Adebonajo Badejo (SAN): Tribute to a brilliant, affable legal luminary
On June 6, 2020, we woke up to a very sad message on our Nigeria Law School Class of 1980 WhatsApp forum, posted by our learned colleague, Prof. Koyinsola Ajayi (SAN), which read as follows: “With...
View ArticleGrace Idowu… remembering our jewel of inestimable value
It has been two decades since our mother Late Mrs Grace Ebunoluwa Idowu left us to be with the Lord. For the family, it has been a herculean task navigating life without you. The post Grace Idowu…...
View ArticleA pioneer’s legacy: Nathaniel Folarin Coker (July 22, 1923 – August 12, 2020)
The common sights, sounds and smells of Lagos Island’s neatly swept narrow streets, yes the town had street sweepers, public water pumps strategically located at corners and intersections, the streets...
View ArticleIn memory of High Chief Ebun Olawoye (1930-2020)
High Chief Ebun Olawoye was born in Ondo on January 6 1930 to the illustrious family of Pa Abraham Olawoye. His father was the son of Logbosere Fagbohunlu and grandson of High Chief Sasere Fasida,...
View ArticleShock as Dola begins final journey October 21
The media and communication industry was recently thrown into mourning mood over the sudden death of MTN Events and Sponsorship Manager, Okundola Agboola Bamgboye, popularly known in the social circle...
View ArticleTribute to my mother, Ezinne Henrietta Chinenyenwa Amorha
NDI nne MaaMaa. Chinenyenwa. Nwa Ezshikealoke Ogoo. These were my usual clarion greetings to Mama that she gladsomely responded lovingly with Chukwu bu ike anyi ooo (God is truly our strength). The...
View ArticlePresident Rawlings: My tribute to an unusual African Leader
One January afternoon in 2012, I as a nine-year-old girl, accompanied by my parents and younger siblings were ushered into a large but very modest waiting room in Ridge – Accra. I was nervous, not...
View ArticleFarewell, Jimanze Ego-Alowes, A.K.A. ‘wiseman from the East’ (1958-2020)
And Jimanze Ego-Alowes died from liver cancer at 62 before we could hatch his next-level proposal. A prolific author, he described himself on his Twitter handle as a “journalist... The post Farewell,...
View ArticleLife and times of Thomas Adebayo
Otunba Thomas Bamidele Adebayo, a well-to-do quantity surveyor was born on March 2, 1937 to Pa Michael Adebayo Onafowokan and Madam Sarah Adebayo... The post Life and times of Thomas Adebayo appeared...
View ArticleTribute to Justice Abdulkadir Orire (1930-2021)
Justice Abdulkadir Orire, a renowned Muslim cleric, distinguished teacher and seasoned jurist, was born at Obaninsunwa on June 3, 1930, and died on January 26, 2021. Orire started off with the study of...
View ArticleTribute to my worthy daughter, Nneoma Rebecca Tiriko (nee egbe)
Nne Daddy, Ada Ugo, Ada Ogada, Ada Eze, Ada du Uwa nma, it was not that I did not expect you to die, but not at the time you passed on. I lack words to pay tribute to you, which in human thoughts ought...
View ArticleProfessor John Ibemesi: Exit of extraordinary scholar
Emeritus Prof. John Akolisa Ibemesi has passed on. Ibemesi was born on November 25, 1942, in Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria. He was a native of Eziaja Village in Neni, Anaocha Local Council The post...
View ArticleThe Seyi I knew
I will not write a tribute to Seyi. Writing one would mean I accept he is actually gone. That is a reality I am not ready to face yet. The post The Seyi I knew appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria...
View ArticleOde to Dr. Tosin Ajayi
He had a dream of good health care for the African child. Health care was all he thought about. He was a trailblazer in health care in Nigeria. The post Ode to Dr. Tosin Ajayi appeared first on The...
View ArticleOlufemi Ogunsola: Philanthropist, Academic•••
Dr. Olufemi Ayodeji Ogunsola was born on January 25, 1955 in Minna, Niger State to the family of the late Prof A. F. Ogunsola of Ile Alagbede compound, Babanloma, Kwara State and Mrs. Victoria Ayodele...
View ArticleIsale Eko Descendants’ union pays tribute to late Alhaji Mikhail Adisa...
Isale Eko Descendants’ Union has announced the passing of an illustrious and eminent indigene of Isale Eko, Alhaji Mikhail Adisa Bashua, S.A.N., C.O.N. He was aged 91. This was contained in a statement...
View ArticleEminent artist, Yusuf Grillo goes home at 86
Considered one of the greatest modernist artists in Nigeria, Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo, has died. He died yesterday at the Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos, during a brief illness. He was 86. The...
View ArticleGoodnight, Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo
There could hardly have been a more lugubrious day for me and, I guess, countless others, than August 23, when I learned of the passing of Mr. Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo at the blessed age of 86. The...
View ArticleEulogy as Jude Rudolf Solomon, top business magnate, is buried
It was English Novelist George Eliot who said; “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.” Death is indeed the final stop for every man but what makes humans immortal is the good...
View ArticleMore Nigerians pay tributes to Late Abuja prime developer, Kanu
Many eminent Nigerians have been paying glowing tributes to the memory of the late chairman of Agura Hotel, Abuja, His Royal Highness (HRH), Sir Maxwell Kanu. The post More Nigerians pay tributes to...
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