Category: Tribute
Awujale Adetona and governace at 86
Fassy Adetokunboh Yusuf BUT for the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) currently ravaging the entire universe, the fourth Annual lecture series of the Professorial Chair on...
Elegushi mourns Justice Oluwa
…Says he was an illustrious Lagosian Prominent Lagos monarch, Elegushi of Ikate Kingdom, Oba Saheed Elegushi, has commiserated with the family of the late Justice...
Nigeria journalists hail Otufodurin @56
Nigerian journalists on Saturday celebrated the Executive Director, Media Career Development Network, Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin who clocked 56. Many young and old...
Ode to Justice Isiaka Oluwa
HE WAS THE ONE WHO PASSED A DEATH SENTENCE ON A LAGOS SOCIALITE, EJIGBADORO IN 1976. A NO-NONSENSE, INCORRUPTIBLE JUDGE. HE WAS THE BEST FRIEND TO JUSTICE YAYA JINADU,...
Tribute to Justice Isiaka Oluwa
By Chief Olabode George I am saddened, touched and disturbed by the passage of Justice Isiaka Oluwa. He was a good man. He was a Lagosian original, predicated on...
Kwara gov hails Olofa on 10th annivarsery
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Olofa of Offa Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi (Esuwoye II) on the 10th anniversary of his ascending the...
Michael Jackson’s mum turns 90, reflects on son’s death
Hers and her son’s (Michael Jackson) life are inextricably tied. And it seems they both traded fame and longevity. While she got the longevity her son never...
Omowura: Man who sat on 200 needles
(A review of Festus Adedayo’s ‘Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend’) By Lasisi Olagunju, Ph.D Five hundred and thirty five pages...
Capt Kuti, dies at 78
Captain Harrison Adekunle Kuti, first Nigerian Commercial Pilot to fly Boeing 747 died after a brief illness on March 28, 2020. He was born in 1942. Captain...
Ex-Sokoto gov dies at 82
….A dedicated statesman says Tambuwal The late Nadama Second republic civilian governor of Sokoto state, Dr Garbage Nadama is dead. He passed on Monday at 82. The...
