60 years later, Sir Louis Philip Odumegwu Ojukwu’s footprints remain
For the family and the Company, maintaining such initiatives is more meaningful than simply looking back at the achievements of their patriarch.
Olive Sulola Adejobi: A Life Lived in Faith, Forming Generations in Quiet Strength
By DAYO ADEJOBI The passing of our mother, Reverend Mother Superior Olive Sulola Adejobi, marks the close of a life both remarkable and deeply influential, lived with quiet dignity over 98 years. She belonged to a rare generation of women whose strength was neither loudly proclaimed nor easily shaken but steadily revealed through a life anchored […]
Dangote at 69: The Man building Africa’s industrial backbone
By Abiodun Alade As Aliko Dangote turns 69, his story demands to be read not as a biography of wealth, but as a case study in Africa’s unfinished industrial argument. For decades, the continent has lived with a structural contradiction. It exports raw materials and imports finished goods. It produces crude oil but imports refined fuel. […]
Nenadi Usman: Epitome of courage in party leadership
By William Ochonu In global history, there are women who have made indelible marks of grace on the solid rock of time. If they were from the Bible, they are qualified as virtuous women, whose values are more than rubies. Politically, they are Amazons, whose qualities transcend their feminine attributes and melt the iron pillars […]
A tribute to my Principal, Cecilia Ibru, at 80
By Oke Segun I was rounding off an exercise session at the National Stadium in Surulere when the call I had been waiting for finally came through. The message was brief and urgent: “Mrs Ibru will see you now, Segun.” It was a Saturday, and I was hardly dressed for an audience with the legendary Dr […]
In loving memory of Amaka Josephine Modebe
By PAUL MODEBE Some lives pass through the world quietly; others leave echoes that continue long after they are gone. My dearly beloved wife, Mrs. Amaka Josephine Modebe (née Obiofuma), belonged to the latter. Her presence was one of grace, strength, and quiet dignity. She possessed a voice that could comfort in times of sorrow and inspire […]
