By Sunday Oyinloye The life and times of Brigadier- General David Bamigboye was unique and productive as attested to by Nigerians even before his death. For a man who became a Military Governor of the old Kwara State less than ten years after he enlisted in the military, the story of his life speaks to […]Read More

Major General Samaila Iliya who retired from the military in December 2005 was a former Aide –de – Camp to late Brigadier-General David Bamigboye. The retired military officer who was commissioned into the Infantry Corps in 1973 was once the Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army. He was also a former Chief of Administration of […]Read More

By Ojo Folorunsho For a man who literarily moulded the building blocks of an emergent Kwara State, pretty little is in the public domain about the life and times of the late General David Lasisi Bamigboye. Though self-effacing and ever shunning the kleigh lights while alive, history would certainly be kind to this Omu-Aran- born […]Read More

Retired Banker and Businessman, Femi Ajibade was a General Manager with Lead limited, a company which late General David Bamigboye sat as the Chairman. In this interview with Green Savannah Diplomatic Cable, Ajibade revealed that the late Governor was a philanthropist who spent more than seventy percent of his income on charity Excerpts: You worked […]Read More

One of the people who worked with the late pioneer Governor of Kwara State,  Brigadier-General David Bamigboye at Government House, Ilorin is 70 year  old Chief Joel Bamidele Ogunrinola  who was his Press Secretary. According to Ogunrinola, the late Military Governor was an excellent boss who was not harsh on his staff. He narrated the […]Read More

Veteran Journalist, Chief Mrs Moji Makanjuola needs little introduction in Nigeria.  The Kwara State- born broadcaster who is a familiar face on television is the Executive Director of International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH). Moji who is so passionate about the development of her home state is one of the numerous people General […]Read More

By Sunday Oyinloye His photograph when he was made the first Military Governor of the old Kwara State in 1967 tells all about his youthful age. The responsibility on the shoulders of the rare soldier who was then below 27 years of age was very huge, yet he was wise to have used technocrats to […]Read More

Fabius Ndot who is a life coach, footballer, and youth pastor is one of the Africans in Sweden doing the continent proud. Fabius and his wife, Vimbai are well known in Soderhamn,Sweden . He has accomplished what many Africans in Sweden could not achieve because of his passion for youth development and service to humanity. […]Read More

By Yemi Adurotoye All roads lead to Omu Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria, today as the ancient town ushers in a new Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Abdulraheem Oladele Adeoti, whose coronation is coming on his birthday, a man of history you would say. Certainly, it is by divine arrangement that his coronation coincides with his 62nd […]Read More

Selmor Mtukudzi is one of the most popular musicians in Southern Africa. Her story is unique. She is the daughter of Zimbabwean prominent musician, Oliver  Mtukudzi .  Interestingly, the Afro-Jazz musician is married to another musician, Tendai  Manatsa who is one of the best  Zimbabwean   guitarists  and vocalists,  and  whose father , Zex Manatsa  is […]Read More