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. […]
E. K. Clark: The passage of a strong cleansing wind
By PRINCE AKPO-ABUGO The passage of Chief Edwin Clark came as shock to many of us. This is because he was active, keeping his usual routine of work ethics, waking up early, observing his morning prayers, taking his bath and dressing up, going through daily newspapers, seeing visitors who came with one problem or the other, […]
Edwin Kiagbodo Clark: A lesson in lofty courage and conduct
By OMA DJEBAH If you were a peripatetic journalist or an itinerant political reporter in 1991, there is the likelihood that you would have encountered Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, elder-statesman, senator, former Minister of Information, nationalist, erstwhile Commissioner for Education, and later Finance in the old Midwest Region, PANDEF leader, and above all, leader of the […]
A Legacy of Excellence: Celebrating 80 remarkable years of Dan Etete
By Prof Mondy Gold The Ijaw Diaspora Council joins countless admirers and well-wishers across the globe to celebrate a monumental milestone—the 80th birthday of Chief (Senator) Dan Dauzia Loya Etete, the illustrious Ndagbudu Keme Keni of Izon-Ibe. Today, as the sun rises to honor a life profoundly intertwined with the progress and prosperity of the […]
Celebrating Culture Icon, Pa Frank Aig-Imoukhuede @ 90
By Steve Ayorinde Ten years ago when he clocked 80, his good old, shoot straight self was more evident than ever. “I don’t want people to remember me for anything (other) than this was a man who worked hard, and walked straight,” he told ThisDay in a rare, detailed interview. That was him in his true elements, […]
Birthday Tribute: Dr Zacch Adedeji The Sophisticated Leader
By Arabinrin Aderonke Who wouldn’t be excited about Dr. Zacch’s birthday? On this special occasion of my Boss’s birthday, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service( FIRS), I pen this heartfelt tribute filled with honor, gratitude, and joy. It’s a wonderful experience to celebrate a leader. Your birthday is, without a doubt, a […]
At 82, Buhari wraps up in silence and dignity in Daura
By Garba Shehu Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as president following a decisive victory in the 2015 presidential election and was re-elected with an even bigger majority for a second consecutive term of office in 2019, underscoring the trust and confidence of the country in his administration. As he marks his 82nd birthday, it is time to […]
For Buhari, Ore Mekunu (Friend of the poor), at 82
By FEMI ADESINA This will stick in memory for life. It was March, 2020. The whole world was at the edge. A pandemic was on the prowl, and the auguries were not good. The Spanish flu of 1918 to 1920 killed between 25 and 50 million people worldwide. COVID-19 was going to mow down hundreds of […]
Moses Ekpo: Vestige of the Jakande/Onabanjo School
By Umo Robinson Thursday, the 17th of October, 2024, the National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, rolled out drums to celebrate its own bright stars in an event at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, tagged: “Milestone Recognition of Media Icons In Nigeria”. The ceremony afforded the NUJ the opportunity to honour […]
Gambari at 80: A Modest Proposal
By Wale Adebanwi As we patiently waited with others for the elevator to arrive on the ground floor of the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations in New York on a September morning (only one of the elevators was working!), a few people who recognized him seemed to gasp as they realized that such an eminent global […]
Uzodimma moving to greater heights at 66
By Oguwike Nwachukwu This time last year when Imo State Governor, Dr. Hope Uzodimma, CON, marked 65, I was intentional in the choice of the title of my piece: “Imo’s 65th birthday gift to Uzodimma.” The circumstances in the build-up to his re-election for a second term in office in 2023, with all the political shenanigans […]
