16-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN BECOMES GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER
Gbenga Ezekiel, a Nigerian senior secondary school student, entered the Guinness World Record for the most skips in a minute on one leg. The 16-year-old attends Ijapo High School in Akure, the Ondo State capital. With 265 skips, Ezekiel successfully broke Rasel Islam of Bangladesh’s previous Guinness World Record of 262 skips in a minute. […]
FAWAZ – A CHESS CHAMPION FROM OSHODI
Indeed there is a star in everyone! Adeoye Fawaz, an 18-year-old boy who works as a conductor in Oshodi, has emerged as the overall champion in a chess and mental maths competition organised by Chess in Slums Africa. The competition was organised for 51 homeless children between the ages of 11 and 20 years who […]
MISSING BAG OF MONEY FOUND BY DRIVER IN THE AIRPORT RETURNED TO OWNER
Meet Emmanuel Eluu, a driver at the airside of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), who found a bag containing $20,000, N500,000, jewelry, and other valuables worth millions of naira forgotten inside a bus used for conveying passengers. The bag has since been returned to the owner by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators […]
MEET ELOHOR, THE FIRST FEMALE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SHELL NIGERIA IN OVER 60 YEARS
Shell Exploration Company has appointed Elohor Aiboni as its new managing director with effect from Sunday, August 1st. She becomes the first female to occupy the position in over 60 years of Shell’s operations in Nigeria. Congratulations on this historic appointment!
AKINTOLA WILLIAMS AT 102 YEARS
We celebrate Pa Akintola Williams who turned 102 years old on Sunday, August 8th. He is indeed a living legend. Pa Williams is the first chartered accountant in Africa. He founded the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in 1965 and championed the establishment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 1960. Between April […]
LADUNNI THANKFUL AT 50
Meet Ladunni Idowu Giwa-Osagie, who gave birth at the age of 50! Her story is that of hope and incredible resilience despite challenges. She got married at 49 years old and gave birth to a baby few days to her 50th birthday. Congratulations Ladunni!