Tribute

With gratitude to God Almighty, we announce the passing into glory of our great Father who lived for the children, the family, the Church, the community, and the entire Nation – Chief C. O. Ogunbanjo, […]

Many are still in utter shock and disbelief; others are yet to come to the reality of the devastating transition to glory of a great man of the people, an intellectual icon and a boardroom […]

For all mortals, death is an inevitable end. The journey of life can be aptly likened to a commercial vehicle conveying passengers to a destination and each person dropping off at his or her own […]

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has lauded the contributions of former National Legal Adviser of the party, Honourable Babatunde Ogala SAN, to democracy, good governance, social justice and […]

If you dissect the whole teachings of the philosophical school called humanism, though it looks like its opposite, it is almost synonymous with that biblical exhortation which asks man not to lay treasures for himself […]

General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida charmed the Nigerian public when he ousted the then Major-General Muhammadu Buhari in a palace coup. Buhari, an adversary of the media detained Nduka Irabor and Tunde Thompson of the Guardian […]

It was quite fitting and memorable that former employees of The Guardian newspaper chose to honour Alex Uruemu Ibru, the paper’s late publisher, with a new book that focuses on the birth and story of […]

The demise of Yinka and Innocent within twenty four hours of each other last weekend was a double blow for Nigeria’s radical movement. The more the reality of their exit registers, the more the pains […]

Prof(Sir) Victor Uwaifo, M.O.N the Joromi Crooner is deserving of accolades today as he clocks 80years . He has had a stint in many areas of the creative world as a Cultural Ambassador, Musician, Writer, […]

Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the first executive Governor of Lagos State (1979-1983) who died on Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 91, was a rare combination of administrative genius in public governance and humility, even self-effacement, […]

You won’t believe this. As the Lagos state governor-elect in 1979, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande was so much in a hurry to hit the ground running that he appealed to all headmasters and principals not […]

Exit of a Field Marshall (2nd Aare ona Kakanfo of Owu Kingdom) This is my Tribute to my older brother, Adegboyega, Bolusanmi, Tanimola Akin-Olugbade, the second Aare ona Kakanfo of Owu Kingdom, after our illustrious […]

High political office is surrounded on all sides by distractions. Experience best teaches this. It is not enough to take into the office a vision and a mission, you will find once there, enough to […]

Sitting on a three-man panel reviewing the outcome of the 2003 presidential election at the appeal court, Sylnanus Nsofor was the only judge with a dissenting vote against the exercise that had returned Olusegun Obasanjo, […]

Where do I start this tribute? Certainly I cannot talk about you in the past for you live. When you live in the hearts and minds of the so many you have touched you cannot […]