By Ray Ekpu Last Saturday the newspapers were choked by adverts inserted by friends, business associates and beneficiaries of Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr, a billionaire businessman who turned 70. Better known as Mike Adenuga Jr, the man has made phenomenal achievements in the business world. He owns Globacom, Nigeria’s second-largest telecommunication network which […]
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Chief Samuel Ayodele Adebanjo, avowed disciple of Chief Obafemi Awolowo and leader of ‘Afenifere’, the Yoruba socio-cultural group, recently marked his 95th birthday and we can only wish him well for many reasons, not the least being his dogged struggle for a better Nigeria. Trained as a lawyer (he studied in England and was called […]
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By Sam Omatseye In a thriller of an interview that spanned over one and half hours on Arise Television, Reuben Abati and Laila Johnson-Salami took on Peter Pan, one of the best ever to write a column or call himself a journalist on mother earth. At 85, Peter Enahoro, who never had a university degree […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and associates of Peter Enahoro, one of Nigeria’s foremost journalists, who died on Tuesday at the age of 88. He made his feelings known in a statement by his media aide, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, as a gifted and […]
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Special Personal Tribute By Kayode Soyinka When I left Concord newspapers as London Correspondent in October 1983, I was not sure what to do next. I did not know where my next job would be. This was the time when I needed a job the most. I had just got married, and my wife and […]
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Veteran journalist and one of the most celebrated columnists of his era, Peter Enahoro, popularly known by his pen name Peter Pan, has died. He passed away in London, the United Kingdom on Monday, aged 88. His passage was announced in a terse statement by Ms Bunmi Sofola, also an iconic journalist in her own […]
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Adeife and Akinola Twenty years after, two young and promising children were snatched away by the cold hands of death, the family said they might have died, but not forgotten. On April 20, 2003, Adeife, 14, and Akinola Sodipo-Akindeko, 10, were killed during an attack on the convoy of Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello. During their short […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated businessman and philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, as he marks his 66th birthday, wishing him long life and a joyful year ahead. In another statement, he commended the celebrant for the numerous efforts he is making for the nation’s progress. “Hearty congratulations and best wishes to the illustrious businessman, Aliko Dangote on […]
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By Banji Ayoola The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has described the leader of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, as a consistent social justice crusader. In his congratulatory message to Adebanjo, who turned 95 yesterday, he praised the elder statesman for his remarkable leadership within the Afenifere fold. Hailing him for his contributions […]
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Leader of the Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo (left), Former President Olusegun Obasanjo during Pa Adebanjo’s 95th birthday in Ogbo-Ijebu, Ogun State yesterday. ‘This is not the Nigeria we fought for, will pursue outcome of presidential poll to Supreme Court’ Obasanjo visits Afenifere leader, again declines comment You’re a consistent social justice crusader, […]
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