Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (30 December 1927 – 1 June 2003) was a paediatrician, activist and health minister of Nigeria. Olikoye Ransome-Kuti was born in Ijebu Ode on 30 December 1927, in present-day Ogun State, Nigeria. His mother, Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, was a prominent political campaigner and women’s rights activist, and his father, Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, a Protestant minister and school principal, was the first president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers. His brother Fela would grow up to be a popular musician and a founder of Afrobeat, while another brother, Beko, would become an internationally known physician and political activist.…
Author: Oluwatoyin Mathnuel
Before the days of vinyl records in Nigerian homes, before Fela Kuti took Afrobeat global, there was a singing priest—Josiah Jesse Ransome-Kuti, the man whose hymns carried the gospel into Yoruba hearts and homes. A pioneer in more ways than one, he was the first Nigerian to ever record a gospel album, and one of the most innovative evangelists of his time. Born on June 1, 1855, in Igbein, Abeokuta, J.J. came from an Egba family that straddled tradition and Christianity. His father, Likoye, was a Yoruba traditionalist; his mother, Anne Ekidan, a devout Christian convert. His early education was…
Long before women in Nigeria started topping charts or winning medals, a young Gwari girl from Kwali, near Abuja, was already making waves with her bare hands—literally. Ladi Kwali, born in 1925, began pottery as a child, learning the traditional craft passed down by women in her village. But it wasn’t just pots she was moulding—she was shaping legacy. Her work was so intricate and beautiful that British potter Michael Cardew took notice and invited her to join his studio. There, Ladi blended African tradition with Western techniques, creating art that stunned the world. She became the first Nigerian woman…
On 18/06/2025 at about 12:20hrs Eagle-Net Surveillance Team stationed at Ughelli North LGA, while on Routine stop and search duty along Otokutu Bridge, Warri intercepted a black Toyota Corolla car with registration number RSH 90 RC driven by one Telvin Richmond m’, aged 27 years of Opete by Otokutu and one Frank Obiorah m’, aged 26 years of the same address. The vehicle and the suspects were subjected to a thorough search of the car, a locally made cut-to-size gun, two (2) yellow hand-bands inscribed with NBM “neo black movement”, one battle axe and a wooden pistol, all concealed inside…
Photo caption:L-R: Co-President, Ashoka Africa, Angelou Ezeilo; Divisional Head, Product Development, Fidelity Bank Plc, Osita Ede; Team Lead, Retail Banking, Fidelity Bank Plc, Onyeka Kurume; Winners, Changemaker Idea Pitch-A-Thon, Abule-Eko Community Junior Grammar School Pupils, District 2, Ikorodu Lagos; their Teacher, Alabi Felix; Project Coach, Opeoluwa Jamiu; Branch Leader, Fidelity Bank Plc, Festac, Ethel Genesis; and Regional Director, Ashoka Anglophone, West Africa, Josephine Nzerem; at the Ashoka Young Changemakers Festival in Lagos recently. As part of its commitment to youth empowerment and social impact, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc has partnered with Ashoka, a global network of social entrepreneurs,…
The Lagos NSCDC Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited on Tuesday, 24th June, 2025 performed, ground breaking ceremony for three hundred ( 300 ) units of one ( 1 ) and two ( 2 ) bedrooms in Igbehin Community, Agbowa, Ikosi – Ejirin, Lagos. The Lagos state Commandant, Mr Keshinro Adedotun while delivering his speech at the event said that the project was laudable, impactful and capable of solving the challenges of housing that often times affect the overall performance of personnel. The Lagos State Commandant said that the Command wants its men and officers to have roofs over their heads based…
L-R: Member, Nexus 2025 Inductee Class, Grace Bamigboje; Caregiver, Old People’s Home, Mrs Kebbi Orinowu; and Products Marketing Partner, Fidelity Bank Plc, Tolulope Rojaiye; at the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme Donation to Old People’s Home, Yaba, Lagos State recently. Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to corporate social responsibility with the donation of food and essential items to the Old People’s Home in Yaba, Lagos. The donation was made possible through the generosity of the bank’s Nexus Inductees Class, under its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative known as the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme (FHHP). Through the FHHP,…
Tensions reached a breaking point in Owo on Saturday as dismantled a cenotaph erected to honor the victims of the tragic June 5, 2022 church massacre was Demolished. The monument, located near the palace of the Olowo of Owo, had become the center of growing controversy within the community. Though intended by former governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as a solemn tribute to those who lost their lives during the St. Francis Catholic Church attack, the memorial quickly became a flashpoint for cultural and spiritual discord. It was gathered that critics—including high-ranking traditional chiefs and local elders— had voiced strong opposition, citing…
The last will and testament of the late respected statesman and former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief (Engr. Dr.) Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu , has been read to his family one year after his death and it allegedly comes with a controversial clause.Chief Iwuanyanwu married his first wife, Lady Eudora Nnenna Ozinyereaku Iwuanyanwu and they stayed married for over 40 years until her passing on August 28, 2011, at the age of 63.On June 16, 2025, late Chief Iwuanyanwu’s alleged will was made public by TheWill News Media .According to the publication, the Will, executed by Chief Chukwuma Ekomaru (SAN) , details…
The family of the late former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has plunged deeper into crisis as his first daughter, Mrs Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, has approached an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, seeking an order for a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test on seven individuals claiming to be Biological children of the deceased, as well as an application for the exhumation of the late governor’s body to carry out the DNA test. In a suit filed before Justice Taiwo of Court 12 at the state high court, ring road, Ibadan, with Motion Number I/443/2024, Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, through…