"You need to keep learning, read new materials all the time and learn different things, especially when you are in a situation where you are interacting with people who also want to learn from you."

"There is a process that you have to go through as a broadcaster or broadcast journalist. You have to understand that you’re a messenger and the purveyor of a message and the message is more important than the messenger."

"We do not have to speak like the Queen, but let us aim for educated English language where the consonants and vowels sounds are well pronounced."

"Step up to the podium, embrace the light, keep your eyes steady and choose to challenge."

"When information is sent to you, it only exists if you respond or forward it to others. The more it is circulated, the more dangerous it becomes."

"I’m grateful for being this consistent. It has been an amazing lockdown for me, I committed to a portrait a day, somedays I’m uninspired but the purpose has been the best thing for me."

"Trying to be like anyone else is a recipe for failure because it is not possible. Even identical twins are different. So, keep improving your knowledge and keep practising your craft so that you can be your authentic self."

"Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity. It eliminates class biases and attracts and maintains favourable attention."

"It takes time to develop a name, to develop reputation and to develop acceptance."

"You have to be on top of your game all the time. You have to be current, you have to consistently read and keep on practicing your pronunciation because it’s very easy to slip within an environment."

"You need to keep your mind active to know what’s happening all around you."

"Undoubtedly, the education and welfare of children, who are the bedrock of the society, is key to the overall development of any nation. Nigeria not exempted. It, therefore, behooves on everyone in the private and public sector to join hands in ensuring that their children are provided the necessary education to arm them for their future development."

"It is time for women to add their voices to climate finance, not just that but for them to wake up and begin to benefit from climate finance."

"when you look at things as problems it means that nothing can be done about a situation."

"love is greater than sex, marriage is a place of peace, we must pray to have that peace."

"qualities a young person needs, is to believe in self, develop entrepreneurial skills and learn to be assertive."

"As a young person who wants to go into development work you must not be afraid of taking risk, but calculated risk not suicidal ones."

"Everything is achievable if you put your mind to it, no matter how difficult it appears at first."

"You don’t see problems, you see challenges, because with challenges you are ready to work around it."

"Better life for rural women."

"The most important thing is where your passion lies and what your motivation is."

"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."

"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."

"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 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."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"If you claim to be telling the stories of African women and you don’t document the bad experiences, then you won’t be honest in your coverage of women, because those bad and terrible experiences are the realities of many women."

"Generally, the media business not just in Nigeria, but in Africa is hard. The media has not yet hacked how to make money."

"Social media has been helpful because you can use social media to get information for stories and can use social media to gather data."

"The world is constantly changing and you have to find the best way to tell your story, sometimes you might find that text is perfectly fine but other times you might need to make it into a podcast or an audio version, it really depends on what the story needs"

"Podcasting is still a concept that people are getting used to, especially in Africa. Podcasting is difficult because people still think it’s radio and you need an internet connection to listen to an episode."

"There is a certain standard that women are placed on, much higher than men. Why is it that when it’s a woman it’s like so much more dramatic and quite frankly irritating?"

"You need to be open-minded, when you start you will start off doing work that you don’t really enjoy because you need to grab as many skills as possible."

"Don’t Ever Look Down On Anyone"

"Youths are the future of the nation and only the foolish will neglect giving them attention."

"Even if you cannot relocate to Nigeria immediately, visit home to see in which way you can lend us a helping hand in rebuilding the country."

"Being a First Lady, I do not see it as an avenue to be arrogant. First Lady is just another form of public office … I see this opportunity as a call to service not for personal aggrandizement at all."

"Things will continue to deteriorate in the country unless more women were allowed to participate in governance."

"I, therefore, will like to affirm that it would amount to foolishness of a rather high degree, to ignore this enormous resource base. In a developing economy such as ours, every national development plan or programme ought to be anchored on the improvement of the productive capacity of the workforce."

"At the micro-level, it is very evident today that one-income families are faring much worse than families in which both husband and wife are engaged in productive economic activities. Indeed, the harsh realities of objective economic circumstances have forced many to reconsider that infamous cliché that a woman’s place is in the kitchen. A great many men have become sufficiently humble, enough to ask their wives to come to their rescue so that the kitchen can remain functional."

"Indeed, as you mourn her passing away, please also remember to celebrate her life. That is how she would like to be remembered."

"I want to charge you with the responsibility of championing the cause of peace in your state. You must do all in your power, individually and collectively to ensure that the recent reports of violence in your State are also the very last."

"It is a great pleasure for me to be here this evening, and to share in the joy of this celebration of womanhood. I will like to thank the publishers of People State and Resource Magazine, not only for instituting these awards in honour of women, but also for nominating me for the PSR Woman of Merit Gold Award."

"I thank you for your thoughtfulness and courage, even in the face of relentless denial of the contribution of women to national development. I am encouraged that a specialized publication like the PSR has come out to make this bold statement. The role of women in development can no longer be considered as marginal or supplementary."

"After the internment, I decided to look into the circumstances of her (Stella Obasanjo) death. I found that part of her 60th birthday anniversary, which was unknown to me, was her operation for her tummy and her shape."