Category: Culture

  • Omolade Olufemi Jacob

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    Jacob Olufemi Omolade; Monarch of Ibara in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Omolade was one of the pioneer Lagos State civil servants who came in as graduates. He succeeded Morakinyo Ayinla Odunjo, the Ajiboyede II whose predecessor, Adesina reigned for thirty-three years after a 90 years interregnum in the seat of the Olubara. The long break,…

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  • Kukah Matthew Hassan

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    Matthew Hassan Kukah; Catholic priest in Nigeria and social critic, an engaging intellectual, author of memoirs about religion and politics, who also served as the General Secretary of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria. Kukah was ordained a priest in 1976 and became a bishop in 2011 when he was appointed to head the Sokoto Diocese.…

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  • Charles Oputa

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    Charles Oputa; Nigerian eccentric entertainer, often appearing with a scarf tied round his neck, nose and eyelids pierced and fixed with big earrings. Oputa, the first son of Chukwudifu Oputa, highly revered Justice of Supreme Court attended Suffolk University, where he read Mass Communication, majoring in speech communication. He was at Emerson University for his…

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  • OPUTA Chukwudifu

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    Oputa Chukwudifu Sylvester; Chair of the Human Rights Violations Investigations Commission, HRVIC, nominally called the Oputa Panel which was fashioned after the the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa as one of his first of President Obasanjo in office. Oputa is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and pioneer Chief Judge of…

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  • Chima UBANI

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    Chima Ubani; Nigerian human rights activist who was at the centre of several anti-military campaigns during the regimes of Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha, mobilizing the masses against two among the most notorious regimes in Nigerian history. He fought for the revalidation of the June 12 election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola, travelling…

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  • Shehu IDRIS

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    Shehu Idris; Nigerian monarch in the northern region, in 1975 ascended the throne as Emir of Zauzzau corrupted as Zaria by the British Colonialists, a position in which he carried out traditional responsibilities, conflict resolution among his subjects with an obligation to give every issue the sense of urgency and objectivity it deserves. His installation…

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  • Ndayako Umar Sanda

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    Ndayako Umar Sanda; Monarch and administrator, was the chairman of the Technical Committee set up by the federal government on the review of the structure of local government councils in Nigeria. Young Ndayako’s first appointment in the former Northern Nigerian Government was as an assistant secretary in the old Ministry of Local Government. In February,…

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  • VAUGHAN Gladys

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    Gladys Aduke Vaughan; Educationist who was one of the first women to to found indigenous private primary school in Ibadan, pioneering with her efforts, quality private schools in Nigeria.  After the HSC, Gladys served as a pupil teacher for five years in many schools including St. Stephen’s Inalende Ibadan, Oba Ademola School Abeokuta, and Sabo…

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  • Femi Falana

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    Femi Falana; Nigerian Lawyer, democracy and human rights advocate. From 1988 he used his membership of and activities in different organisations to fight for an egalitarian society, often with comrades of different hues: Wole Soyinka, Tai Solarin, Segun Okeowo, Dele Giwa, Femi Aborisade, Nosa Igiebor, Priscllla Kuye, and Beko Ransome-Kuti.  Falana was arrested by the…

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  • Ereduiauwa Uku

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    Erediauwa Uku Akpolokpolo; Oba of the famed ancient kingdom of Benin  in Nigeria. As a Cambridge-trained lawyer, Ereduwa worked in the Federal Civil Service for 21 years before his appointment Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministries of Mines/Power and the Federal Ministry of Health. In 1999 Ereduwa was suspended for four-month as chairman of the…

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