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Adesina, Nigeria and Awolowo’s impossible dreams, By Greg Odogwu

March 14, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

One of the most beautiful and inspiring news to come out of Nigeria in recent times is the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership bestowed on our own Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, for his exceptional and patriotic service to his beloved country Nigeria, and indeed Africa. It then becomes a double […]

Tinubu renames 15 airports after Awolowo, Buhari, Okadigbo, Tunde Idiagbon, Oba Akenzua II, others (Full list)

June 26, 2023June 27, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

President Bola Tinubu has renamed some federal government-owned airports after some notable Nigerians including late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, Okadigbo, Tunde Idiagbon, Oba Akenzua II, Samuel Ladoke Akintola, and so on. The development was contained in a memo dated June 1, signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of […]

From Awolowo To Akintola Politics, By Akin Osuntokun

June 11, 2023June 11, 2023Bode Dolu1 Comment

Speaking of late Chiefs Obafemi Awolowo and Ladoke Akintola politics, I have a pertinent personal testimony to tender. I had a pretty early and unique exposure to Nigerian politics which can be literally cited as baptism of fire. I was born into one of the contradictions of Yoruba politics which fostered in me a lifelong […]

Of Awolowo, Abiola and Obasanjo, By Akin Osuntokun

August 20, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

In the effort to decipher and formulate the chances of All Progressives Congress, APC candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidential aspiration, narratives and speculations have resurfaced on the political behaviour of the Yoruba. Employing the precedents of Obafemi Awolowo, Moshood Abiola and Olusegun Obasanjo; Mr Farouk Kperogi of Saturday Tribune, for instance, came to the conclusion […]

Afenifere lambastes Femi Adesina for comparing Buhari to Awolowo and Azikiwe

October 16, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere has tackled the special adviser to President Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, for comparing his boss, President Buhari to former Nigerian leaders, Obafemi Awolowo and Nnamdi Azikiwe. In his article, Adesina wrote: “Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is an honest man. Whatever he tells you, please take it serious. […]

Awolowo, WNTV and the Barbarians, By Banji Ojewale

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019Bode DoluLeave a Comment

It has been said of Obafemi Awolowo, Western Nigeria’s first premier, that like Roman Empire’s first emperor, Augustus Caesar, he was “an efficient organiser” and a “great builder” who struck several feats that have remained unmatched in Nigeria’s record books several decades after his rule. In his well referenced book, An Outline History of the World, […]