Author: Deji Okegbile

Celebrating Sir Chief Bode Akindele: A Kingdom Treasurer, First Grand Patron, Nigerian Methodists Chaplaincy, a Foremost Entrepreneur, and a Renowned Industrialist.

Celebrating Sir Chief Bode Akindele: A Kingdom Treasurer, First Grand Patron, Nigerian Methodists Chaplaincy, a Foremost Entrepreneur, and a Renowned Industrialist.

Posted by | Jul 28, 2020 | , |

Sir Chief Bode Akindele, a Knight of John Wesley, Methodist Church Nigeria in no doubt was a Nigeria foremost entrepreneur, a renowned industrialist, and philanthropist of esteemed virtues. His ascension occurred on June 29th 2020 at the age of 87. Sir Chief Bode Akindele, the Parakoyi of Ibadanland and the chairman, Madandola Group was born on June 2nd 1932. His father, Pa Joshua Laniyan Akindele, was a Chief Tax Clerk for the whole of the Western Region of Nigeria and his mother, Rabiatu Adedigba, the first woman to go to Mecca in Ibadanland was a wealthy Ibadan trader who...

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UNSUNG HERO, EZEKIEL IZUOGU: THE GOVERNOR IMO/ABIA STATE NEVER HAD AND THE FIRST NIGERIAN TO MANUFACTURE A CAR.

UNSUNG HERO, EZEKIEL IZUOGU: THE GOVERNOR IMO/ABIA STATE NEVER HAD AND THE FIRST NIGERIAN TO MANUFACTURE A CAR.

Posted by | Jul 25, 2020 | |

My encounter with seven main personalities among many others during my national service year in 1991 in Imo/Abia State remains inspiring in my life. The seven personalities include: Dr Francis Akanu Ibiam of Unwana Kingdom in Afikpo North, and first Republic governor of the Eastern Region, Rev Dr Gary Maxey, West Africa Theological Seminary, Owerri; Rev Comas Ilechukwu of Charismatic Renewal Ministry, Owerri; Bro and Sis Sam Kputu, Capro missionaries, Owerri, Mr Peace Chilaka, Peace Printing Press, Nekede Road; Bro Ben, President of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship, Owerri chapter, and Engr Ezekiel Izuogu, the Governor Imo/Abia State...

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‘Dead Moon still shines on’: HOPE FOR THE CHURCH WITH A NAME BUT DEAD.

‘Dead Moon still shines on’: HOPE FOR THE CHURCH WITH A NAME BUT DEAD.

Posted by | Jul 24, 2020 | |

God is saying to the Church, “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.” God spoke to me recently specifically over the state of the Church through the Church in Sardis (Rev 3). Jesus’ message to seven first century local churches in western Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) was to challenge, warn, and build up believers and churches throughout church history, even in this age of Covid-19. Jesus’ message suggest that ‘without proper precaution, churches will slowly go their own way, accept false teaching and adapt to the evil practices and...

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Celebrating a Military Heroine: Tolulope Arotile, the Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot.

Celebrating a Military Heroine: Tolulope Arotile, the Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot.

Posted by | Jul 23, 2020 | , , |

Today Thursday 23rd July, 2020, the remains of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile were laid to rest at the military cemetery on Airport Road, Abuja. The Nigerian Air Force announced on Tuesday 14th July, 2020, that Flying Officer Tolulope died from a road traffic accident at the Nigerian Air Force base in Kaduna State. Flying Officer Arotile was commissioned into the Nigerian Air Force as a Pilot Officer on 16 September 2017 and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Nigerian Defence Academy. According to Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, ‘Flying...

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“LAZY PROFESSORS”: Raising Dry Bones of Quality Education.

“LAZY PROFESSORS”: Raising Dry Bones of Quality Education.

Posted by | Jul 21, 2020 | , |

In an age, especially among the Nigerian youths that prefer to follow Ramon Abbas, aka ‘Hushpuppi’ than Tolu Arotile, Michael Otedola or Aliko Dangote, it is no longer news that the’ quality of education originally recorded from the 1960s has depreciated to date.’ We are in an age of titles without trust, a time when traditional rulers and universities enjoy the act of giving titles to young men and women with questionable source of income and suspicious show of wealth. Sir Olaniwun Ajayi in his book, Nigeria: Africa’s Failed Asset? provides some background to the Nigeria’s complicated political history...

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