GENERAL BABANGIDA AT 85: Another tribute, by Dele Sobowale
”Nobody is worth being called a friend unless he is prepared to suffer attacks on account of defending you” – Anonymous Annual tributes to former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has become a ritual; shared by several highly respected individuals than most people realize. Despite the determined efforts by the June 12 opportunists, all they […]
Never out of mind: Maryam Babangida (1948-2009)
By Dele Sobowale “All of us are not born great; with silver spoons in our mouths and gold slippers on our feet. Some of us are born short; short of hope, short of opportunity, abandoned, neglected, homeless, motherless, teeth crooked, eyes tangled, dream busted. But, somebody has got to measure their greatness, not by leaping […]
Three faces of evil: Drugs, GSM, cultism
By Dele Sobowale “What does corrupting time not diminish? Our grandparents brought forth feebler heirs; we are further degenerate; and soon will beget progeny more wicked” – Homer, 65-8 BC, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 247. It was my intention to write about something else this Sunday. But, reading global news reports, commentaries and […]
Tribute to Baba Babalakin, Jsc, (1927-2021) (1)
By Dele Sobowale “The only kind of courage and honesty which are permanently useful to good institutions anywhere are those shown by men [justices] who decide all cases with impartial justice, on grounds of conduct and not on grounds of class” – US President Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919. Long before that, another US President, Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, […]
Nigeria Air and airport concessioning signs of progress
By Dele Sobowale “The greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising each time you fall.” Chief Obafemi Awolowo, ,VBQ,VBQ p 55 I am sure most people must by now have assumed that the VANGUARD BOOKOF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, has no Nigerian entry; that it is all about foreign insights. But, Awolowo’s observation on success […]
More Christians in Nigeria should join politics
By Dele Sobowale “Man by nature is a political animal” – Aristotle, 343 BC. From personal choice, I have stayed out of Nigerian politics. Only occasionally have I actively participated in the political process – Awolowo’s campaign in 1979, Buhari’s in 2011 and 2015 and the campaign for Christian Governor in Lagos State 2010-2015. Despite my strong […]
