Tribute

IT was sometime in 1982, at SCOATRAC premises in Lagos on a hot workday afternoon. I was just 20. I was a security guard under a private security firm, George Hunters, hired by…
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'I think of Prof Akinyemi at 80, not as a lion in winter, crouching, doing nothing except ruing the past. No, instead I see the noble, sagacious, fierce and warlike Ulysses that Lord…
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'As we prepare to join the beautiful family of Dr Jibunoh to celebrate him and mark, yet another birthday, I would like to use this opportunity to call on the government of Delta…
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(Being adaptation of the text of a citation on Professor Sola Olorunyomi, who clocks 60 today, November 28, 2021. Citation written by Dr. James Yeku, under the title: Sola Olorunyomi;…
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Preface IN the beginning was the word and the word was without walls that separated thoughts from deeds. On the seventh phase and in several places a city in text started to…
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INDUSTRY? Yes, but also no! No, in a positive sense I should quickly say, for FAJ - Femi Akintunde Johnson - is actually an industry. It is tempting to describe him as an…
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IT has been a rain of tributes for the world-class stage and screen actress and producer Ajoke Silva-Jacobs since she clocked 60 on Wednesday September 29. Messages have continued…
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The history of the Afrobeat movement in Nigeria will be incomplete without a mention of Pa Tajudeen Olalekan Animashaun (Baba Ani), the baritone sax player, vocalist, composer, and…
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ROWLAND Abiodun turned 80 on Sunday, July 25. He is the John C. Newton Professor of Art, the History of Art, and Black Studies at Amherst College, MA. He has written numerous…
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The beloved actress, women empowerment advocate and social activist is 50 today. The stage and screen goddess is breaking the internet already, with fans and admirers from home and…
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