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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 …
As ‘Steel Magnolia’ Rosalynn Carter Takes A Final Bow……….. Read More
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, …
High Chief Raymond Aleogho Anthony Dokpesi, By Soni Irabor Read More
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, …
Tony Elumelu @ 60: Diamond Drum Beats For An Entrepreneurial Generation Builder Read More
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 …
Rev. Fr. Raphael Adebayo (1955 – 2023): ‘Charity’ Was His Middle Name – By Ogie Eboigbe Read More
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, …
He Was Not A Rottweiler, He Was A Pastor – By Anthony Akinwale, Guest Writer Read More
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 …
Pelé, The Greatest! Dead, But Alive in Many Hearts Read More
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 …
Hakeem Belo-Osagie: From The Boardroom To The Classroom Read More
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’ …
Elizabeth Reigned, Majestically! Read More
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 …
Fada Onyii – My Running Mate & I Read More
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’ …
Vice-Chancellor Anthony Alaba Akinwale: 60 Cheers to Fada, Brother, Friend Read More