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To live in Nigeria I hear is hard … But as a young Nigerian …. I hear a ringing...
One of the customs guys going through my handbag (at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport) asked me if I...
BY SAM AKPE You can’t doubt his star quality. It is conveniently predictable. In broadcasting, he is the inside...
A Review of Kayode Soyinka’s Book Born Into Journalism BY SAM AKPE For a few seconds, let’s put our...
BY OBOT EMMANUEL OBOT, Ph.D A Review BY SAM AKPE Close your eyes for a moment. Take a deep...
cartographer, b: March 3, 1954, Jen; m: Fadimatu, 1977;nc: three s, two d. ed: Sudan United Mission (A)...
B.Sc; insurance consultant; b: Ago- Iwoye; so: Ogun; married; nc: two s, two d; ed: Ago Iwoye Secondary...
By Rita Eghuojovbo A Book Review By SAM AKPE It Takes A Village, Courage Plus Determination A few days...
Research Officer, Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, 3, William Carew Street, Anthony Village, Lagos; (01) 523646. Formerly: NITEL,...
public relations consultant; b: November 25, 1957, so: Delta; m: Stella Nkiru Osodi; nc: three s; ed: St. John's...
OB.Sc, M.Sc, management consultant, consulting economist; b: March 17, 1954; ht: Oginibo, Ughelli South Council, so: Delta; m: Elizabeth...
high priest of the godian religion; b: July 23, 1923,ht: Ukwa Village, Nkporo, so: Imo; married, has ten children,...
born November 11, 1964, in Odolo, Okobo, Oron LGA, Cross River State; Education: Methodist School, Odobo-Okobo; 1949-52; Okobo District...
Date of Birth: 1962 State of Origin: Anambra Local Government Area: Aguata Village/Town: Isuolia Mr. Cosmas Ikechukwu Blaise Okoli...
GOVERNOR MELFORD OKILO: RIVERS STATE OKILO, Chief Melford 0., wasborn on the 30th November, 1933 in a remote village...
Group Advertisement Manager, Champion Newspapers, Ilasamaja, Lagos; (01) 525659,525807,525832. Formerly: Deputy Advert Manager, The Guardian, 1984-88; Asst. Advert Manager,...
Born in 1938 in Ndi Agbo, Akanu Qhafia, Imo State, Education: Church Scotland Mission School, Akanu Oliafia, 194554; Govt....
Photojournalist, Champion, P O Box 2276, Oshodi, Lagos; (01) 525807 (ext 154). Formerly: Freelance, Guardian, 1990-91. Education: Cert. General...
Senior Client Service Executive, Aseline Communications, Surulere, Lagos. Education: B.A. English; PG Dipl. Mass Communication, 1992. Major accounthandled: All...
CFR, FSS, MSS, PSC, USNWC, FWC; Naval Officer, born: November 14, 1948; Married; has children, Education: Rimi, Saint John's...
Head of Information/Media Relations; Editor, NCAC News, National Council for Arts & Culture, National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos;(01)801710-4. Formerly: Information...
Chief Executive Officer, Johet Company, 2,Olayemi Street, Ikate, Surulere, Lagos; (01) 831099. Formerly: Public Affairs Officer, S.O.N. Education: B.A....
Advertise ment Manager, Health International, 11, Aromire Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos; (01) 967850. Formerly: Execu tive Editor, Omo-Uweean (Publications), Benin,...
B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., diplomat; b: September 30, 1934; ed: University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963; City University of New...
OFR; Management consultant; born July 25, 1919, Nkpa, Abia State, married Mary Nwakwa Ulokanjo, 1949, three sons, three daughters....
B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, food technologist, administrator, born July 6,1949, Lagos; married Abimbola Oyindamola Denloye 1978, two sons, one daughter;...
insurance executive, administrator, born March 1926, Hisan-Remo, Ogun State; married Matilda Ibidun Odubiyi 1953, two sons, four daughters; Education;...
B.A, MCRP, town planner, university teacher; born November 20, 1946, Lagos; married A.O. Odugbesan. 1970; two sons, four daughters. Education:...
B.Sc. M.Sc, Ph.D; OFR, OON, microbiologist, agronomist, administrator, academic; b: January 19, 1946; p: Iloko-Ijesha; ht: Iloko-Ijesa; lga: Oriade;...
