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My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (PART 37
By Dapo Thomas During the long holiday, I had settled the issue of Oga Dara: I was not going to let him know that I was now attending a school in his...
My Diary:From Primary To Tertiary (PART 36)
Dapo Thomas Then the Principal wanted to know why I changed my position. I replied that I went to the restroom and by the time I returned, the boy was already...
My Diary: From Primary to Tertiary (PART 35
Dapo Thomas The following day in class, I couldn’t make noise. I was as cool as the early morning stream water. The timing of the nailing was inauspicious....
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary(34)
Dapo Thomas Three weeks in secondary school, I still didn’t think I was serious. The “omo’ta swags” were still there. I tried to...
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (Part 33)
Dapo Thomas On the evening of Tuesday, April 2, 1974 around 6pm, I just returned from the field where I had gone to play set. We were five at home. Iya...
Ogunleye: His distinguished career left and indelible mark says Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has described the late Towulade of Akinale, Oba Femi Ogunleye, as a great leader who lived an eventful life and put his...
My Diary: From Primary to Tertiary (Part 32) Dapo Thomas
Dapo Thomas One thing my great-grandmother loved most was to pray to GOD and to pray for man. On Thursday, the 17th of January, 1974, when she turned 90, I was...
My Diary: From Primary to Tertiary (Part 31)
Dapo Thomas Just to bring slippers from the room I started reciting “Qul hu Allah hu ahad”. The Yoruba have a saying: “Ti omode ba dé ibi eru,...
You have made an indelible Mark in the annals of Nigeria, Abiodun tells Amuka@89
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has described the publisher of Vanguard newspapers, Chief Sam Amuka-Pemu, as a media colossus, who through dint of...
My Diary From Primary to Tertiary(Part 30)
Dapo Thomas For the first time in several years, I found my two hands clutching each other peacefully at the back. I dared not make the mistake of unlocking them....
