The Xpress Special

His real name is Ayobami Ajewole. Alongiside his brother, Femi, he launched into his chosen career in gospel comedy under a dance drama group, known as the Christ Chosen Vessels, and for the past 17 years, he has brought succor to the world…

Biodun Omolayo is an artist with a difference. Unlike many of his contemporaries whose clientele is adult-oriented, his passion is strictly to make artists of kids. He spoke with YEMISI OLUSINA on his peculiar choice, the pains and gains of…

Before now, Mrs. Blossom Chioma Gabriel is no doubt a woman of many parts. A successful fashion designer whose label, Craftitude, stands out for its originality in the area of cloth making and other fashion accessories, such…

She sits in the midst of corrugated rod and slabs of iron sheets without a care in the world. In a vocation often regarded as an exclusive for the menfolk, she holds sway and has carved a niche for herself. Welcome to the world of Miss…

For many years, Abdullah Baruwa was into building construction and was making waves in his chosen career. However, in 2012, he decided to stop and applied to the Nigeria Railway Corporation as a train driver. Luckily after vigorous…

In Ota, a border town between Lagos and Ogun states, a woman is making waves with her dexterity in painting cars. The workaholic woman’s workshop is directly under the Power Line along Oju-Ore/Ilogbo road near the cattle market where…

Although the sudden death of ace broadcaster, Chief Akolawole Olawuyi, dealt a big blow on his teeming audience, colleagues and the nation as a whole, no one could have felt the impact more than his wife and children, who were most intimate…

When next you see Shareefah Abiola Andu, the Chief Executive Officer of Arabel, an outstanding Islamic fashion, household items and books outfit in Ikeja, you will discover that she has a permanent wrinkle on her forehead, which she…

Lynda Odu-Okpeseyi is the Constitutional Area Speaker for Lions Anglophone countries, for the NewVoices, an initiative of the first female International President of Lions Club International, to balance gender parity in the association.…

If there is any field of labour, where the saying that what a man can do, a woman can do much better, it is on the job currently embraced by Mrs. Onyebuchi Arua. She did not only undertake the most difficult job of serving bricklayers,…