A woman has nine lives
By Oluwatoyin Akinola
For Dr. Olutoyin Phillips nee Euba, mum’s advice is golden if not sacred. Thus one is not surprised at what she’s made of her life. Though an only child, her privileged circumstances rather than get into her head spurred her to make the most of it, such that even when she met Olumide Phillips (her husband of about 30 years) and marriage was on the agenda, the first thing she told him was that she wanted to get her PhD first. And she did, at a time when women that got that far could be counted on the fingers of one hand.