The story of Broadcasting in Nigeria, especially in the Southwest and to be specific, Oyo State, can never be completed without mentioning Yanju Adegbite Yanju Adegbite was born on the 10th of January 1955 to the family of Mr. Sijuade Adegbite and Mrs Amoke Winfred Adegbite (now Mrs Amoke Winifred Momoh). His father was a …
Professor Abiodun Alao, a brilliant and accomplished academic, who hails from the Southwest Region of Nigeria, is a Senior Member of the African Leadership Centre (ALC), King’s College, London. He is, today, the first black African Professor ever to deliver an inaugural lecture at the King’s College University of London since the establishment of the …
Nigeria’s 1st Professor of Geography Prof. Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje is a renowned scholar who has served meritoriously in various capacities in both the public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy. Prof Mabogunje was born 85 years ago on the 18th of October 1931. He got married to his beautiful wife, Justice Titi Mabogunje, 64 …
Olajumoke Olufunmilola Adenowo, a successful Architect, is the Founder and Principal Partner at AD Consulting. Architect Adenowo, popularly referred to as the “Face of Architecture”, was born 48 years ago, precisely on the 16th of October 1968, in Oyo State. She was enrolled at the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Oyo, in 1978 for her …
Late Prof. Thomas Adeoye Lambo OBE was a Nigerian scholar, a psychiatrist and a philanthropist. He was the First African Psychiatrist and the First Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Prof Lambo was born 93 years ago, precisely March 29, 1923, in the city of Abeokuta, Ogun State. He contributed immensely to the …
Abraham Olatunbosun Oladapo is a Yoruba philosopher & poet popularly known as Odidere-Ayekooto Akewi (The loquacious parrot). The prominent Yoruba poet is a promoter of Yoruba language. Abraham Oladapo is no doubt a brilliant folk poet, a distinguished playwright, a fantastic music producer, a fine broadcaster and a profound researcher. His thrills and prowess fetched …
Kunlé Adeyemi is a fantastic architect who has a robust experience in architectural design, building and furniture construction. He is the founder of NLÉ meaning (at home) in Yoruba, an architecture, design and urbanism practice, based in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Kunle Adeyemi was born in the city of Kaduna on the 7th of April …
Dr. Olurotimi Badero is the Executive Director, Cardiac Renal and Vascular Associates and he is proudly one of the most knowledgeable medical minds in Mississippi today and also the world’s only combined Heart & Kidney Specialist. Dr Badero was born 43 years ago and had his Elementary Education in St. Mary’s Private School, Lagos, where …
Enoch Adejare Adeboye is a brilliant Teacher, a fervent Preacher and the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God. He has impacted the lives of so many through various global Christian ministries and social organisations across the world. Through hard work, dedication and, most importantly, his love for Christ, he has been able …
The name Premier Lotto might not immediately ring a bell to the ears of the average Nigerian but the name ‘Baba Ijebu’ does. Chief Kessington Adebukunola Adebutu, popularly known and referred to as “BABA IJEBU”, is a renowned industrialist, an astute businessman and a philanthropist to the core. He is the brain behind the “Premier …
