All memorials
Ebere Chiamaka Ezeugwu
“Ebe”
1988 – 2025
First Bank relationship manager, Port Harcourt, and the daughter who kept the rhythm going
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Rafiatu Adunni Oyelade
“Iya Alata”
1948 – 2022
Iyaloja of Mushin's pepper sellers who fed a neighbourhood and schooled sixty girls
Lagos, Nigeria
Obiora Ndubuisi Ezeugwu
“Obi Guitar”
1942 – 2021
Highlife guitarist and bandleader who kept Enugu dancing for half a century
Enugu, Nigeria
Aminu Garba Rano
“Malam Aminu”
1941 – 2025
Professor of Arabic, neighbourhood imam and teacher of Kano's gentlest Quran class
Kano, Nigeria
Aisosa Iyobosa Idemudia
“Aunty Sosa”
1958 – 2024
Abuja barrister and former NNPC counsel who took on cases nobody else would
Abuja, Nigeria
Olufemi Babatunde Ajayi
“Prof. B.”
1938 – 2023
Plant pathologist, deacon and the professor who taught Ibadan to save its cassava
Ibadan, Nigeria
Titilayo Bosede Ajayi
“Matron Tito”
1940 – 2019
Matron of UCH Ibadan who trained a generation of nurses and sang at every bedside
Ibadan, Nigeria