Death of a Hero: Dermot Doran, Priest Who Rallied Aid for Biafran Airlift, Dies at 88

By Clay Risen In 1968, Father Doran, who had been in Nigeria as an educator, became the linchpin of one of the largest civilian humanitarian efforts in history. The cargo plane flew in low over southeastern Nigeria, its lights out, its radio off, its pilot navigating by the glow of refinery flares along…

July 23, 20230Comments

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Dokpesi and The Gazebo Mystique

By Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D., LL.D, D.Litt Ezomo Anthony Aleogho Ayaoghena Dokpesi loved the gazebo in his beautiful Abuja residence. It is made of big rafters and roofed with thatch. A gazebo like the one in Dokpesi’s vast compound is a small building in a house that affords a…

July 4, 20230Comments

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Olisa Agbakoba: He remains the head, the fountain and indeed the very source of hope for many of us…

By Tunde Akanni It wasn’t surprising that the 70th birthday anniversary of a foremost human rights campaigner in Africa, Olisa Agbakoba, appeared to have sneaked away May 29 2023. There wouldn’t have been any basis to struggle in the media for attention on a day already officially and repeatedly faulted as the contraption of one man…

June 10, 20230Comments

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My Elegy on the Sad Passage of High Chief Raymond Aleogho Ayaoghena Dokpesi, Ph.D., OFR

By Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D I am a very sad man as I write this. I am completely devastated by the ugly news of the rather sudden death of my elder brother, friend, kinsman, soul mate, and confidant, HIGH CHIEF RAYMOND ALEOGHO AYAOGHENA DOKPESI. Dokpesi had called me on WHATSAPP at about…

May 29, 20230Comments

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The Marriage And Death Of Saint Obi

By Zik Zulu Okafor His social life was blunted. Perhaps by his reticent disposition.His persona, two dimensional. To a distant public, he was upscale and cool. His manly bearing spoke loud. His onscreen image ironically amplified some idiosyncrasies; heroics, romantic adventures, and traits that did not gel with the mortal privacy that eerily define his…

May 17, 20230Comments

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Tarnongo Mike Utsaha, 5 May, 1969 – 14 March, 2023

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For 21 years, we had an annual ritual of speaking every New Year’s Day and more often besides. You could always trust him to provide a season’s worth of deep insight wrapped in a bodyguard of fun, humour and hilarity. On 1 January 2023, however, it was impossible to reach him…

April 2, 20230Comments

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Obituary: Franca Afegbua shattered the glass ceiling

By Lillian Okenwa Amidst the International Women's Month celebrations, Nigerian women have been thrown into mourning with the passing of the country’s first female senator, Franca Afegbua. A statement from the Afegbua family disclosed that she died on Sunday. The statement reads: “The Afegbua family of Edo state has confirmed the demise of the first…

March 12, 20230Comments

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**Not Yet Hamba Kahle, Thulani**

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 18 March 2014, Mpendulo Simelane, a judge of the High Court of eSwatini – the country formerly known as Swaziland - convicted Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu of criminal contempt, sentencing them to 18 months in prison. Bheki, a journalist, worked as editor of The Nation, the leading news magazine…

January 28, 20230Comments

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Adieu AbdulFatai Olalekan Yusuf, SAN By Wahab Shittu, SAN

This morning l woke up to the sad reality that our Olalekan AbdulFatai Yusuf, SAN is no more. It sounds unbelievable, but it is a sad reality. AbdulFatai Olalekan Yusuf, SAN We were close right from our SBS (School of Basic Studies) days between 1981- 1982 where we cultivated friendship and…

January 20, 20230Comments

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Joe Nwankwo, what a time to say goodbye…

By Lillian Okenwa Joe was a clown. As judicial correspondents back in the days, many of us felt he was in the wrong profession. Comedy should have been the choice we told him. There was no dull moment with Joe. Frankly, what journalism gained, the entertainment world lost Big time in Joe. Joe will say…

December 23, 20220Comments

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