By Dele Oluwasegun In Ijebuland, lineage carries weight and meaning. It reflects ancestry, continuity, and responsibility within the traditional structure of society. Otunba Giwa Ayodeji Adekunle Osibogun, born 9 November 1955, is a direct descendant of the Fusengbuwa Ruling Family and traces his ancestry to Oba Jadiara, one of the Awujales of Ijebuland. Oba Jadiara’s […]

By GBENGA HASHIM The passing of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson at the age of 84 marks the end of an era in the global struggle for justice, equality, and human dignity. He was not merely an American civil rights leader; he was a moral voice whose influence resonated far beyond the borders of the United States. Rev. […]

By Safiya I.M. Jemitola Chris was a beautiful man in every sense. Meeting Chris and being his wife remain a blessing and honour I will never, ever take for granted. It has been a year since the shocking and painful passing of my husband, Chris Jemitola. His death hit me like a thunderbolt, signalling the end […]

By Femi Salako  Mama Keketobou Jane Kuku nee Gbamila lived a life that was both deeply rooted in history and profoundly relevant to every generation she touched. Her story is inseparable from the story of her people and from the values that have sustained the Ijaw nation across centuries. Born into the Perebiyenmo royal lineage of […]

They say time heals, but it doesn’t. It only teaches us how to carry the weight. My heart still aches, yet it overflows with the love you left behind. Today marks one year since you passed on, and we pause to honour and remember you—Dr. Olusoga Adedoyin Atibioke Sofolahan—a visionary, a leader, and a pillar […]

By Mohammed Haruna Alhaji Yakubu Mohammed, a co-founder of Newswatch who died in the early hours of Wednesday January 14, aged 75, and myself were friends and professional colleagues of over 50 years. This goes back to our days of reporting and writing for the defunct New Nigerian as undergraduates, he from the University of […]

By Peace Amala As the sun sets every year on December 31st, it rises on the birth of one of Nigeria’s most resonant intellectual and political voices, Dr. Dakuku Peterside or DAP, as he is affectionately known to the many whose lives he has touched. In the landscape of Nigerian leadership, where noise often drowns […]

By Issa Aremu 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Michael Athokhamien Omnibus Imoudu (Pa Imoudu) , globally acknowledged as Nigeria’s NO 1 labour leader and activist. Pa Imoudu lived between 7 September 1902 (when he was born at Sabongida Ora, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State) and 22 June 2005. He died […]

By FEMI ADESINA He would have turned 83 years old December 17, 2025. But he left five months earlier. President Muhammadu Buhari passed to eternity July 13, this year. At the occasion of his first posthumous birthday, an opportunity comes to reflect on his strengths, weaknesses (yes, everybody has), and what we can learn and approximate […]

By Oguwike  Nwachuku  It is another December 12 when we gather to celebrate one of Nigeria’s best and brightest – Senator Hope Odidika Uzodimma, Governor of Imo State. I do not know how many persons have taken the trouble to read his latest book – A Decade of Impactful Progressive Governance in Nigeria – which was unveiled […]

By MOHAMMED HARUNA I’ve just received news of the death of Dan Agbese whose deputy I was when he was Editor of the defunct New Nigerian in the early eighties. His death at 81 is a huge loss to the country’s journalism and punditry.   As my tribute to my former boss and long-time friend, I […]

By Timothy Hemba Hwande If politics were to be built up into flesh and bone, one that is fashioned into an individual who could speak, legislate, joke around, and empathise— it would be difficult not to imagine Rt. Hon. (Dr.) James Abiodun Faleke as the first thought of such personification. Different from the usual politics […]

By Akindele Olumideko A couple of years ago, precisely 1984, the Late Alhaji Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo, the then ‘Baba Adinni’ of Nigeria gave a major financial donation to the Virology Department of the College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan. Due to his self-effacing personality and personal philosophy with respect to benefactions, he gave […]

By FRANCIS EWHERIDO  The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, NCRIB, reached another milestone today when Mrs. Ekeoma Ezeibe, erstwhile deputy president, was installed as the 23rd President of NCRIB, the third woman to achieve that feat. Her foray into insurance started in Nigeria Reinsurance Corporation, Nigeria Re, during her National Youth Service Corps in 1987/1988, where […]

By PATRICIA OTUEDON-ARAWORE The Nigerian nation—and the entire community dedicated to promoting excellence and integrity—mourns the loss of a true giant, His Excellency, Dr. Christopher Kolade, CON, who passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at the age of 92. Dr. Kolade was more than a former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, a […]