Tag: tribute
Adieu, Abibat Mogaji
The demise of Alhaja Abibat Mogaji, MFR, MON, president-general, Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men, on 15 June, is,…
The Achebe I knew
By Chido Onumah “Indiscipline pervades our life so completely that one may be justified in calling it the condition par…
Adunni: The Journey Of An Accidental Politician
By Babafemi Ojudu “Femi, you have come again with your jokes,” she said on that faithful afternoon when I invited…
‘I Just Wanted To Hear Your Voice’
By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Moremi Ajasoro. Afi ikoko ide bu omi lamu. Afi Kankan fadaka soge lawujo egbe. Moremi ti ewure ile…
Tribute To Funmi Olayinka: Beautiful Inside And Outside
By Funso Adegbola My heart grieved when I heard the sad news of the passing of the Deputy Governor of…
Eulogies To An Icon
Movie stars recently paid their last respect to Chief Justus Esiri, a septuagenarian theatre legend who passed away in the…
A Courageous Political Amazon
P.M.NEWS editorial on the transition of Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka Funmi Olayinka, deputy governor, Ekiti State continues to receive accolades even…
Soyinka, Others Mourn Ekiti Deputy Gov
More Nigerians on Sunday condoled with Governor Kayode Fayemi, and the people of Ekiti on the demise of the state…
Jonathan leads tributes for Oshiomhole on 60th birthday
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Nigeria’s Edo State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, who marks his 60th birthday today. Jonathan said…
Chinua Achebe: A Writer And A Half And More
By Akin Adesokan He sits there in the front row, looking baffled by the effusion of encomiums falling all around…
Achebe And I
By Nduka Otiono No one who met the venerable Chinua Achebe–in flesh and blood or in his writings–would ever forget…
Achebe’s Apocalyptic Valediction
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Chinua Achebe appeared on the world stage in grand style by way of the epochal novel,…
Achebe Is Africa’s Shakespeare
By Festus Ayayi I knew Chinua Achebe in the early 80s when he was President of Association of Nigerian Authors…
Curtain-Call For The Eagle
By Tunde Olusunle Over the years, Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo and I have had the good fortune of regularly hosting a good…
The Passing Of A Literary Troubadour
By Wale Okediran Like many Nigerian students, who offered Literature in secondary school, I first met Achebe on the pages…