A seasoned economist, Olugbemiga Olowu is the Rotarian overseeing Rotary clubs all-over Lagos and Ogun states, otherwise known as District 9110. Born in 1949 into the Abeokuta family of Obatolu Olowu of the Ile-Alafin of Owu Kingdom, he is a Rotarian with 30 years experience! Also a multifaceted entrepreneur, Olugbemiga worked with the Mandilas Group for 15 years before co-founding a pharmaceutical business, Lutayo Pharmaceutical Limited, and later, Lutay Nigeria Limited, a joint financial and procurement services company. Seven Prints Limited, a monogramming and printing establishment, is also one of his innovations. In this interview, Olugbemiga debunks the claim that Rotary is a money-making venture and also explains why there are few Rotary clubs in Ogun State.

George Kofi Awoonor-Williams became just Kofi Awoonor. He chose to be piquant and to shed the vestiges, at the same time, of his colonial past. He died last week. He was 78 years. He did not die from age related problems. He was still quite active; mentally alert and vigorous. He was killed in the Nairobi terrorist event staged by Al Shabaab, the Somali equivalent of Boko Haram, which had taken over the Westgate Mall, a high end shopping Mall in Nairobi last week, and massacred mall visitors. By last count, the death toll from the four-day siege and holdout had been officially put at seventy-two people. More are suspected to be crushed under the rubble of the collapsed mall, and therefore unaccounted.

Nigeria Referees Association has jettisoned a planned strike meant to protest incessant harassment by fans and officials of Nigeria premier league clubs.

Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, has commended the efforts of Nigerians who have been at the forefront of battle to ensure that abortion remains illegal in Nigeria.

BY JOSEPHINE IGBINOVIA The desire to expand her circle of influence as an educational psychologist and guidance counsellor drew her into the world of Moral Re-Armament/Initiative of Change- MRA/IoC which is a worldwide movement  initiated by famous Frank Buchman in 1938 as a successor to the Oxford Group. The movement maintains that the practice of high […]

Emmanuel Ikpeme, the Director (Technical) at the NFF, disclosed this in Abuja in an interview with NAN at the end of a six-day FIFA Member Association (MA) Goal-keeping Course.

The Oodua Progressive Union (OPU), set up to offer Yoruba people in the Diaspora a platform to promote the cultural heritage of the Yoruba race and unity, stormed the United Kingdom and other major European nations recently. Expectedly, the launch availed Yoruba resident in the UK, Holland, France and Germany the opportunity to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Yoruba people.

A 23-YEAR old feud that has left the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, in disarray with two factions, the Supreme Council and General Executive over ownership of the church may soon come to an end as the former extended an olive branch to its opponent for the resolution of the crisis.

You don’t just barge into the palace of Omo N’oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, the 38th Oba of Benin, to see the monarch. The Oba of Benin is unarguably one of Nigeria’s most reverred royal fathers. He superintends over a famous Kingdom-Benin Kingdom. Seeing the Omo N’oba is naturally on appointment – and this may take time. Thus, when a couple of weeks ago the idea of an interview with the revered monarch was mooted, it became incumbent on us to write a letter to seek an appointment. Then a date was picked for the interview with the Omo N’oba. Waiting for the monarch for the interview on the appointed day was understandable given his very tight schedule.