Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Life stories of Nigerian political leaders, monarchs, activists, writers, artists, and other influential historical figures.
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....
Ben Enwonwu in London: Nigeria’s Modern Art Pioneer
Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu in his London studio in October 1957 captures a pivotal moment in the history of modern Nigerian art. Nigeria was...
Oba Michael Kuye Arójòjoyè II: Architect of Modern Ijebu-Jesha
Oba Michael Kuye Arójòjoyè II was born on 16 March 1906 into the royal household of Ijebu-Jesha in present-day Osun State, Nigeria. He was...