TRIBUTE: Pini Jason – A date still fresh
By Kanayo Esinulo.
It happened in the morning of May 4. Pini Jason was already beginning to recover from surgery which his doctor considered necessary...
For General Achuzia, the sun sets at last
By Emeka Alex Duru
Admired by the youth for his revolutionary fervor even at old age, dreaded by foes for his ferocious attacks and loathed...
Tribute to Ezeokwelume
Like the cedars of Lebanon, he came from small humble beginnings, soared tall above his peers and contemporaries, established firm foundations, flourished through generations,...
As Braithwaite resurrects in Lagos
Assistant Politics Editor, DANIEL KANU, writes on life and times of the late statesman, Tunji Braithwaite.
The name, Tunji Braithwaite, founder Nigerian Advance Party (NAP),...
To DSP Alamieyeseigha, Niger Delta martyr
By James Ibori
DSP, I write this with a mixture of a heavy heart and compelling sense of pride. Even as I mourn, I find...
A crushing blow on Boxing Day, By FEMI ADESINA
TRIBUTE TO THE LATE
PROFESSOR FOLUKE ADESINA OGUNLEYE
FEMI'S SISTER
It's a day in British tradition dedicated to opening boxes of gifts received at Christmas, and that...
My father, the comrade
From my earliest recollections, two paintings have occupied a pride of place in my father’s collections – a framed outline of the unmistakable profile...
Much ado about Yomi Peters
Football was never the plan the parents of Yomi Peters had for him while he was growing up. While in secondary school at St....
Jakande: Garlands for ‘Action Governor’ at 85
Head, News Desk, VICTOR EBIMOMI, reports on the honour accorded former Lagos State Governor, LATEEF JAKANDE, as he clocked 85 last Wednesday
He bestrode the...
Soyinka at 80: The Lion and his politics
Editor, Politics/Features, EMEKA ALEX DURU, takes a look at some political activities of Professor WOLE SOYINKA who clocks 80 today.
It is not uncommon for...