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 […]