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The Desert Warrior @83: Celebrating a True Hero
The story of his rich and eventful life is an inspiration -- there to excite and ignite hope in the new generation of Nigerians, especially the underprivileged. An orphan from an!-->…
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Pierre Cardin… exit of the futuristic designer
He revolutionised fashion in the 1950s and 60sTHE French fashion giant, whose career spanned more than 70 years, helped usher in the post-war "golden age" of couture with his!-->!-->!-->…
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Farewell, Jimanze Ego-Alowes, aka ‘Wiseman from the East’ (1957-2020)
AND Jimanze Ego-Alowes passed on before we could hatch his next-level proposal. A prolific author, he described himself on his Twitter handle as a "journalist, poet and writer with a!-->…
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For Chico Ejiro: A story still in the making…
By Keppy Ekpenyong BasseyAFTER service on Christmas day, my older sister had swung by the house as usual and without warning I blurted out Chico has passed on. She was shocked as!-->!-->!-->…
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BUSO, a friend indeed
By Toye ArulogunTHE phone call about 6:14am early in the morning of Monday 31st November 2020 was very unusual. Tunde Muraina and i speak a minimum of five times each day, but not!-->!-->!-->…
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Ebou Waggeh: The man who had a billion ideas
By Alagi Saidy-BarroWE met at the TRRC. He heard me going off on someone who insisted on calling me “boss”, and Mr. Waggeh decided to start calling me “boss”.I called him 'Suma!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Tribute: Babatunde Lawal, Perm Sec Cabinet Office, ends his development plan
“Mr Lawal was a nice and easy-going person. I know this because I had worked closely with him and Dr Akpan on a number of assignments for almost four years; and been on about eight!-->…
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Sarah Abimbola Akinosho (Feb. 15, 1927-Oct 15,2 020)
Mummy's generosity was a treatBy Akin AdeṣọkanMUMMY's treat was unfailingly prompt and generous. A plate of chin-chins and a bottle of Cocacola. On the few occasions that I!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Sarah Adebola: You lived the beautiful life
By Toyin AkinoshoMama Mi!I HAVE written your biography twice over the last twenty years: for your 70th Birthday February 15, 1997 and the 80th anniversary, February 15,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Mallam Salihu M. Bappa: He was loyal to community, friendship
By Denja AbdullahiA COLOSSUS of pristine human relationship and interconnectedness is gone. He is (was) Mallam Salihu Mohammed Bappa, who until his demise yesterday (Wednesday)!-->!-->!-->…
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