Category: Tribute

Okowa congratulates Ibori at 63

  Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated former Governor of the State, Chief James Ibori, as he clocks 63. Okowa’s message of felicitation...

Okowa mourns Oniga

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commiserated with the Oniga family, Urhobo nation and Nollywood over the passing of veteran actress, Rachael Oniga. . The renowned...

The day I fell in love with Peter Obi

Where has Feladey gone with his guitar?

By  TONY OKOROJI   It was just a month ago. On Wednesday, June 30, 2021, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), the nation’s biggest copyright collective...

Prince Muis Adediran Shodipe-Dosunmu: Painful passage

By Prince Uthman Ademilade Shodipe-Dosunmu Life is unfair. The heavens are not fathomable. We are all captives of the cruel whims of fate. My younger brother is gone....

A toast to Nduka Obaigbena @ 62

  By Maxim Uzoatu I have seen miracles happen before my very eyes. Back in 1986, the guru who brought me into journalism, Sonala Olumhense, resigned from his job as...

Soyinka: Celebrating our own Kongi at 87

  By DAN AMOR It was once the fashion to single out four men of letters as the supreme titans of world literature-Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe-each the...

Sanwo-Olu mourns Sound Sultan

  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the Fasasi family and the Nigerian entertainment industry on the passage...

Tributes pour in as Sound Sultan is buried in U.S.

…Makinde, Kalu mourn Torrents of tributes from the high and low has greeted the demise of popular musician, Lanre Fasasi (Sound Sultan), who was buried in...

TB Joshua gave me money after I won governorship election- Akeredolu

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Friday at the funeral service of the late legendary televangelist, TB Joshua, confessed that the late clergyman gave him some...

Goodnight, Tito, jolly good pal!

By Kunle Bakare Titoto Okpaise stood tall (April 14, 1962–June 26, 2021) Tick-tock, tick-tock! The clock chimes, and it’s Oluwatoyin ‘Tito’...