Human Rights Pioneers

Sonny Okosun was a Nigerian musician, who was known as the leader of the Ozzidi band. He named his band Ozzidi after a renowned Ijaw river god, but to Okosun the meaning was “there is […]

Chief Gani Fawehinmi GCON, SAN was a Nigerian author, publisher, philanthropist, social critic, human and civil rights lawyer, and politician.  He held the chieftaincy title of the Lamofin of Ondo.  BACKGROUND Saheed and Munirat Fawehinmi […]

Aminu Kano was a Muslim politician from Nigeria born in Sudawa, Gwale Local Government and resided at Gwammaja, Dala Local Government. In the 1940s he led a socialist movement in the northern part of the […]

Funke Abimbola MBE is a Nigerian businesswoman and lawyer. She advocates for diversity across UK society with a specific focus on the legal profession.  Abimbola attended Newcastle University to study law. Funke Abimbola is the […]

Olisa Agbakoba is a Nigerian human rights activist, maritime lawyer, and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association. Olisa Agbakoba was born on 29 May 1953 to Chief Justice Godfrey Ubaka and Mrs. Phina Agbakoba […]

Nkiru “Kiki” Mordi is a Nigerian investigative journalist, filmmaker, writer and entrepreneur. She dropped out of school because she was harassed by a lecturer in her school. This ordeal was what led her to shoot […]

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 […]

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi is a Nigerian-British feminist activist, writer and policy advocate. She was first lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria as wife of Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as […]

Ken Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, television producer, and environmental activist. Ken Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogoniland in the Niger Delta, has been targeted […]

Chief Margaret Ekpo was a Nigerian women’s rights activist and social mobilizer who played a pioneering role in the country’s First Republic as a leading female politician. She was part of a group of traditional […]