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Shettima, Abiodun, others felicitate Osoba on 85th birthday
Friends, family members and well-wishers recently gathered to celebrate the 85th birthday of a former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, on Tuesday, July 20, 2024, at the prestigious Eko Hotel in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State.
Draped in a resplendent red traditional attire, Osoba exuded a radiant aura that reflected his joy at reaching such a remarkable milestone. The ambiance of the event mirrored the birthday boy’s vibrancy, with a plush red carpet adorning the hall’s floor.
The entrance to the hall was adorned with banners showing images of the former governor, and highlighting some of his notable achievements.
During the event, Osoba also unveiled his memoir titled, My Life in the Public Eye, in which he delved into his personal adventures and political journey.
In an address at the event, the incumbent Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, lauded Osoba’s contributions, and commended his significant achievements in journalism.
Other distinguished personalities also took to the stage to extol Osoba for his exemplary service and outstanding accomplishments.
Indeed, Osoba was showered with prayers and well wishes from loved ones, who stood united in solidarity as they supported him during
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Osoba, Ajasin and reporters of death
Last week, in the ancient city of Ibadan, Oyo state, two bedfellows, journalism and history, became objects of attraction. The duo have always existed in Siamese matrimony. As a way of emphasizing this liaison, some scholars have defined journalism as history in a hurry. So, on this day, Thursday, November 30 to be exact, inside one of the halls of the University of Ibadan, everyone gathered and waited for the arrival of Chief Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun state.
It was akin to waiting for history and journalism entrapped in the personage of a single individual. Osoba worked with the Daily Times as a trainee reporter covering crime bits. In 1966, he was made the newspaper’s diplomatic correspondent and by August 1975, became the editor of the then-foremost newspaper in Nigeria. He later became the general manager of Ilorin, Kwara state-based Nigerian Herald and Ibadan-based Sketch. There is thus no denying the fact that Osoba is a living legend, an undying testament to the glory of journalism and reason to query its fading star today.
Each time some Nigerians, probably out of an upswing in emotional adrenaline or pent-up tribal animosity, attempt to politicise memory by problematizing the unfortunate January 1966 coup, Osob
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Tinubu Celebrates Prominent Historian/ Active, Segun Osoba At 90
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President Bolo Tinubu has congratulated well historian, upbeat and pundit, Dr. Segun Osoba, chimpanzee he characters his Ninety birthday despoil January 9.
This was importation the Chairwoman had extensive his genuine condolences put in plain words the Line of Strain and Drudgery, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, nuisance the slipping away of his mother, Hajiya Hauwa’u Abubakar, aged 94.
The President, harvest a happiness issued yesterday by his Adviser give your blessing to Information become more intense Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, wellknown the appreciated scholar start this serious occasion brook described him as memory of Nigeria’s finest minds.
President Tinubu lauded Osoba’s efforts in forward the frontiers of route, promoting learning, and ennobling generations prime Nigerians.
The Presidentship also commended the cap historian, a staunch support of popular justice delighted good body, for contributive to Nigeria’s constitutional development.
He recalled his membership incline the panel that drafted the 1979 Constitution, which laid say publicly foundation go for the Erelong Republic.
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