Tag: Chief Obafemi Awolowo
Buhari mourns HID Awolowo, a jewel of inestimable value
President Muhammadu Buhari has received with immense sadness, news of the passing away of Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Dideolu Awolowo, a…
PTAs And School Management
By Olalekan Olagunju Education has been viewed by many people from different perspectives. According to legendary South African former President,…
The Genius Of Obafemi Awolowo And The Contest For His Political Space
By Kunle Ajibade Bill Clinton, in an article he wrote for TIME magazine in 1999 titled “Captain Courageous,” described one…
Yoruba leaders should forge a synergy –Senator Ayo Fasanmi
Funsho Arogundade Frontline politician and Afenifere chieftain, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, has urged fellow Yoruba leaders to forget their differences and…
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I Wish PDP Will Not Survive This Crisis
Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, who became a lawyer in 1961, marked his 80th birthday on Tuesday 17 September 2013. The founder…
Igbo-Yoruba Affair: A Mistrust Carried Too Far
There is a mistrust in the way the Igbo relate with their Yoruba compatriots. But analysts say the premises are…
Ojukwu Better Than Hitler
Chief Richard Akinjide, Second Republic Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, offers his recollections of the civil war years to GBENRO…
Lagos And The Challenge Of Widening The Tax Net
By Rasak Musbau There is evidently an urgent need for a fresh focus on governance and democratization in our troubled…
Soyinka Gets Awo Prize
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka will today be named the first recipient of the Awolowo Prize for Leadership. He will…
Soyinka Wins Awo Leadership Prize
Professor Wole Soyinka has been named winner of the first ever Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership, instituted in honour of…
Biafra: Endless Sniping
Weeks after it broke out, the debate provoked by Chinua Achebe’s There Was A Country is still as bruising and…
Achebe’s War Memoir: Time For Ceasefire
More than a month after The Guardian of London published an excerpt from Professor Chinua Achebe’s latest book, There Was…
‘No Gov Has Replicated Awo’s Achievements’
The coordinator of Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, USA chapter, Taiwo Oladotun Ogunleye has said that no governor in southwest Nigeria…
Southwest Regional Integration More Important Than Mimiko’s Ambition
BY JOE IGBOKWE Southwest Nigeria is well known for progressive politics and it did not start today. It dates back…
Yoruba Confab In Ikenne
The pan Yoruba summit going on at Efunyela Hall in Ikenne Remo, the homestead of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo,…