Lanre Ogundipe
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Obasanjo: The man history refuses to leave alone - Blueprint Newspapers Limited (opens the original)
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History is often kinder to the dead than to the living. It sands away rough edges, softens harsh judgments and, over time, transforms flawed leaders into national icons. Yet, there are rare public figures whose lives stubbornly resist simplification. They remain objects of admiration and controversy in equal measure long after they have left office. Nigeria’s former president, General Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo, belongs unmistakably to that exclusive class. For more than six decades, Obasanjo has s
The weight of a good name - Blueprint Newspapers Limited (opens the original)
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There are two estates every human being leaves behind. One is visible; the other is invisible. The visible estate consists of houses, bank accounts, investments, titles and every material possession accumulated over a lifetime. The invisible estate is a reputation. While the first is administered by executors, the second is administered by memory. One is shared through probate; the other is preserved in the hearts of men. Curiously, we devote the greater part of our lives to enlarging the visibl
A colossus: Aremo Olusegun Osoba @ 87 - Blueprint Newspapers Limited (opens the original)
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There are birthdays that merely add another year to a man’s life. There are others that compel society to pause, not to count the years, but to measure the influence those years have deposited upon humanity. Such occasions are less about age than about legacy; less about longevity than about significance. The 87th birthday of Aremo Olusegun Osoba belongs unmistakably to that latter category. Osoba’s life has become one of those enduring texts from which successive generations continue to draw le
A collosuss: Aremo Olusegun Osoba @ 87 - Blueprint Newspapers Limited (opens the original)
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There are birthdays that merely add another year to a man’s life. There are others that compel society to pause, not to count the years, but to measure the influence those years have deposited upon humanity. Such occasions are less about age than about legacy; less about longevity than about significance. The eighty-seventh birthday of Aremo Olusegun Osoba belongs unmistakably to that latter category. Some lives are biographies. Others become reference books.Osoba’s life has become one of those
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