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Fayemi: 57 garlands for a bridge builder

Instances abound of Dr Fayemi’s bridge building and peace -making efforts aimed at ensuring amicable…

The Village Headmaster

I was combing through the stretch of books on the shelf last week in search…

Three Men, One Paradox

The first man was Adebayo Alao-Akala, former Oyo governor who swaggered around Agodi government house…

Prof Fatunde, you came, you saw, you played well your part

These days, especially since the unexpected exit of our dear Prof Pius Adesanmi, I have…

For Tunde Fatunde, It’s Nunc Dimittis

  By Tony Iyare I was in the habit of sharing deep thoughts, banters, wisecracks…

He taught Us How to Teach by Learning: For Ayo Bamgbose at 90

 By Niyi  Osundare   When I called him the “doyen of African linguistics” in my…

Chief Shonekan a deeply misunderstood patriot

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon and his wife, Victoria, on Tuesday, expressed their…

Encounters with Alao-Akala

  A few months after his Adedibu-aided emergence as Oyo State governor, Odunlami Olateju Temitayo…

Celebrating Professor Icha-Ituma, VC, Coal City University Enugu

Professor Afam Icha-Ituma, Vice-Chancellor of Coal City University, Enugu, Nigeria, turned 47 years on Wednesday,…

The Late Olubadan: A Requiem for Omo Ajé

  By  Oladeinde Olawoyin ------------------ One hazy morning in the second half of the noughties,…