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Farewell Abdulkadir Sanusi Dantata

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By Engr. Abdulkadir S. Idris

Our first meeting was in late 1974. He was the young managing director of the defunct Dantata Land and Sea Ltd.  I was a young engineer starting a career with Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited. We were both present at the meeting called by the Kano regional office of Mobil to discuss issues associated with the haulage contract being handled by Dantata Land and Sea Limited. He made a detailed presentation.

 

Issues, lessons as Mark hits 64

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By Richard Ihediwa

Senate President David Mark needs no further introduction. His, is already a household name in most Nigerians families. As the nation’s number three man celebrates his 64th birthday on Sunday, political and social watchers are already looking beyond the celebrations to issues that make the Senate President thick in the nation’s contemporary life.

 

Eulogies, as M.T. Mbu goes home

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By Dianabasi Effiong

Dr Matthew Tawo Mbu, the 82-year-old elder statesman and seasoned diplomat who died on Feb. 6, was buried at his country-home, Okundi, in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River on Friday, March 30.
The funeral rites of the nationalist politician began with the lying-in-state of his body at Kenyon’s Funeral Home, London, sometime in March.

 

Remembering Jarman Kano, Dankabo, 10 years after

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By Hashim Muhammad

On a day like yesterday, April 4, ten years ago, a great soul answered the inevitable call. The call all mortals must respond at the appointed time. The world was rudely awakened by the distressing news that poignant April morning in 2002 that Alhaji Muhammadu Adamu Dankabo, the late Jarman Kano was no more.

 

Asiwaju: Celebrating a democratic icon at 60

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By Omoba Kenneth Aigbegbele

Former Lagos state governor and national leader of the ACN and the progressives in Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was born in Lagos to the illustrious Tinubu dynasty of Lagos State 60yrs ago. He attended St.John’s primary school, Aroloya, Lagos and the Children’s Home School, Ibadan.

 
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