As ‘Steel Magnolia’ Rosalynn Carter Takes A Final Bow………..

As subscribers, supporters or members of the Carter Centre, some of us received two official notifications of the passage of the matriarch, Rosalynn Carter, hours after it happened on 19th …

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High Chief Raymond Aleogho Anthony Dokpesi, By Soni Irabor

PRELUDE As an introduction to this tribute by Soni Irabor, I would like to explain that in January 1968 when I was admitted to Form One in Immaculate Conception College, …

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Tony Elumelu @ 60: Diamond Drum Beats For An Entrepreneurial Generation Builder

It has been congratulatory messages galore – tonnes and tonnes of them – from friends, well-wishers, business associates, mentees and beneficiaries, to entrepreneur, banker,  philanthropist and businessman extraordinaire Tony Elumelu, …

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Rev. Fr. Raphael Adebayo (1955 – 2023): ‘Charity’ Was His Middle Name – By Ogie Eboigbe

Rev. Fr. Raphael Abiola Adebayo who died last week – on Tuesday 3rd January 2023 – was buried at the Ikoyi Cemetery in Lagos today. His interment followed a funeral …

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He Was Not A Rottweiler, He Was A Pastor – By Anthony Akinwale, Guest Writer

He Was Not A Rottweiler, He Was A Pastor – By Anthony Akinwale, Guest Writer At the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), the three youngest periti (theological advisers) were Swiss theologian, …

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Pelé, The Greatest! Dead, But Alive in Many Hearts

I doubt if any man has been reported dead more times than the Great Pelé. At the last count, it was five times when newspapers and later, social media headlines …

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Hakeem Belo-Osagie: From The Boardroom To The Classroom

The notice came innocently enough last week from LinkedIn – ‘Hakeem is celebrating 3 years at Harvard Business School’, with the usual options to send congratulatory message. I responded: “Congrats …

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Elizabeth Reigned, Majestically!

When I first saw the signature of Queen Elizabeth II, ‘Elizabeth R’, I was curious and started asking questions about what the ‘R’ stood for and why. Did the ‘R’ …

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Fada Onyii – My Running Mate & I

Last Friday, 19th August when Helen and I marked our 33rd Wedding Anniversary, another gentleman was also marking his anniversary in another part of the world the same day. It …

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Vice-Chancellor Anthony Alaba Akinwale: 60 Cheers to Fada, Brother, Friend

I was just doing my own jeje sometime in 2007 when my then Parish Priest at St. Agnes Maryland, Lagos, Rev. Fr. Raphael Adebayo called me to say ‘one priest’ …

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