Tag: Dapo Thomas, Prof Akin Alao
BOOK REVIEW – Dapo Thomas: ‘Lagos Boy and Lagos Politics’
Reviewer: Prof. Akin Alao, Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria. An “Auto-Memoir-Graphy” of Survival, Scholarship, and...
Dapo Thomas berths ‘Lagos Boy and Lagos Politics’
Professor Dapo Thomas addressing guests at the Launching Faces at the launching of Lagos Boy and Lagos Politics,memoir of Professor Dapo...
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary
By Dapo Thomas I did my post field presentation in 2010 thinking that by 2011, I should be done with my PhD but I was wrong. A friend of mine who finished in the same...
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (PART 77
Dapo Thomas We used to talk regularly. So, when Dele Alake called, I thought it was one of those regular calls. But this time around, he called to inform me of a...
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (Part 76)
Dapo Thomas The Head of Service, Mr Yakub Balogun, didn’t know how to start but he had to deliver the message BRF had sent him: ” Dapo Thomas must...
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (Part 75)
Dapo Thomas The stage was set for the exit and entrance of two Governors of Lagos State. Bola Ahmed Tinubu was exiting, Babatunde Raji Fashola was coming...
My Diary: From Primary to Tertiary (Part 74)
Dapo Thomas While the welfare package was being sorted out, I had called a meeting of the Forum of Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants for...
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (Part 73)
Dapo Thomas When I told Engr. Rahman Owokoniran, who had just been appointed the Commissioner for Housing, not to eat with Governor Bola Tinubu, he...
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (PART 72)
Dapo Thomas Suddenly, Prof. Fatiu Akesode died. He died March 30, 2001. He died just a month after he got his second term of 4 years. He was first...
My Diary: From Primary to Tertiary.(Part 71)
Dapo Thomas Two hours after Lai Muhammed went to Oga’s office (that’s what I called the Governor officially), I didn’t hear anything from above....
