In the intricate dance of commerce, where fortunes are won and lost, few have pirouetted with as much grace and precision as Oba Otudeko. As he marked his 81st year on August 18, 2024, the chronicles of his life unfurl a story rich in lessons, victories, and the indelible marks left on the canvas of Nigeria’s economy. […]

By Jimitota Onoyume I was passing when my eyes caught a signpost written Chief Blessing Ohvwaworua Leadership Centre on the fence of his house on the Eku portion of Eku – Warri road, Delta state. The sign post flooded my head with beautiful memories I had of the late Chief Blessing Ohwavborua who passed on […]

By SAM NWAOBASI August 4, 2011 was a Thursday. I had gone to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to see the SGF on the directive of my benefactor, Sen. Ken Nnamani. Before I was ushered in to see the SGF, his then secretary, whom everybody called ‘Auty Kate’ on […]

Testimonials The itinerant drummers have gone home. Gone also are the dancers and the guests – invited and uninvited. So are the revelers and the army of spectators. Now it is fit and proper to pay tribute to four eminent  Nigerians whose exploits ring loud beyond these shores after the huge celebrations that greeted their […]

By Ayokunle Ogunshola No matter one’s level of despair about the state of Nigerian politics and society, there remainin the country exemplary people who remind one concretely of a Nigerian virtuousness that once existed whole and undaunted. Their presence also rekindles – from time to time – one’s hope for a Nigeria that might yet […]