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SSG), Ufot Ekaette, is dead. Ekaette was born in 1939...
Historian, administrator, b: December 25,1927; p: Warri; so: Delta; m: married, has children; Education: Catholic Missionary School, Warri; Government...
B.Sc,MBA;ed: University of Lagos,1994; Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, New York, 2003; en accountant,Cargill Nigeria Ltd.,...
Executive Editor/Director, The Sunday Magazine, 2, Isijola Street, Ilupeju, Lagos; (01) 966324. Formerly: Assistant Editor, Newswatch, 1989; Deputy Editor,...
“Libraries store the energies that fuel the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to...
FRANKLY SPEAKING, In my 50 years in the Library, Research, Knowledge and Information Management Industry, I’ve gone through…close shaves(near-death)...
I started my working life as a library assistant, five years after he did. But the only dream I...
In his chosen career path, Nyaknnoabasi Osso needs little or no introduction, particularly among the older generation of Nigerians....
The echoes of the name “Nyaknno Osso” transcend what represents the biographical information landscape of Nigeria but reverberates across...
Aderinwale Ayo Yes it does! Things actually work around here! Yesterday afternoon, 18th of June 2018, my wife came back...
By Stanley Macebuh I speak as one who claims a spiritual bond with Dele Giwa, as one who,...
May his soul rest in peace “Having IMF monitors in the central bank assumes that we are incapable of...
Chidi Amuta Newswatch & Leadership: There are far too many reasons to felicitate with my brother and friend Ray...
BA, advertising director, born February 23,1947, Oshogbo, Osun State; married Folusade Adelugba 1973, three sons, one daughter; Education: African...
My Newswatch Years While writing for the Concord newspapers as the London Correspondent, I had the fortune of meeting...
BOOK REVIEW BY SAM AKPE Have you seen the book? It is entitled Age of Videots. The first question that...
Environmentalist. Ecological Consultant. Resea rch Fellow. Envi ron menta l Affai rs, Mobil Producing Nigeria, UnLtd ; LGA: Mkpat...
B.Sc, M.B.A, extraction metallurgist, administra tor, born August 15, 1942, Bakori, Katsina State; married Badiya 1969,three sons, one daughter;...
OND; transporter, politician; b: 1958; ht: Jahun; Iga: Jahun; so: Jigawa; married, has seven children; ed: School of Management...
B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, mechanical engineer, irfdustrial consultant, born January 26, 1942, Oyo,Oyo State; married Modupe Abosede Oyegunle 1972, one...
BA., MA, Ph.D., university teacher, literary critic; b: April II, I938;ht: Nsit Ibom; Iga: Nsit Ibom; so: Akwa Ibom;...
M.A, educationist, social worker, born January 3, 1939, Amadaka, Andoni, Rivers State; married Christianah Harrison 1968, one daughter; Education:...
DIL; transporter, politician; b: August 4, 1947; Obokun/Oriade; so: Osun; married, has ten children; ed: Supervisory Councillor, Ikeja, Iga:...
He was a foundation member of the team that set up pacesetting Newswatch magazine, published by the trio of...
A Review of The Book – LEADERSHIP TURNAROUND by Ifie Sekibo, PhD BY SAM AKPE This is something new...
“Giwa was a great journalist,” said Dele Cole, “a first-class writer… people envied his success that was to be.”...
“Energy and persistence conquer all things” – Benjamin Franklin. You may not believe it but every man or woman who...
Excerpts From Nyaknno Osso’s Introduction to the book, Don’t Let Him Die, Published in Memory of Dele Giwa ...
His Comprehensive And Annotated Bibliography Compiled And Edited By Nyaknno Osso, A Friend Of Dele Giwa SECTION ONE...
BOOK REVIEW BY SAM AKPE Here is the book, finally: Clement Nyong Isong: A Life of Integrity, Discipline and Public...
A BOOK REVIEW BY SAM AKPE If any Christian has ever been confused about Psalms Chapter 23 Verse 4, the time...
By the time you finish reading this, you may discover the need for a non-negotiable upward review of your...
A review by Ray Ekpu of the book titled, “It is well with my soul” by Obong Victor Attah,...
had his primary school education at St. David's School, Akure and his Secondary School Education at the Government College,...
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