Tag: Louis Odion
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Louis Odion: The matter of ‘Capacity’ – By Azu Ishiekwene
Sometimes it feels like we have been childhood friends. That we have known each other forever. For over 30 years since our paths crossed, I can’t remember how many times I’ve called him “Louis,” much less “Louis Osaretin Odion.” Even now, it feels awkward to write it. I call him by the name that the…
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Finally, a new Nigerian patriarch – By Louis Odion
To frame the epic coronation at the Eagle Square Tuesday night casually as Jagaban’s triumph is to omit one significant detail: a major detour in the movement of the forces of Nigeria’s history. As 2,322 enervated party delegates began to disperse from the Abuja coliseum strewn with the shards of broken aspirations and the cadavers…
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Tribute to my friend, Festus Keyamo @ 50 By Louis Odion
Louis Odion, FNGE As he hits the golden jubilee milestone (on January 21), I couldn’t think of a better depiction of that biblical line, “a friend that sticks closer than a brother”. Sure, the story of his extraordinary climb from the bottom to the zenith of his chosen career – law – is now public…
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General Buhari’s Cambridge Certificate is as Nonexistent as Louis Odion’s Self Esteem, By Reno Omokri
By Reno Omokri It was Lord Alfred Denning who said that you cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand. That was what flashed in my mind, when I read Louis Odion’s dribble, ‘Atiku, ambition and the endgame’, which tried to argue away General Buhari’s lack of a school leaving certificate on the…