Tag: tributes
My conversations with Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe (1933-2020)
By Idowu Olayinka
My last physical meeting with him
Emeritus Professor Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe invited...
Adieu, Senator Ishaq Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi, 1949-2020
By Idowu Olayinka
I first met with the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi sometime in 2004 at a private event...
TRIBUTE: My journey to the University of Ibadan in 1948
By Anezie Okoro
I belonged to the first set of Medical Students that moved to the University of Ibadan...
Abdalla at 64: Garlands to a versatile and humble scholar
By Ahmad Muhammad Danyaro
Giants strides made by man are usually relieved with pomp and pageantry. Some roll out...
First UNN SUG president, BIC Ijomah dies at 83
The pioneer Students' Union Government president of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Benedict Ijomah is dead.
Ijomah was...
Pioneer AAUA VC, Akinyemiju Akindoyeni dies at 80
The pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Akinyemiju Akindoyeni is dead. He was 80 years old.
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Remembering Amoloye thirteen years after
By Adesola Yaqub
“The whole essence of politics and leadership is in itself defeated, if the people do not have references to point at, as...
OBITUARY: Samuel Ade-Ali (1960-2019)
Samuel Ade-Ali is dead. Until his demise, he was a professor of African Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU),...
Ex-students honour late UI lecturer with tributes
Following the death of a former lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Ibadan (UI), Aminu Zubairu, students he had taught...
Renowned Nigerian poet, Gabriel Okara dies at 97
Renowned Nigerian poet and novelist, Gabriel Okara, has died.
He was aged 97.
The literary icon passed on on Sunday at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC)...
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