By Tunde Odesola Birth, breath and death; three seeds cohabiting in the same pod. Birth-breath-death: Sikiru Ayinde Balogun’s earthly journey in a winged chariot driven by fate, fuelled by freewill. Fatefully, Ayinde was born by a butcher father and a pepper-seller mother. Utterly, he had no say over the spermatic fluid that shot him […]
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Adieu, an ardent lover of theatre and a great actress Although she was born in humble and inauspicious circumstances in the rural Ilu Ola community of Kwara State on October 10, 1960, veteran Nollywood actress, Mrs. Folake Aremu, popularly known as ‘Orisabunmi’, had become one of the best known and beloved stars in the Yoruba […]
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By Tunde Odesola Barrister wasn’t a stark illiterate. He wasn’t an academic either. But he created Fuji, a music brand that has swallowed various pre-existing Yoruba music such as Sakara, Apala, Awurebe, and paralysed erstwhile top-of-the-chart music, Juju. However, there are many ‘ifs and buts’ that could have changed the success story of Fuji since […]
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By Tunde Odesola Zodiac, the only thing I had in common with Fuji music creator, Dr. Sikiru Ayinde Agbajelola Balogun Barrister, belongs in antiquity now. But it feels good to share with Barrister, the same birth month, February, which confers the same zodiac sign, Aquarius, on us both. Today, however, astrology has unravelled as a […]
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He was a principled progressive politician – Tinubu The death of former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, in the early hours of yesterday has thrown Nigerians into mourning.Musa died at the age of 84 years. Senator Shehu Sani, a leading member of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), first confirmed his death on […]
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By Kunle Ajibade Since Dele Giwa was killed by a letter bomb on 19 October 1986, every anniversary of his death has remained for me a moment of sobering reflection on the precarious nature and power of journalism. It has also remained for me a time to re-read Giwa’s essays, remembering the indebtedness of many […]
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It’s 34 years today since the flaming journalist, Dele Giwa, was killed via a parcel bomb, a novel manner of assassination. The question today remains unanswered: Who killed Dele Giwa? He is remembered for his famous quote: “Nigeria is on fire and the citizens are amused”. Giwa was one of Nigerian’s strongest journalists, who many […]
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By Banji Ayoola United States’ former ambassador to Nigeria during the nation’s turbulent days of the protracted and bloody pro-democracy struggles, which claimed the lives of many compatriots, Mr Walter Carrington, has passed on peacefully at 90. Nicknamed ‘Omowale’, Carrington played a crucial role in Nigeria’s pro-democracy struggles, championed by the fearless National Democratic Coalition, […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The one and only one whom we call PD Cole — scholar, public servant, newspaper administrator, diplomat, discussant, author, politician and businessman is 80. Dr. Patrick Dele Cole turned 80 years on Tuesday, 04 August, 2020. He came visibly into public consciousness and reckoning in 1975 when he was appointed a non-executive […]
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Rumour mongers were at work recently with the purported death of juju music maestro, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey. But like every unfounded rumour, it ended up a ruse as the great musician himself came out to debunk it days after it trended on the internet. He told Paul Ukpabio in an interview at his Ikeja, […]
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