Professor Is-haq Olarewaju Oloyede is a Nigerian professor of Islamic Studies and university administrator who served for ten years as Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, the body that runs Nigeria’s university entrance examination. He handed over in July 2026. Before JAMB he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of…
Monalisa Stephen was a Nigerian plus-size model, actress, clothing designer and body-positivity advocate who became widely known on social media for speaking openly against body shaming. She died in Lagos on 13 May 2025, at the age of 33, according to Within Nigeria. The earlier version of this page on hqbios.com was written as though…
Asa Asika is a Nigerian talent manager best known as the manager of the musician Davido and as a co-founder of The Plug, a Lagos-based entertainment company that works with several well-known Afrobeats artists. He has been in the music business since his teens and has become one of the better-known managers in African music….
Lionel Messi spent the first week of October 2026 saying goodbye to Argentina and the second week scoring twice for Inter Miami. The 39-year-old played his 208th and last match for his country on 6 October, a 3-0 friendly win over Benin in Buenos Aires, then returned to Major League Soccer, where he leads the…