When Yusuf Ali donated multi-million naira trauma center to UITH
Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN) "It is my belief that all those who have been specially blessed by God, owe a duty to our society to intervene materially in all facets of our national life; like education, health and infrastructure. This is the underlying philosophy behind the little effort I have made in donating hostels to two (2) of our...
Read Tafawa Balewa first Independence Day address in 1960.
"We, the elected representatives of the people of Nigeria, concentrated on proving that we were fully capable of managing our own affairs both internally and as a nation. However, we were not to be allowed the selfish luxury of focusing our interest on our own homes" Words cannot adequately express my joy and pride at being the Nigerian citizen privileged...
Biography of late Prof. Shehu Ahmed Jimoh, OON (1944 – 2014)
"The Emeritus Professor Shehu Jimoh won several Scholarships and Prizes during his educational career, among are; Best Student in Literature (H.T.G.S. Ora) 1955, Best Student in English and Geography ABU,1963-64, University Scholar, ABU Zaria 1964-67, University Scholar, University of lfe (OAU)1975-77, Best overall Student, AMC 24191, ASCON Badagry 1991, Listed in who-is-who in the following Directory: Ilorin Directory by...
Kwara Ex-Speaker dies at 80
The death has occurred of a former Speaker of the Kwara state House of Assembly, Lawyer Sumaila Sadiq at the age of 80 The late Lawyer Sadiq who was also a special Adviser on Security to former Governor Adamu Attah died yesterday at his residence, Ologbin compound, Omoda llorin, the kwara state capital. The deceased had since been buried yesterday at his...
Macauley, Herbert (1864-1946)
Early African independence advocate Herbert Macauley was born in Lagos, Nigeria on November 14, 1864. His father was the founder and first principal of the Church Missionary Society Grammar School in Lagos, and his mother was a daughter of the Reverend Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first registered student of West Africa’s oldest University, Fourah Bay College. Herbert started his...
Early Life and Teaching Career
Ikoku was born on August 1, 1900 in Arochukwu in present-day Abia State to a wealthy merchant family. He attended the Government School and Hope Waddell College in Calabar,Cross River State. In 1920, he received his first teaching appointment with the Presbyterian Church of Scotland at Itigidi in the Abi LGA of Cross River State. Two years later, he became a...
A Brief History Of M.K.O Abiola.
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (August 24, 1937 – July 7, 1998), often referred to as M. K. O. Abiola, was a popular Nigerian Yoruba businessman, publisher, politician and aristocrat of the Egba clan born in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Moshood was his father’s twenty-third child but the first of his father’s children to survive infancy. MKO showed entrepreneurial talents at a very young...
History and Biography of Late Dr. Yusuf Maitama Sule, Danmasanin Kano
Dr Yusuf Maitama Sule Danmasanin Kano was born in the year 1929, that’s about 88 years ago in Yola quarters, Kano city. Maitama is the third child in his family, younger to his sisters Rabi, who was nicknamed Yaya ta Zagi and Maimuna who was nicknamed by Yaya ta Bichi. He was named Yusuf, after father of traditional title holder...
Biography of Nnamdi Azikiwe
Written by ChatAfrik Network Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904-1996) was one of the foremost Nigerian and West African nationalists and the first president of Nigeria. Nnamdi Azikiwe was born on Nov. 16, 1904, of Ibo parents in Zungeru, Northern Nigeria, where his father worked as a clerk in the Nigerian Regiment. His parents gave him the name Benjamin, but he later changed it...
Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa – Biography
Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, KBE(1) (December 1912 – January 15, 1966) was a Nigerian politician, and the only prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Originally a trained teacher, he became a vocal leader for Northern interest as one of the few educated Nigerians of his time. He was also an international statesman, widely respected across the African continent...
