Author: tope_litcaf
-
Anthony Adefuye; Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, engineer, and founder of a top flight indigenous contracting company which carved a niche for itself in the country’s construction industry. Adefuye who began his political career at the University of Lagos when he won election as the Treasurer of the Students’ Union in 1969, was…
-
Chinua Achebe; Nigerian novelist who during the Langston Hughes award in 1993 was praised as the man who through clouds and mists saw the life of the people, whose vision was sharpened by careful watching, uplifting the people of the world’s villages by his vision. Achebe, a professor of English, won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize…
-
Abioro Yakubu; (1930-96), Nigerian music producer, whose TYC Records discovered great acts like Sunny Ade, then known as Sunny Ade and the Green Spot Band; Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, Tunde Nightingale, Idowu Animashaun, Kayode Fashola, Oludunni Decency, Ayinde Bakare, Toye Ajagun, and Pick Peters. Origin Yakubu Bolarinwa Abioro was born on August 21, 1930 at…
-
Kudirat Abiola; Pro-democracy activist and wife of MKO Abiola who was widely believed to have won the June 12, 1993 presidential election that was cancelled by the military. Kudirat was bom in 1951 in the northern Nigerian city of Zaria, where she also had her early education. From her times at the Muslim Girls High…
-
Abidoye Babalola; University Administrator and Student Union activist of the 1960s. Under Abidoye Babalola’s leadership, students of the University College Ibadan escalated the mild but historically notable Marjorie Michelmore affair[1]. The proposed Anglo-Nigerian defense pact interpreted by activists as a tactical return to colonialism was abrogated following a protest led by him. Abidoye preempted the…
-
Abdullahi Bolaji; Member of cabinet under President Jonathan. Bolaji was among the youngest, first holding the portfolio for Youth Development before taking over at the Sports ministry. He was born in 1969 in Kwara to parents who were peasants. In his bid to change the fussy education he understood that he was getting, Bolaji started…
-
Maryam Babangida; wife of Nigerian military President Ibrahim Babangida, who with her visibility and glamour elevated the position of the first lady. Urbane and beautiful Maryam opened an office for herself in the presidency when her husband became president. In 1987, two years into her husband’s military presidency, she launched the Better Life for Rural…
-
Araya; Community in Aviara kingdom of Delta State, Nigeria situated along the rain forest as it shares its boundary with the River Niger. From the town Oleh to Araya, little water bodies are visible, and on entrance into the community, both the young and old can be seen with paddles making their way to the…
-
Bida; Nigerian town in the northern region, deriving its name from a little village known as Bida Banin which is the oldest Nupe aborigine settlement in Nupe-land. A mosque built by the original settlers of Bida Banin persist till modern times. Bidane town is situated in an area bordering River Chiken on the western side…