84-year-old driving instructor still going strong
In his long, productive life, Paul Connors has never sighed while thinking about the road not taken. In 1948, Connors gave his first auto driving lesson while sitting in the front passenger seat of his...
View ArticleI want to live beyond 114 years – Afe Babalola
Legal icon, Afe Babalola, 84, tells SUCCESS NWOGU that eating vegetables, walking around his farms and being close to nature are some of the secrets of a healthy life What was your beginning like? God...
View ArticleI still farm at 81— Civil war survivor
At 81, Hannah Anike is still strong and agile. In this interview with OZIOMA UBABUKOH, she talks about how her family coped during the Nigerian civil war and what Enugu looked like in her days What...
View Article81-year-old model hired for couture collection
The age-old tale that a model’s career is over by the time she reaches her twenties is, well, old news these days. Introducing Jennie Rhodes, a silver-haired model who is making waves at the impressive...
View Article80-year-old still teaching swimming lessons
A Manatee county man celebrated his 80th birthday at the poolside at the GT Bray Aquatic Centre in Bradenton doing what he loved most. He was teaching swimming lessons. He talked matter of factly...
View ArticleI listen to country music before going to bed — 80-year-old accountant
In this interview with MOTUNRAYO JOEL, 80-year-old Olumuyiwa Babington-Ashaye shares his life experience and success secrets Where and when were you born? I was born on July 30, 1933 in Lagos State....
View ArticleCardinal Okogie prevented me from committing suicide — 81-year-old businessman
In this interview, 81-year-old Andrew Chegwe tells ARUKAINO UMUKORO about his adventurous life and how he survived a nine-day journey through the Sahara Desert Where did you grow up and how was growing...
View ArticleMan, 80, celebrates birthday playing golf on six continents
Harry Scott, who will soon turn 80, is celebrating his birthday by going the world in six days, playing golf at each stop. Scott loves golf and travel, so beginning Labour Day, his latest adventure...
View ArticleI almost became a rascal — 80-year-old retired judge
A former president, Court of Appeal and pioneer Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, shares some of his life experiences in this...
View ArticleMan, 81, jumps from second floor of burning home
Eighty-one-year-old Jim Hodkins, with his wife, Bertha, survived a fire outbreak in their home in Sibley. Jim, a Missouri man, jumped from the second floor to escape, broke his leg in the fall, then...
View ArticleNo one knows the secret of long life — 81-year-old retired bishop
The retired Catholic Bishop of Benin Diocese, Patrick Ekpu, who will be 82 in October, speaks with JAMES AZANIA on his childhood experience, his more than five decades as a priest and other issues What...
View ArticleOctogenarian couple share secrets of 63-year-old marriage
In this interview with MOTUNRAYO JOEL, 90-year-old Moses Agbonjinmi and his wife, 86-year-old Elizabeth, share the secrets of their 63-year-old marriage When were you born and where did you have...
View ArticleCouple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary
On November 25, 1932, FDR had just defeated Herbert Hoover, the daily newspaper cost two cents, and Ann Shawah said “I do” to John Betar in Harrison, N.Y. Fast forward through 13 presidents and 80...
View Article83-year-old inventor wins $40,000 contest
For all its transformative potential, the high costs of 3-D printing continue keeping it from achieving mass consumer adoption. Now a new open source device may change that with its ability to create...
View ArticleI have over one million pictures — 83-year-old Ojeikere
In this interview with ARUKAINO UMUKORO, Okhai Ojeikere talks about some of his life’s experiences and photography career spanning over six decades When were you born and how was it like growing up?...
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94-year-old man becomes oldest contestant at ‘X Factor’
Judges in the ‘X Factor’ show, Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Scherzinger have discovered their oldest ever star, a 94-year-old man named Bill The judges were impressed with...
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I have a list of what I must do daily — 94-year-old ex-NITEL MD
A former Managing Director of NITEL, Mr. Victor Haffner, who turned 94 on September 1, in this interview with YETUNDE BROWN speaks on his childhood experience, career and other issues How old are you?...
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I didn’t expect to live to 80 — 84-year-old author
In this interview with ARUKAINO UMUKORO, 84-year-old Pa Adio Mosanya shares his experience as a railways station master, his days of unionism and his nuggets for good living When were you born? I was...
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84-year-old survives five days in desert
Henry Morello prayed to Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lost things. But as the 84-year-old spent a fifth night stuck in a ditch in the Arizona desert, he started to lose hope. “My phone went dead,...
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I hid my family under the bed during 1966 coup —80-year-old Okuboyejo
Former Wema Bank Executive Director and Obasewa of Ijebuland, Oluneye Okuboyejo, who recently retired from the board of University Press Plc, tells OLUFEMI ATOYEBI how he survived with his family...
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