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Peace Anyiam-Osigwe filmmaker
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe: The Visionary Filmmaker Passionate About Giving Voice to the Voiceless

When Nigerian filmmaker Peace Anyiam-Osigwe was asked about her other projects aside from the Africa…

Jolade Tella: 30-year-old human calculator tells story of what it was like to be a child genius

In a video shared on the internet in September 2019, a lady armed with a…

Bolanle Raheem: The Lawyer And Realtor Who Touched Lives, Left Lasting Impact But Got Killed By Police At 41

On the morning of December 25, 2022, Bolanle Raheem, with her husband and business partner,…

What Happens To Funds In Nigerian Investment Platforms And Apps When The Customer Dies?

Imagine this: You have some money saved in your bank account while also having some…

Dotun Ayeni
‘Japa’: How Nigerian organisations are dealing with rising talent drought with i-deals

“I asked them to reschedule the interview and make it a virtual conversation, but they…

What’s left to be said about the Civil War? This veteran tells story of how land-locked Biafran soldiers refined crude oil
What’s left to be said about the Civil War? This veteran tells story of how land-locked Biafran soldiers refined crude oil

On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb…

Femi Otedola
How Femi Otedola convinced his father to run for Lagos governor

When Femi Otedola approached his father, Sir Michael Otedola, and pitched the idea of running…

How Young Farmers Are Losing Multimillion Naira Investment To Nigeria’s Worst Flooding In A Decade

The rising cost of animal feed was the deciding factor for 30-year-old Ogunniyi Ayobami to…

Gideon John
Gideon John – Displaced By Insurgency. Choked By Flooding. The Story Of 25-Year-Old Nigerian Rice Farmer Who Lost All

“I really feel bad and I don’t know where to start from. All hope is…

Chinelo Megafu
She was inches away from leaving Nigeria. The story of Dr Chinelo Megafu

When the Organist at Shepherdhill Baptist Church, Lagos, started playing the keyboard at 10:52 am…

Olugbenga Owolabi
Olugbenga Owolabi – He Left Nigeria In His 20s, Abducted And Killed On His Return In His 50s. The Horrific Story Of Ogbomoso Hotelier

It was evening on Thursday, July 28, 2022. The fury of the day’s sun had…

Idowu Ajagbe: How Killing Of Okada Rider Who Volunteered To Deliver Ransom To Ogbomoso Kidnappers Threw His Family In Despair

“I will be back shortly. Alabaa sent me on an errand.” With those words, Idowu…

Expensive Funerals: Grieving families share tales of how losing parents is costlier than staying alive in southeast
Expensive Funerals: Grieving Nigerian Families Share Tales Of How Losing Their Parents Cost More Than Keeping Them Alive

People in various societies across the world bury their dead in different ways. The Tibet…

Isaac Adaka Boro
Isaac Adaka Boro – The Ijaw soldier who declared secession of Niger Delta Republic

The January 15, 1966 coup led by an Igbo military officer – Kaduna Nzeogwu, altered…

Daniel Bamidele: Punished By Buhari For Reporting A Planned Coup. Then Babangida Executed Him 3 Years Later For Not Reporting Another

“Are you interested in my father’s story because another general election in Nigeria is around…

Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi: From advancing HIV treatment to championing advocacy against IELTS
Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi: From advancing HIV treatment to championing advocacy against IELTS

The world over, philanthropists are known for making impact by giving back a portion of…

Ikoli Harcourt
Ikoli Harcourt Whyte – The Nigerian music genius who disgraced disability to become the father of Igbo church music 

Before his tragic death in an auto crash in 1977, Ikoli Harcourt Whyte was one…

King Gezo
King Gezo of Dahomey: West Africa’s most notorious slave-trading monarch who had an all-female army

Historians perceived him as a notorious slave-trader who terrorised several communities in Nigeria and Benin…