"After that my daughter, her name is Grace, she found out about TikTok and she joined. I registered in my name and she used it to watch videos on my account - then we made a dance video. She was like, 'we should make more videos."

"Kids didn't go to school or even have a place to learn, some would spend a day or two days hungry, so I decided it would be better if I just gave everything up and started a school under a tree."

"I came to papa in 2019 to visit with a friend of mine, and that's when I discovered that there was extreme poverty in the village."

"emphatically one of our national artists", with "her quaint brush and charmingly original way of looking at things"

"an English lady who has long resided in the colony and has mingled farming with painting"

"self-possessed by nature and training", who "loved freedom... a slim intrepid woman, with her wide human interests, and zest for work... poised squarely in the path of life, like a bright eagle ready to fly the wind against any wrong done to the young, weak or innocent"

"Jill of all trades, and master of most of them... who, if she was busy, would slip a delicately beaded white chiffon dinner dress over her riding trousers and high leather boots, to arrive at a dinner party with a riding crop instead of a bag."

"‘If Diane’s purpose was the intrigue and open the reader’s mind to Oshun, then she’s done a spectacular job as I’m now hungry for more learning on the subject’"

"‘There’s something incredibly effortless and beautiful about the way Esguerra writes’"

"‘Diane Esguerra is a very fine writer’"

"And as with all religions, there is no true way to explain it along rational lines without leeching it of its meaning and intensely personal quality. You are a part of it and it is a part of you. You may, as so many have done, push it aside, but it remains in you…in all of us."

"Creative thinking and art are not measurable since they're testimony of the truth and inherent in all that exists. And this truth, the only truth, has many faces. Who can count the faces of truth? All religion are ultimately the religion of mankind. Art is ritual."

"The veil of taboo and language scepticism lays itself over the works that are free from materialism and empty transcendence."

"“serve life in a life-enhancing way”"

"I saw Richard Moore die [...] [He looked] serenely at the celling, as his lawyer, who [had become] close to him while fighting for his life over a decade, wept."

"traces of romantic interest albeit they never formed an exclusive couple. This special relationship lasted for a long time"

"She always had a way with words and they were pretty effective. That didn’t mean she didn’t deal with us when the need arose, but once she was done, you knew that you deserved it."

"It was also not always about money; if she felt you were worth it, she would give you access to her network in furtherance of your goals."

"She was always big on giving people opportunities regardless of their gender, background or circumstances. If you truly needed help and were ready to work, she would move heaven and earth to help you."

"She was a consummate professional and when she was working, it was a joy to watch her. The words just seemed to magically appear on the page and reading her stories gave me my first taste of real journalism."

"Mrs. Oyo was an outstanding woman, journalist and professional. She scored a lot of firsts as a journalist. She was the first female president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors(NGE)."

"She was an accomplished journalist and a very serious-minded administrator. She was one journalist who got to the peak of her profession. Journalists will always remember her passion for the profession and her emphasis on ethics and professionalism."

"Remi was a strong woman for us all. Her voice still echoes. She, as woman and a wife, was a binding force. She was a true team player both within the family and in her professional life. I’m sure your colleagues would tell you who she was, a team player, I repeat and the most wonderful wife any man could desire."

"She was a pillar to Nigerian journalism and the Guild. She transformed the Guild and will always be remembered."

"All your hard work will never be in vain, especially if your work is clean."

"And now, the end is near"

"I realized many companies did not have enough computers. I saw an opportunity, so I started initially by buying foreign brands and selling to my customers."

"Nothing good comes easy. To build a successful business, it takes a lot of patience and dedication."

"Whatever idea or concept one has can easily be destroyed by the banks. There has to be some kind of reforms in the banking system for things to thrive."

"If I had my choice, I won’t borrow from Nigerian banks because on three occasions, they threatened us over a loan."

"“I don’t have pressure of any kind, I do my work the way I should”."

"Once you set up a company, whether you are a woman or a man, and you have to pay salaries, it does not matter who is involved. When you are in a battlefield or in a competitive field, you forget whether you are a woman or a man."

"I’ve lived a life that’s full I’ve traveled each and every highway. But more, much more than this I did it my way”"

""“I’ve been depressed for some years and it became worse when I lost my daughter in 2020.""

""I have depression, I have been depressed for some years and it became very worse when I lost my daughter in 2020. I was 14 when I had her, she was my best friend, and sister, I just saw my world crumbling down before me.”""

""I have an issue right now that can take my life, but I won't die. I would get over it"""

"“Commonwealth of Massachusetts"

"Belinda Sutton’s Petition"