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Otunba Bimbo Ashiru: From 57th Child To A Two-Term Commissioner and Boardroom Icon
Otunba Bimbola Ashiru was born in Ijebu-Ode to the illustrious Ashiru family, the son of the late Pa Simeon Adeyemi Ashiru, a distinguished Ijebu statesman,

Rev. Prof. Konyinsola Ajayi (SAN): One Man, Three Caps of Institutional Leadership in Nigeria
Very Rev. Prof. Konyinsola Ajayi, SAN, was born on May 25, 1959, and raised in the intellectual and professional tradition of a family deeply rooted

Benjamin Akande: The First African-Born President of a US Liberal Arts College
Benjamin Ola Akande was born in 1962 in Nigeria, the only son among five children of Rev. Dr. Samuel T. Ola Akande, a widely respected

Funmi Olonisakin: The First Black Woman Professor at King’s College London and Why It Matters for Africa
Oluwafunmilayo Olonisakin was born on 8 February 1965 in South London to Nigerian parents, the child of two worlds long before she chose to spend

Oyeyimika Adeboye: Cadbury Nigeria’s First Female CEO, A Blueprint for Intentional Leadership
Oyeyimika Adeboye stands as a towering figure in Nigerian corporate history, defined by a four-decade career of shattering barriers and leading with unwavering integrity. Born

A Tribute to OLOYE ‘LEKAN ALABI (1950–2026): Custodian of History, Culture, and the Press
On Saturday, August 1, 2026, in Lagos, the voice that narrated Ibadan and Yorubaland to two generations fell silent. Oloye AbdulRasheed Olalekan Alabi, the Abese

Tribute to Emeritus Professor Ayo Bamgbose NNOM,FNAL (1932 – 2026): Nigeria’s First Professor of Linguistics
Emeritus Professor Ayo Bamgbose is gone, and Nigeria’s academic world is left to sit with a silence it has not known in a long while.

Tajudeen Owoyemi: From Ekuru Hawker to Hospitality Magnate
Tajudeen Owoyemi was once a small boy on the streets of Ilorin, balancing a tray of ekuru on his head, hawking it for his grandmother

Kola Karim: From Palm Kernel Cake to a $850 Million Vote of Confidence
Kola Karim turned fifty-seven on November 24, 2025, as Executive Chairman of one of Africa’s most diversified indigenous conglomerates, a group with more than 5,000

Charles Akindiji Akinola @70: The Architect Turning Southwest Region’s Development Blueprints into Reality
On a Thursday in July, Dr Charles Akindiji “Diji” Akinola turned seventy. Most Nigerians only met him this year, as the newly appointed pioneer Managing

Modupe Oladunni Omo-Eboh (1922–2002): Nigeria’s First Female High Court Judge, Before Anyone Thought It Possible
On November 13, 1969, a woman walked into a courtroom in Benin City not as a lawyer or a litigant, but as a judge, and

Yewande Zaccheaus: The Woman Who Turned ‘Event Planning’ Into a Multi-Million Naira Institution
Yewande Zaccheaus stands as a transformative figure in the Nigerian commercial landscape, a professional whose journey from the structured corridors of high-stakes banking to the