and the Ibru Organisation
Michael Christopher Onajirevbe Ibru was a Nigerian industrialist who transformed commerce in Nigeria, founding one of the country’s most prominent indigenous business conglomerates, the...
Justice Anthony Aniagolu: Pillar of Nigeria’s Judiciary
Anthony Nnaemezie Aniagolu was born on 22 October 1922 in Eke, Udi Local Government Area, present-day Enugu State, into the family of Aniagolu and...
Jonathan Adagogo Green: Nigeria’s First Indigenous Photographer
Jonathan Adagogo Green, born in 1873 in Ayama, Bonny, in present-day Rivers State, Nigeria, is recognised as the first indigenous professional photographer in Nigeria....