June 12: 25 years after, Abiola’s sporting legacy unmatched

By Tana Aiyejina As the country celebrates Democracy Day in honor of the winner of the June 12 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, Tana Aiyejina writes about the lasting sports legacy left behind by the late politician. During an interview in 1992, after he was inducted into the African Football Hall of Fame and […]

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20 years after, family relives memories of Adeife, Akinola Akindeko

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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The untold stories of Idikan Street, a culinary Mecca of Ibadan

First Baptist Church, Idikan, Ibadan By Oladele Idowu Joseph Please, permit me to begin with this poetic rendition in Yo’oba language, perhaps it will help set the right basis for comprehending this write-up in its true sense. “Idikan Ogbooja, nibi Gbegiri ti n pe Amala ran nise. Ti Dodo, Iresi at’Ewa n se tin-rin l’ofun, […]

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Lessons learnt as Maiden relives attack on Alex at 10th year memorial

Retired military medical doctor, Brig. Gen. Oviemo Ovadje (left); Olorogun Oskar Ibru; his wife, Wanda; celebrant, Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru and Chief Marlies Allan during sharing of Lady Maiden’s 72nd birthday cake and 10th year memorial service for the late founding publisher of The Guardian, Dr. Alex Uruemu Ibru, at her Ikoyi residence in Lagos on […]

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NBA Ikeja holds Fawehinmi annual lecture Friday

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja Branch will on Friday host its annual ‘Fawhinmism’ lecture, in honour of the late rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Chief Gani Fawehinmi. The event with the theme: ‘The constitutional history of Nigeria’s dysfunction: Any pathway to indivisibility and common progress?’ will hold at the Oranmiyan Hall, Airport […]

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