tribute
-
Guest Columnist
Issa Hayatou: End of African Football Golden Era, By Ikedi Ohakim
The death of Dr Issa Hayatou, the longest serving president of the Confederation of African Football recently at the age…
Read More » -
Guest Columnist
10 Years Without Dimgba Igwe, By Femi Adesina
“He didn’t make it.” That was what Pastor Dickson Anyanwu quietly whispered to me as he came out of the…
Read More » -
Living
Onyeka Onwenu: I can’t believe you are gone! By Azuh Arinze
My first encounter with the no-nonsense and highly principled Elegant Stallion, Lady Onyeka Onwenu, MFR, is a great lesson on…
Read More » -
Guest Columnist
Ken-Calebs Olumese at 80: An Extraordinary Showbiz Impresario, Mentor and Leader, By Ehi Braimah
When I arrived Lagos in 1988 after my NYSC in Awka, Anambra State, as a young graduate, I never knew…
Read More » -
Guest Columnist
Adedeji Adeleke: A lesson in humility, By Idowu Olayinka
A Yoruba proverb states that ‘Iwa l’oba awure’. This roughly translates to ‘Good character is the harbinger of good fortune’.…
Read More » -
Inside Nigeria
Ajulo’s Moving Tribute to Primate Solomon Niran Aluko, unblemished Ijesa; man of unmatched elegance, grace, and spiritual distinction
A Tribute To A Vintage Ijesha Man Of Unparalleled Elegance, Grace And Spiritual Distinction, His Eminence Primate Solomon Niran Aluko,…
Read More » -
Inside Nigeria
Beyond satire: Columnist as moral compass, By Louis Odion, FNGE
Treacherous was the moment. Most editors got a whiff of the story but were either afraid or reluctant to publish.…
Read More » -
Inside Nigeria
Wole Soyinka: Ahoy to a Mentor at 90, as I tell Some Stories, By Kayode Olagunju, PhD, mni
We had all gathered with excitement in our Federal Road Safety Commission branded white tee-shirts and shots in Abuja in…
Read More » -
Inside Nigeria
If This Osita Chidoka’s Tribute to Ike Ekweremadu at 62 Doesn’t Move You, Nothing Will
Ike Ekweremadu: My Friend and the Global Leader at 62 We met in 1997; you came to pick me up…
Read More » -
Inside Nigeria
Sidi Ali: A Veteran Journalist from a Northern Media Family, By Gidado Y. Shuaib
“Zamu Daura ma auren dole!” Hajiya Hakama Sidi Ali thundered over the phone after I answered her call. In Hausa,…
Read More »