Eulogy as Jude Rudolf Solomon, top business magnate, is buried
It was English Novelist George Eliot who said; “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.” Death is indeed the final stop for every man but what makes humans immortal is the good...
View ArticleMore Nigerians pay tributes to Late Abuja prime developer, Kanu
Many eminent Nigerians have been paying glowing tributes to the memory of the late chairman of Agura Hotel, Abuja, His Royal Highness (HRH), Sir Maxwell Kanu. The post More Nigerians pay tributes to...
View ArticleEkiti chief, Olaiya, loses wife
Chief (Prof.) Sam Ayodele Olaiya, the Majeobaje of Ode Ekiti and past president of the Rotary Club of Ado Ekiti, has lost his wife, Princess Adefunke Adesegun Olaiya (nee Olaneye). Christian wake holds...
View ArticleRemembering Frances Adebajo (1931-2021) : An ace broadcaster
One year on, we remember the life of one of the nation’s broadcasting pioneers, the late Chief (Mrs.) Frances Adesunmola Adebajo. She was born on June 8, 1931 and died on April 9, 2021. The post...
View ArticleAkinfeleye’s mother burial holds Friday
The professor of Mass Communication, University of Lagos (UNILAG), and African representative at the World Journalism Education Council (WJEC), Ralph Akinfeleye The post Akinfeleye’s mother burial...
View ArticleTribute to my bifold, Inna Kaltum
It’s been ten years since the Dana plane crash took away my best friend, my twin sister Inna Kaltum. It broke my heart to lose her. We never said goodbye. I have heard people say time flies over us but...
View ArticleLife without Imam Shuaib Agaka
Tick… tick… tick… And the breathe stopped suddenly at 11.33 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2022. It was the moment I lost my beloved motherly father and brotherly friend, my dad, Imam Abdulhameed Shuaib...
View ArticleFamily remembers Grace Aramide Olawoye, five years on
Mrs. Aramide Olawoye was born on March 13, 1941 into the Rogers family of Ondo Kingdom. She died on November 11, 2017 in London, England. Five years after her demise, she is fondly remembered by her...
View ArticleFlurry of tributes as ace photojournalist, Femi Adebesin-Kuti passes on at 57
Multiple award-winning photojournalist, and one of Nigeria’s finest, Mr. Olufemi Adebesin-Kuti, passed on at 57, in the early hours of yesterday, during a brief illness. His remains were interred in...
View ArticleAdekoya, 79, For Burial Today
FORMER Financial Controller, Academy Press Plc., Lagos and former Director General of Gateway Transit, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Otunba Lawrence Babatunde Adekoya, who died on December 24, last year, at...
View ArticleLt. Gen. Donalson Oyeyinka Oladipo Diya (Rtd): A tribute
The second in command to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Lt. Gen Donaldson Oyeyinka Oladipo Diya (Rtd) GCON, MN, LLB, a former Chief of General Staff passed on to glory on Sunday, March 26, 2023, just eight...
View ArticleProf. Michael Ibadin: Farewell to quintessential medic
From cradle till his last days, Prof. Michael Okoeguale Ibadin, immediate past Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) was a man with a vision. The post Prof. Michael...
View ArticleAPWEN, Family members pour encomiums on Ojelade at funeral
Practising women engineers, recently, paid glowing tributes to the late President of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), Mrs. Funmilola Ojelade, at her funeral. The post...
View ArticleRemembering Prof. Clifford Olawoye (Dec. 11, 1938 – April 21, 2018)
Five years after his demise, Professor Clifford Odunayo Olawoye continues to be fondly remembered by his family and loved ones as an amiable, quick-witted and distinguished legal scholar and...
View ArticleLife and times of late Chief Ogbuefi John Eze Nnadozie
What makes a man different is not the number of years he spent on earth or wealth he amassed. It is the number of lives he impacted and how well he spent his life. The post Life and times of late Chief...
View ArticlePa Samuel Bademosi Adesorioye: Exit of a seasoned printer
From the beginning of his life to his last days, Pa Samuel Bademosi Adesorioye, a seasoned printer fondly called Uncle Sam, and former Senior Production Manager with the Guardian Newspapers Ltd (GNL),...
View ArticleOtunba Olasubomi Balogun: When light dims for quintessential administrator,...
The banking community, culture enthusiasts and the elite were yesterday, ruffled when the news of Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun’s passing flickered in. It initially came like a hush descend, but...
View ArticleDokpesi: Requiem for the media mogul
As Nigerians were celebrating the transition from one democratic government to another on May 29, 2023, the news of the passing of Chief Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi at 71 slipped in. The post...
View ArticleRemembering Rachael Babawale 15 years after
The late radical Priest of the Anglican Diocese On The Coast, Bishop Ebunoluwa Ogunele, in one of his words of exaltations, once said: “To live and die for the joy and betterment of others is to...
View ArticleFamily, friends remember Gabi Williams, five years on
The family members and friends of the late late Dr. Gabisiu Ayodele Williams, a pioneer in public health expert, who passed five years ago, are still recovering from the shock of his demise. The post...
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