Sarah Forbes Bonetta was originally born ‘Aina’ in 1843 to Egbado parents of the Yoruba ethnic group. Her father was the high chief of Oke-Odan, an Egbado village in western Nigeria, till he was killed in 1848 when King Gezo of Dahomey , one of the notorious slave raiders in the 19th century , raided […]
When history takes a census of men and women who have made impact and affected the society, what should indeed count, apart from social, economic development and values on the national scale, is critically the stepdown on how specific individual lives and organisations have been positively touched. A public opinion analyst, Emefu Ibeayoka, writing from […]
A BOY, about 12 approached my car as I stopped at a traffic light in Abuja. It was difficult to guess when last he might have had a bath. His bushy hair might not have felt the touch of a comb in a long while. When I looked more closely at him as he asked for alms, he was a beauty; like gold in a mud. I asked him his name. “Abdullahi.” His surname? “Abinchi.” That means food in Hausa. So I explained what I was enquiring. He replied: “Abinchi.” He was not smiling, so it wasn’t a joke. But I was convinced that could not be his surname. It might simply mean the reality he faces; hunger.
A BOY, about 12 approached my car as I stopped at a traffic light in Abuja. It was difficult to guess when last he might have had a bath. His bushy hair might not have felt the touch of a comb in a long while. When I looked more closely at him as he asked for alms, he was a beauty; like gold in a mud. I asked him his name. “Abdullahi.” His surname? “Abinchi.” That means food in Hausa. So I explained what I was enquiring. He replied: “Abinchi.” He was not smiling, so it wasn’t a joke. But I was convinced that could not be his surname. It might simply mean the reality he faces; hunger.
And so, for 12 days, he raised about N1, 900, through alms begging, out of which, on his return to Offa, he paid N520 for his admission at the Erin-Ile school
The Story of Psquare from start up to break up Why Glo did not renew their contract Peter and Paul Okoye formed the group Psquare. Their brother Jude Okoye is elder brother and manager. P-Square began in St. Murumba secondary school, a small Catholic school in Jos, Nigeria. Peter and Paul joined their school music […]
Mr. Segun Agbaje is the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank plc. With over (25) twenty-five years investment and international banking experience, Mr. Agbaje is involved in the general management of the Bank’s day-to-day operations and has earned a reputation as a truly accomplished and highly respected professional within the West Africa sub-region, given his […]
