Category: Tribute

Chief Imam of Egbaland: Amosun, others pay condolence visit

  Former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun on Tuesday led past top Government functionaries in the state to the residence of late Chief Imam of...

E.K. Clark, towering pillar at 93 — DESOPADEC MD

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has described Chief Edwin...

Ayinla Omowura: 40 years after

By Tunde Alabi-Hundeyi (Dudu) I never realized it’s 40 years ago. I was driving to Lantoro, in Abeokuta, to buy Ofada rice from Alhaja Oyalowo. I was still eating rice...

Adebayo Adetunji – the oldest youth leader dies at 88

By Chief Bisi Akande I knew and used to call him “Egbon Adebayo Onisiga” over 50 years ago . I was then the Divisional Accountant at the Ibadan Office of...

Kwara gov mourns FCC commissioner designate, James Kolo

  Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday commiserated with the Patigi community and the APC family over the sudden death of Mr. James Kolo, a...

Giwa Adesanya Yusuf@60: From humble beginning to greater exploits

By Tunde Abatan

Yusuff@60: From humble beginning to greater exploits

  At 60, he has traversed life and virtually all fields of human endeavour. Be it journalism where he received his training and cut his teeth as one of the pioneer...

Gambari: The trail of treachery

By Remi Oyeyemi Prof. Gambari, like Salih Janta, also known as Shehu Alimi, his ancestor who murdered the Yorùbá owners of Ìlorin, uses subtlety, intricate...

APC raises the stake, sells Presidential form for N100million

CoS: APC hails Gambari

  From Jimi Anjolaoluwa – Abuja The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, CFR, Nigeria’s former permanent...

Bob Marley’s 39th memorial: A historical excursion to his Jamaican roots

  Today, 11 May, it is exactly 39 years that Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley), the International reggae legend, died. That was on 11 May, 1981. In this archival...