Category: Government
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Joy Angela Ogwu; professor of International Relations, was the first female Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), which was established on December 13, 1961 as the foreign policy think-tank of the central government. Ogwu was conferred in 2004 with the Order of Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR). Born on August 22, 1946,…
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Adepoju Akomolafe; Nigerian politician of the pre-independence era under the Action Group. As an active party member, Adepoju rose up to become first chairman of Ido-osi council area in 1955 and Federal Minister of Establishment. He was also an elected member of the first parliament[i]. Born to the family of Daniel Ashaolu and Dorcas Ajayi…
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OGBEIFUN Greg Utoniwen; Icon of the Nigerian maritime industry. Ogbeifun’s company execute projects for multinational companies in oil and gas. Following the dearth of viable ship repair yards in the country, he incorporated Starzs Marine Incorporated in 1992 to set up a shipyard: the Starzs Shipyard in Orsne Oil and Gas Free Zone, near Port…
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Emmanuel Nwanze; Nigerian Professor of Biochemistry and International scholar, who became Vice-Chancellor, University of Benin. Nwanze was twice a fellow of the Swedish International Seminars in Physics and Chemistry. Nwanze was a government scholar while at the University of Ibadan. He studied Chemistry between 1968 and 1972. He secured another government scholarship to do his…
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Bola Akinterinwa; Nigerian Diplomat. Born August 8, 1950 in Ile-Oluji, Ondo State. He was educated as St. Andrews Primary School, Ile-Oluji, 1957-62; St. Joseph’s College Ondo, 1965-69; University of Paris, Sorbonne, 1973-975; Institute of Advanced International Studies, Paris, 1975-78. Akinterinwa also served at instances in his career as a lecturer and journalist. Akinterinwa was appointed…
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Muhammadu Buhari; Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria Armed Forces from December 31, 1983, to August 26,1985, before he was overthrown by Ibrahim Babangida. Buhari was also chairman, Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF. After futile effort at attaining presidency under the flagships of the All Nigerian People’s Party, ANPP, in the 2003 and 2007 and…
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Rufus Foluso Giwa; Industrialist and business administrator, hailed as the ultimate CEO by contemporaries, Rufus Foluso Giwa, headed multiple organisations in his business adventure. He was a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Secretary. Giwa who also showed interest in farming maintained a conservative stance that the government is doing enough for private sector and industrial…
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John Olusola Bayeshea; Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, called to the bar in 1982. In a celebrated case, Bayeshea acted as counsel to 49 lecturers sacked by the authorities of the University of llorin, securing a reinstatement for them by order of the Supreme Court in 2010. Before him, the lecturers did not have…
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Joseph Kennedy Waku; Nigerian politician who was senator in the Obasanjo years. His call for a military coup left him in an unenviable minority[i]. Waku was a recurrent decimal in Benue politics since the Second Republic. He was a member of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe‘s Nigerian Peoples’ Party, NPP. In 1983, the year of Umaru Dikko‘s…
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Bola Kuforiji-Olubi; Economist, the first female president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). She is the first woman president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and an industrialist. Widely recognised as a financial expert and industrialist, she chaired several boards in private and government organisations. Virtually out of circulation…