Posts by Tope Apoola

Emmanuel Alayande

Emmanuel Alayande; Clergyman and educationist, president of the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, who due to his integrity became one of the most respected elders in the country. Alayande was born in…

Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL

Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library; Conceived in 1988, the idea to set up the library remained just an idea until 10 years later when the man in whose honour the project is being put together…

Owu-Aru Sun festival

Owu- Aru-Sun is a series of masquerade display by the Kalabari people of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Oral Tradition has it that the festival is usually performed after the exhaustion of the…

Jim Ijenwa Unah

Jim Ijenwa UNAH (PhD) is the First University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lagos. He was recently the Visiting Faculty Dean, Faculty of Arts, Dennis Osadebay…

Kalu Orji Uzor

Kalu, Orji Uzor; Businessman, politician and the executive governor of Abia State from May 29, 1999 on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party. PDP, He was born April 21, 1957 in Eziama…

Ike Chinyere Nwosu

Ike Chinyere Nwosu; Colonel of the Nigerian army; born November 21, 1946. Nwosu was a burly army officer reputed for his lack of finesse in the handling of state matters. Criticized for leaving no…

Sim Shagaya

Sim Shagaya; Born 1976, businessman widely regarded as one of the hottest innovators. The way he successfully waded through the many challenges in the business environment has become a study in…

Deji Adewunmi

Deji Adewunmi; businessman on the top rung of the ladder of successful home-grown entrepreneur. To him the idea of starting Jobberman, a job site, came while studying medicine in Obafemi Awolowo…

Abba Gana

Abba Gana was the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja 2001-203 before Nasir El Rufai. He was redeployed as Special Adviser to President Obasanjo. Born 11 November 1953 in Damboa,…

Akindolani Olusuyi

Akindolani Olusuyi; business executive who was MD of Cocoa company in Ile-Oluji. Olusuyi qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1980, in England, as a member of the Chartered Institute of…