Billionaire Femi Otedola has recounted how struggling with academics made him drop out of high school and steer him into the world of business.Speaking in the newly released 286-page memoir, ‘Making It Big’, Otedola, 62, revealed how he started his education at the University of Lagos Staff School in 1968. The energy mogul disclosed that…
I went to a secondary school. It was called a Federal Government Girls’ school in a place called Sagamu, and that was like being in prison.” – Kemi Badenoch. Kemi Badenoch has made a habit (indeed, a politics) of narrating Nigeria as a failed origin story. In doing so, she weaponises personal discomfort as public…
IN Nigeria, bad behaviour often cascades from the top, with the so-called ‘big man’s’ impunity undermining integrity in every aspect of national life. The incident involving celebrity musician Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as KWAM 1 and K1 de Ultimate, and ValueJet Airlines at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Tuesday exemplifies this troubling trend. A…
Kemi Adetiba was born on January 8, 1980, in Lagos, Nigeria, to esteemed communications engineer, Dele Adetiba and renowned civil engineer and actress Mayen Adetiba. Raised in a culturally rich environment, Kemi’s creative journey began early. As a child, she featured in a popular OMO detergent commercial, setting the tone for a career deeply rooted…
In the heart of Nigeria’s ‘Food Basket,’ horror has become a recurring visitor, and the tales are written in blood and tears. But the latest attack in Benue State stands as one of the deadliest in recent memory, both in scale and brutality. In the early hours of Saturday, 14th June 2025, gunmen descended on…
I am naturally homophobic; I run from blood. But I had to encourage myself to watch the videos of the killings in Yelwata town in Benue State on Friday night. The killings, which the locals said started around 10.45pm on Friday, lasted till 2.00 am on Saturday without any help coming the way of the…
It was a terrible day, a day no one wants to remember. Even if it is remembered at all, it is for the miracle of God showing up to save and preserve the life of Dr. Mike Adenuga—who survived a gunshot in the thigh and subsequently rose from the ashes of near-death to become one…
He was one of Nigeria’s greatest musicians. Read what he said about his story in an interview published by Modern Ghana in 2025 below: I started first with Igbo music called Ekpili at the age of 17. That was in 1965. We were only two, Alexander Emelumonye and myself. In 1970, after the civil war,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Professor ( Senator) Banji Akintoye @90 Professor (Senator )Stephen Adebanji Akintoye, also known as Professor Banji Akintoye was born on February 18th 1935 in Ado-Ekiti,the capital of the present Ekiti State of Nigeria. He is a Nigerian-born academic, historian and writer. He attended Christ’s School Ado Ekiti, Nigeria from 1951–1955, and studied…
Ladi Jadesimi is one of the richest Nigerians alive. Chief Ladi Jadesimi is a Nigerian oil businessman and founder of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base, where he serves as the executive chairman. Oladipo Jadesimi completed his secondary school education at King’s College, Lagos. He graduated from Oxford University in 1966 with M.A. and L.L.B….
