Nigeria’s Oldest Twins Celebrate 100th Birthday Together

Nigeria’s oldest twin sisters, Mrs Esther Taiwo Olukoya and Emily Kehinde Ogunde celebrated their 100th birthday together in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State on the 13th of March.

The twins, who are also great grandmothers, are sisters of the town's late traditional ruler, Oba Aderibigbe Martins, the Olugbani of Okun Owa. The sisters who were both choristers at Saint Barnabas Church, Okun-Owa were joined in hearty celebration by residents and family from across the world.

At a hundred years of age, the twins still have their complete dentition and Kehinde, the wife of late Chief Hubert Ogunde sprang to her feet when a delegation of Ogunde's children sang some of Ogunde's songs.. Both were full of smiles as they cut their birthday cake.