TheNiche newspaper recently held the third edition of its annual lectures on Thursday, September 8, at the Muson Centre in Lagos
By Mosope Michaels
The Management of TheNiche newspaper visited the home of former Nigerian High Commissioner to Britain, Dr. Christopher Kolade, on Tuesday, November 1, to formally present a plaque which inducted him to its Hall of Fame.
Prior to this, the news medium recently held the third edition of its annual lectures on Thursday, September 8, at the Muson Centre in Lagos.
The occasion was chaired by the former Liaison Officer to President Shehu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, while former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), was the guest speaker.
During the event, the newspaper inducted the former chairmen and speakers who had participated in TheNiche Annual Lectures.
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These people include the 2015 presidential candidate of KOWA party, Professor Remi Sonaiya, the pioneer chairman of Nigeria Economic Summit Group, Professor Anya O Anya, and Alhaji Tanko Yakasai.
Others are former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, former diplomat, Dr. Christopher Kolade and current Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola.
While majority of those inducted received their plaque of honour in person, Dr. Kolade was unavoidably absent.
Explaining why he was unable to grace the occasion during the courtesy visit by the management of the organisation, he said: ” I was not able to attend this year’s lecture because this year has been my learning year, I have been learning how to walk again.
“I think all the people who know me know that I have been a victim of the surgeon’s attention early in the year and the amount of surgery that was done on me, I have been told not to be too ambitious to run around for the rest of this year.
“But I thank God he has allowed me to manage what I’m experiencing.”
Those who were at the former Cadbury chairman’s house are TheNiche Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Ikechukwu Amaechi, Chief Operating Officer, Eugene Onyeji, Human Resources Manager, Kehinde Okeowo, and Anthony Kila, a professor of Strategy and Development and Centre Director at the Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS), who is also a columnist with the newspaper.
After the visit, Dr Kolade thanked the management of TheNiche for the honour and urged them to continue the good work.
