By Oladimeji Abitogun

CHIEF Joe Ibokwe, in recalling the glorious resistance of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, during

On this day, August 16, 1983, Akure, the capital of Ondo State, South West, Nigeria, was engulfed by unprecedented frenzy and a resultant wave of targeted killings, in which some of the rarest of gems amongst the city’s sons and daughters were caught. It was an unnecessary one day malady. Add a comment

By Oladimeji Abitogun

- Originally written in April of 2011, this article by Mr. Oladimeji Abitogun is a critical appraisal of the personality of businessman Jimoh Ibrahim, who is currently facing hard times as his business concerns come under government scrutiny for alleged laspses.

It would hardly matter that Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, the bashful and abrasive owner of  Emery Oil and Global Fleet Corporation wants us to perceive him as an unborn, self made billionaire, his lack of humility, or should I say his penchant for false humility, leaves us with no choice but to think hard on the source of his wealth.

The remains of big sister, Iyadunni Sarah Oluwalami, were interred at her husband’s hometown of Owo in Ondo State, Nigeria, on Saturday. Auntie Iyadun, as we all in the Abitogun family used to fondly call her, eventually lost the battle to a strange form of cancer which the most formidable medical team at the oncological department of the University College Hospital in Ibadan could not curtail. Add a comment

I am finding it difficult to accept the reality of the fact that I will no longer see a man who chose to call me a friend and a brother, Dr. Levi Ajuonoma. Dr. Ajuonoma is one of our Nigerian compatriots who, alongside other

by Oladimeji Abitogun

I understand the disappointment of some of the readers who have faithfully committed to following this column since it first came on about eight years ago. This column, life with Oladimeji Abitogun, was Add a comment

Nigeria’s south-south State of Bayelsa is the setting for a latest political dance with all the salacious macabre tinge, and the promise of long-drawn showdown that would embarrass everyone involved when the beats eventually stops.