By Sola Adeyegbe It was the year 2001. I had invited Prince Tony Momoh to speak at the 1st National Aviation Law and Business Seminar to be held at the NICON Hilton Abuja. Having served as Chairman of the board of directors of Nigerian Airways from 1991 to 1993, one surmised that he would have […]
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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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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 Femi Adesina I hate to see professors die. And in recent days, we have lost three of them to the strange ailment called COVID-19, currently ravaging the world. Within two weeks, we lost three professors in quick succession. Habu Galadima, Director-General, National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). Femi Odekunle, renowned criminologist and […]
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