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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,…

The amazing life of Sidney Poitier, the first black Hollywood star

Poitier surmounted many challenges to achieve greatness in a society divided along racial lines. And…

Truth Spoken Before its Time: Professor Bolaji Akinyemi at 80!

By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha Any man who has spent eighty long years on earth in…

A life of laughter and commitment ends as Tutu departs

By Owei Lakemfa In its darkest days when the evil Apartheid system reigned, South Africa…

Remembering ‘Big Bros’ Bonnie Iwuoha

  By Angela Agoawike When in November your health took a dangerously bad turn, everyone…

45 Years on Throne: Facts on 95-Year Old Owa of Idanre

  Oba Frederick Adegunle Aroloye,  JP, OFR Gbolagunte Arubiefin IV, the 26th Owa of the…

Justice Babalakin left worthy legacies – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled the qualities of the late Justice Bolarinwa Babalakin who died…