Sir ahmadu bello biography of william hill
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Okikiola Qasim
Queen Elizabeth School was founded in 1956; the school was the only Government School, while others were missionary at that time. The initiator of the school Sir Ahmadu Bello founded the school with the vision of breeding future leaders who will be proficient in all fields of endeavour and most importantly mothers who will give birth to many successful Nigerians and future leaders.
Undoubtedly, the school since inception has been able to achieve the objectives of its founding fathers given the high calibre of women it has produced. They are found to be movers and shakers of the Nigerian society either in government or business. This is a reputation which the school has often flaunted with the slogan, “We Are Always First”. Among the first as listed on the School’s Notice Board hung in its reception is the Former First Lady of Nigeria, the Hon. Justice Fati Lami Abubakar who is the current Chief Justice of Niger State;
First Female Presidential Aspirant, Mrs. Sarah Jubril; First Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Dr. Gambo Laraba Abdullahi; First Female Engineer in the North – Engr. Yelwa Tella; First Female Veterinary Doctor in West Africa – Dr. (Mrs) Fabunmi; First Executive Secretary, National Women Commission – Dr. Eyantu Ifene
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Threshold
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The Magical Years
On November 16, 1930, in Nnobi, near my hometown of Ogidi, providence ushered me into a world at a cultural crossroads. By then, a longstanding clash of Western and African civilizations had generated deep conversations and struggles between their respective languages, religions, and cultures.
Crossroads possess a certain dangerous potency. Anyone born there must wrestle with their multiheaded spirits and return to his or her people with the boon of prophetic vision; or accept, as I have, life’s interminable mysteries.
My initiation into the complicated world of Ndi Igbo was at the hands of my mother and my older sister, Zinobia, who furnished me with a number of wonderful stories from our ancient Igbo tradition. The tales were steeped in intrigue, spiced with oral acrobatics and song, but always resolute in their moral message. My favorite stories starred the tortoise mbe, and celebrated his mischievous escapades. As a child, sitting quietly, mesmerized, story time took on a whole new world of meaning and importance. I realize, reminiscing about these events, that it is little wonder I decided to become a storyteller. Later in my literary career I traveled back to the magic of th