Tribute

Tam David-West, former minister of petroleum and energy, has died at the age of 83. In a statement on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari mourned the late statesman whom he described as his ally and friend. […]

BY FATIMA MAMMAN DAURA “To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.” – Marcus Aurelius Today, I pay tribute […]

While children of his age were pacing up and down to school, Mobolaji Johnson could not walk — at the age of four — owing to a diarrhoea that nearly snuffed the life out of him. […]

The harsh reality of death as the predictable end of every mortal was succinctly driven home by Williams Shakespeare in one of his enduring works, ‘Julius Ceaser’, in the following words: “Cowards die many times […]

Jummai Abubakar, the last surviving wife of Tafawa Balewa, the late prime minister of Nigeria, is dead. Hajara Wanka, a grand daughter to the late prime minister, confirmed the death of Abubakar in a telephone […]

Alfred Agboola Ajayi. Does the name ring a bell? I doubt if it will. For those who might not know, Agboola Ajayi is the Deputy Governor of Ondo state and the right hand man of […]

This past Saturday, October 19, 2019 morning I sat on my reading sofa, as I always do on my dear Saturdays and Sundays, when I am not out of town, wading through some of my […]

General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s military Head of State from 1966 -1975, turned 85 on Saturday, October 19, 2019. In a congratulatory message, President Muhammadu Buhari described him as a living legend and a symbol of […]

The drummer Ginger Baker died last week and everyone was very surprised because we all assumed the drug-addled wild man from Cream and Blind Faith had shuffled off this mortal coil years ago. It’s customary, […]

The 2012 documentary film Beware of Mr Baker is a profoundly discomfiting watch. The adjective regularly used to describe its subject is “cantankerous”, but that isn’t really right. Cantankerous sounds like a word you would append to […]

Prof. John S. Mbiti (1931-2019), in the introduction to his seminal book, “African Religions and Philosophy”, published in 1969, wrote: “Although many African languages do not have a word for religion as such, it nevertheless […]

In the early 1970s, when Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka wrote his play, Death and the King’s Horseman, he embalmed a portion of Yoruba culture which suggests that there is a connection between the world of the […]

The Winner-Man, Bishop David Oyedepo, otherwise known as Papa by his teeming followers and admirers, is a no-nonsense fire-brand Preacher, Teacher and Faith entrepreneur of the highest order. A stickler for excellence, this Christian Professional […]

Some years ago, I suddenly became aware of the deep interest I had developed in Zimbabwe, her president, Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe whose death at the age of 95 occurred on September 6, 2019 in […]

“Hamzat is a person that exemplifies intelligence, a rare humble man, coupled with uncompromising integrity and love for the lowly. He’s somebody no reasonable person would want to offend. This gentle man, though, a politician, […]

More often, Chief Don Etiebet’s name is mentioned in the public with reference to his being former Minister of Petroleum. But does it convey the full essence and profile of the personality of the British-trained […]

BY ROGER SOUTHALL Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe, has died. Mugabe was 95, and had been struggling with ill health for some time. The country’s current President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced Mugabe’s death on […]

Robert Mugabe, former President of Zimbabwe and one of the longest serving presidents African Continent has produced died early hours of Friday at the age of 95 in Singapore while receiving medical care. Following are […]