I am short of words to express my gratitude for your presence to celebrate my birthday with me. If I had won, this is what I would have missed. But for the insistence of my children, I am not someone who pulls crowd, who wants to attract crowd. But they insisted. Where they got me […]
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Former MD/EIC, The Guardian, Mr Lade Bonuola (Ladbone), flanked by veteran journalist and ex-Ogun State Governor Olusegun Osoba, 3rd L; and the four members of the panel of discussants at the event including Mr Ifeanyi Igwebike Mbanefo; Mrs Kadria Ahmed; Miss Chiamaka Ozurumba; and Mr Azu Ishiekwene. It was at the celebration of Ladbone on his […]
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By Banji Ayoola His writings in his Thursday column in The Guardian drew me inwardly to him. Now it runs on Friday. I have always felt inwardly drawn to him since 1989 when I joined The Guardian, over which he presided as the MD/Editor-in-Chief. Something inexplicable draws me to him. We may have been coming […]
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Former MD/EIC, The Guardian, Mr Lade Bonuola (Ladbone); wife Esther; veteran journalist and former Ogun State Governor, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, chairman of the occasion; flanked by Ladbone’s Secretary at Daily Times and now a senior reporter at The Guardian, Mr Isaac Aremu; former Chief Sub-Editor, Dr Yinka Oyegbile; Mr Ted Iwere; former Communication Correspondent, Mr […]
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By Banji Ayoola Former Managing Director of The Guardian, Mr Lade Bonuola (Ladbone) was celebrated on his 80th birthday in a festival by his colleagues in the Nigerian media on Thursday October 22, 3026 in Lagos. The surprise event, organised by the CJID together with his family, drew a large attendance from his constituency, and […]
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Former Managing Director of The Guardian, Mr Lade Bonuola standing by his 80th birthday cake at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, on October 22, 2026 The Orangun Oke+Ila Orangun, Aleyeluwa Oba Adedokun Omoniyi Abolarin, Aroyinkeye 1, has described a former Managing Director of The Guardian, Mr Lade Bonuola as a journalist’s journalist, the first […]
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By Dapo Olorunyomi Good morning, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. I want to extend a special welcome to the revered Ladbone, Mr. Lade Bonuola, the star boy of today’s gathering, and to his beautiful family and their friends. I will not keep you long; I only want to put today’s events into some perspective […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi Nigerian comedian and actor, Julius Agwu, has revealed that he experienced sexual dysfunction after undergoing brain surgery in the United States in 2015. Agwu made the disclosure while featuring on the Beer Parlour Talk Show, where he spoke about the health crisis that led to the operation and its impact on his […]
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By Damilola Peter Olatade Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, known as King Sunny Adé, is 80 this year. He has devoted more than 60 years of his life to influencing Nigeria’s popular music and promoting the unique sounds of jùjú music. Jùjú is a Nigerian musical tradition that combines intricate rhythms, percussion, guitars, talking drums, call-and-response and […]
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Following the death of veteran actor Olu Jacobs at 84 on Wednesday, a 2021 interview in which his wife, actress Joke Silva, first publicly opened up about his health condition has resurfaced. Silva disclosed during an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo in November 2021 that Jacobs had been living with dementia with Lewy bodies, […]
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