HID clocks 94 – Tribune
November 25, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · View Comments
The matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty and Yeye Oodua, Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, will today mark her 94th birthday with a thanksgiving service at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church, Ikenne Remo, Ogun State, at 11.00 a.m.
Fondly referred to as the “Jewel of Inestimable Value” by her husband and political icon, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief (Mrs.) Awolowo was born in Ikenne Remo on 25 November, 1915, to Chief Odugbemi Adelana, the Ayangbuwa of Ikenne and Baba Ijo of St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, Ikenne and Princess Elizabeth Oyesile Adelana, one of the founders of the Apostolic Church in Ikenne.
Chief (Mrs.) Awolowo began her educational career in 1921 at Saint Saviour’s Anglican School, Ikenne and later crossed to Saint Peter’s Anglican School, Faji, Lagos, from where she proceeded to Methodist Girls High School, Broad Street, Lagos, where she was between 1928 and 1933.
An astute and intelligent woman, Chief (Mrs.) Awolowo returned to her alma mater in 1934 and taught there till December 1936 before her foray into the world of business.
She got married to the sage, political icon and nationalist, Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1937 and the marriage was blessed with children, one of who is today the publisher of Tribune titles, Resolution Oluwole Awolowo.
What Nigerians say as Tribune clocks 60 – Tribune
November 16, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · View Comments
Chief Gbenga Daniel Ogun State Governor
“The Tribune is a major pillar of journalism in Nigeria and good example of an effective mirror of the society. It is a mustard seed planted by Chief Obafemi Awolowo exactly 60 years ago.
I want to commende the courage of Papa Awolowo, the resilence of the chairman of Tribune, who is also the matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty, Yeye Oodua, HID Awolowo and the doggedness of various journalists who -have passed through its crucible. Tribune has, over the years, discharged its duties creditably well to the acclamation of its admirers and the respect of its traducers. In good and bad times, at the finest and most difficult period of the nations history, Tribune has been there, reporting the odyssey of a nation, its ills and its successes and has earned for itself, the appellation of the authentic voice of the people.
