Pa Adebanjo was a quintessential Patriot, says Nnia Nwodo
I got the news of the death of a friend and the leader of the Pan Yoruba body, the Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, at the age of 96 years. Pa Adebanjo was one of the…
Category: Bereavement
‘Don’t depart from the path of Justice’, Pa Ayo Adebanjo’s last word to me, Peter Obi mourns
The Labour Party leader and Presidential Candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, is mourning the demise of his arch-supporter and the leader of the Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, who passed…
Ayo Adebanjo submits boarding pass, takes on flight to great beyond at 96
By Chukwudi Abiandu It was the end of an era as foremost Awoist, Afenifere leader, lawyer and committed nationalist, Chief Samuel Ayodele Adebanjo this morning, checked in, delivered his boarding ticket for his seat and…
NEWS FEATURE – World leaders, business associates, political leaders celebrate Wigwe at anniversary memorial
[caption id="attachment_17553" align="alignright" width="225"] Mr. Etim Etim.[/caption] By Etim Etim Eminent Nigerians and global leaders Sunday, February 9, 2025 evening remembered banking icon, Herbert Wigwe in an evening of tributes and celebration of his life…
PERSPECTIVE – Herbert Wigwe: One year after
By Tunde Ogunseitan Next Monday, February 10, marks one year since Herbert Wigwe, his wife Chizoba, their son Chizi, and their friend, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, tragically lost their lives in a helicopter accident in Southern California,…
PERSPECTIVE – Bene Madunagu: Intellectual, mother, botanist, leftist-feminist and revolutionary socialist.
By Owei Lakemfa The Left Movement in Nigeria gained two of its best known leaders in 1973. Edwin ‘Eddie’ Ikechukwu Madunagu was a 27-year-old postgraduate student of Mathematics, specifically Differential Equations and Functions of a…
Gen. Lagbaja’s demise: TANTITA Chairman, Tompolo condoles Tinubu, Army Chief, Nigerian Army, family
[caption id="attachment_26962" align="alignnone" width="245"] High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo.[/caption] The Chairman of TANTITA Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief (Dr.) Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo has commiserated with the President and Commander-in- Chief of…
Utuama’s intellectual input to governance phenomenal, says Chike Ogeah
Prof. Amos Agbe Utuama, former Deputy Governor of Delta State, has been described as a university don whose sojourn into government brought phenomenal change to the quality of legislation in states. He was deputy…
Oborevwori mourns as ex-deputy governor Prof. Amos Utuama dies at 77
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has sent condolences to the family of former Deputy Governor of the state, Professor Amos Agbe Utuama (SAN). Professor Utuama reportedly died in Warri in the early hours…
BEREAVEMENT – I really feel for Gov. Umo Eno
By Etim Etim I really feel for Pastor Umo Eno on the death of his wife. A genial, respectful and easy-going gentleman, he must be going through a lot now. Death in the family is…