Mrs. Mary Kudaru began to say a prayer, and so I stood still, folded my arms across my chest, and bowed my head in all humility of spirit. She called on God to guide us safely from Jos, Plateau State, to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. I was standing just behind the ambulance, just after the long black bag containing the body …

I was still asleep that morning when a knock came on my door. I was not on duty, so it couldn’t be the station driver. I got up to open the door, and was pleasantly surprised to see my mother and her younger sister, Nana, standing at the threshold. My excitement knew no bounds, and my mother could not hide …

Your Imperial Majesty, the Ooni of Ife, On the occasion of your 50th birthday, I extend my heartfelt congratulations and best wishes. You have brought not only glamour but also a renewed sense of purpose to the revered institution of the Ooni, modernising it while preserving the dignity and traditions of our forefathers. Your leadership has been a source of …

I knew DrNyaknno Abasi  (Nyaknno Osso) before I knew him. As an addict of Newswatch magazine from its founding week, I encountered him through the Editor-in-Chief’s corner of the groundbreaking magazine. His work as the librarian who sought relevant information for the big and not-so-big contents of the publication were well documented on that page. I finally met the research …

Almost two years ago, Ndaeyo Uko revealed a long-hidden part of him: his agelessness. His personal life has never been anything but personal, but his birth’s day and month were known largely. When he pronounced in the corner of his hotel suite at GRA Ikeja, Lagos that he would be 70 on his 2024 birthday, I took another look at …

Despite founding Nigeria’s most successful hydrocarbon geophysical consulting firm and contributing significantly to the development of the oil and gas sector, Late Boniface Madubunyi, who died at 90 on 13 May in London, was practically unknown to the Nigerian public. That’s the way he wanted it. Very few persons anywhere can be so successful and yet so self-effacing, almost monastic …

8:31 am yesterday (6 April), I got a call from my good brother, Yemisi Fadairo. He calls as often as possible, so I had no unusual feeling. After the pleasantries, he said: “Our friend is no more”. I was almost certain who that friend could be, but in matters of finality, which death is, I refrain from speculation. So I …

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor polite, not popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him he is right.—Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) In his book, An Outline of the History of the World, Herbert Abraham Davies relates the epic story of how a cleric put himself in the …

Dear Ifeanyi, Happy 27th birthday Ify.  Though you are no longer with us, this day will always remain special as the day you came into our lives and filled it with joy and laughter. I remembered taking your mom to the hospital in Ikorodu, Lagos, very early that morning as we saw signs of labour. Out of ignorance, I left her …

Close your eyes for a moment to all the noise and distractions and picture the towering accomplishments of Dr. Mike Adenuga, the enigmatic Chairman of Globacom and the Mike Adenuga Group, from a blank canvas. From being the only individual in Africa to singularly own a telecommunication network with over 62 million subscribers, to his key roles in the downstream …