Tick… tick… tick… And the breath stopped suddenly at 11.33 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2022. It was the moment I lost my beloved motherly father and brotherly friend, my dad, Imam Abdulhameed Shuaib Agaka (PhD). I had arrived Ilorin on Friday and met him at a private hospital...
Tribute
By AMB. BOLADEI. G. IGALI On Saturday, 12th March, 2022, elder statesman and moralist, Ambassador Ignatius Olisemeka attained the transcendental age of 90. Better known as Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary, Principal Envoy, Head of Mission, High Commissioner, Chef de Mission Diplomatique (CMD), he remains Nigeria’s surviving ace of diamonds...
A tribute by SIMON SHANGO – As we entered the temporary Secretariat of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), at Lapal House Igbosere at Lagos Island on that day in 1978, my attention was drawn to this man. He was not tall but not too short, with silvery hair,...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI, Lagos – Many years ago, I read a book titled ‘Effective Leadership And The Ambivalence of Human Interest’ authored by Innocent I. Asouzu, a catholic priest, Professor and Lecturer at the University of Calabar. Among other remarks, Asouzu in that volume underlined that In the process...
By SAM EKPE – The President of the less privileged, the one man riot squad, Dikde na Ogbo ogu, Odogwu nwoke, Mgborogwu Oji, Ogba Ogu nwanne, Onyiri Dike na Mba, Omepuru Onyeodiiri. These are few of the fond titles and names associated with the late Eze Maxwell Omeire Kanu,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong and Joseph Din’s family over the passing of the retired army captain. Asiwaju Tinubu described the late Captain Din “as an elder statesman, prominent...