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Growing up at Oke-Bola Ibadan, behind the famous Ibadan Boys High School and Papa Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s House, and even attending the Primary School section of that School, exposed me to many generations of their […]

The late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo was born on March 6, 1909 – yesterday marked his posthumous 111th birthday. Life tossed a cruel blow in 1920 when at the tender age of eleven, he lost […]

Veteran Nollywood actor Kayode Odumosu better known as Pa Kasumu is dead. The Yoruba film star who has been battling ill health for a while now is said to have passed on after an illness. […]

As a lifelong football fan, I am fascinated by superb goals. Goals are the life blood of the round leather game as is what drives most fans hysterical. One of the best goals ever that […]

January 2020 is a very significant historical milestone for Nigeria. It marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigeria civil war. January 15th is the Armed Forces Remembrance Day for the Nigerian military […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says history will be kind to Victor Olaiya, a veteran Nigerian highlife musician, who died on Wednesday, for his many legacies. Buhari disclosed this on Thursday while commiserating the loss of the […]

The news filtered in on Sunday evening when Nigerians were going to bed. Ready to start another hectic week of struggling to get to work early. I am told now that the Traffic situation in […]

The world was thrown into deep mourning with the death, early this week, of Kobe Bryant who took the game of basketball by storm during his glorious two decades of being a professional athlete. Kobe, […]

You should probably check out @omobabafalana on Twitter; but before you do, be ready to drop a few tears as a result of the outpouring of love coming the Nigerian soldier’s way. Omobaba Falana is […]

Renowned Nigerian novelist and traditional ruler of Ndikelionwu, Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ike, is dead. The literary icon died on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikwe Teaching Hospital in Nnewi, Anambra State, at age 88 after a […]

Nothing more surely cultivates and embellishes a man than association with refined and virtuous women – William E. Gladstone The above expression by Gladstone, a British statesman and liberal politician who served for 12 years […]

Adama Aduku, the oldest surviving retired officer of the Nigerian army, has died at the age of 101. The army authorities announced his death on Twitter on Wednesday. Aduku, a World War II veteran, was […]

Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara is 52 years old today. Born on December 26, 1967, in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi State, Dogara rose from a humble background in that rural community where Nigeria’s first and only Prime […]

Chief James Ajibola Idowu Ige was murdered in cold blood on the 23rd of December, 2001 in his home in Ibadan, the former capital of the western region. His death greatly shook the political firmament […]

BY DAHIRU HASSAN KERA Today, I finally summoned the courage to overcome the mind riddling and sad event that occurred on Sunday, the 11th of November, 2019, at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe. The demise […]

From his brilliant exploits at Ilesa Grammar School, pundits were of the opinion that he was designed for uncommon accomplishments, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness. Today, true to predictions of […]

The first thing I did in memory of Tam David West was to say a decade of the Rosary for the repose of his soul. The Rosary is a prayer that is an expression of […]

November 16, the birthday of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, ought to be a national holiday in Nigeria. It is deserving honour for the pivotal leader who led the charge for Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960. […]

After the collapse of the Second Republic via a coup d’etat which brought the then Major-General Muhammadu Buhari to power now the nation’s President, a panel of inquiry was set up to investigate the activities […]

Now, my introduction to Professor Tam David-West was on this wise: I was brought up by a very strict, educationist father, who would not allow his seven children travel during holidays, particularly the long vacation […]