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Akeredolu was an exceptional leader – Olugbenga Ale

January 7, 2024January 8, 2024Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

By Banji Ayoola The Chief of Staff to the departed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Chief Olugbenga Ale, has paid a glowing tribute to his former boss whom he described as an exceptional example of rectitude and moral uprightness. According to him, Akeredolu’s passage was “a great blow, not just to me as a person, […]

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

April 20, 2023Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

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 […]

Alaafin was more than a king

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

By Yinka Fabowale Igi da! Araba wo oo ooo! More than a king, he was a scholar versed in the ancient lores, historycustoms and traditions of not just Yorubaland but other peoples across the world. Often visited the National Archives in the University of Ibadan to conduct research, prodded Palace bards and chiefs for indepth […]

The life and times of Mohammed Fawehinmi – Part 2

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Mo was a detrabilised Nigerian. Initially when he joined us in the Chambers, we were all curious to know how he would fit into the various struggles of the Chief, on behalf of the masses, at the National Conscience Party platform and civil society generally. Apparently, Mo had his own revolutionary passion […]

The life and times of Mohammed Fawehinmi

August 24, 2021August 25, 2021Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa He used to come then like a guest, not really involved in the day-to-day business of the Chambers, so we didn’t have the opportunity of a close encounter, whilst he studied law. He was also not much involved in the political side at the time. Unmistakably however, he had the same zeal, […]

Yinka Odumakin: Basking in the shadow that you cast

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

By Dr Joe Okei Odumakin If breath was the currency of life and its legal tender…then, Yinka spent his breath on causes. The medics said his oxygen level was running low but my husband was reaching out for his tab to type out his column… He was never frugal in spending that oxygen on his […]

Jakande, Baba Kekere, who transformed Lagos

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Lateef Kayode Jakande, first democratically elected civilian governor of Lagos State, and a former minister of Works, died on Thursday at the age of 91. His body was interred at the Vaults and Gardens Cemetery, Ikoyi on Friday. The event marked the exit of the last of the five governors elected on the platform of […]

Sikiru Ayinde Barrister: Prophet without honour (3)

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

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 […]

Good bye Majek Fashek

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Ace reggae star Majek Fashek died on Tuesday ending a tortuous career and life. Tributes have been pouring in, writes Assistant Entertainment Editor Gbenga Bada Reggae star Majek Fashek joyfully sang “Majek Fashek in the New York” and the gifted musician died in a hospital in the American city on Monday around 5:45 pm. after […]

Akinjide: Odyssey of a legal icon

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Until yesterday, the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide was one of the oldest lawyers in Nigeria. He died at the age of 88. He was among the second set of the early lawyers in Nigeria to be conferred with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in […]