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TRIBUTE TO EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE OLADIPO OLUJIMI AKINKUGBE ‘CFR MD DPhil FRCP NNOM Hon.DSc’ (July 17, 1933 — June 15, 2020)
Written By Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.
One of the few people who I will forever be grateful to God for the opportunity of meeting, relating with and ultimately, be under his mentorship, was Emeritus Professor of Medicine, O. O Akinkugbe.
My Conversations With Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe 1933-2020 (CFR, CON, NNOM, MD, D.Phil, FAS, FNAMed, etc.)
My last physical meeting with him
Celebrating Wole Soyinka at 86
Africa’s most iconic literary maestro and one of the world’s most influential citizens is 86 today. With his ageless physique, it is almost difficult to acknowledge that our own Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka, affectionately called KONGI by his numerous admirers, is 86! Even though 86 might not be a remarkable milestone, it was in 1986 that the Nobel Prize came, hence the reason for this remarkable reckoning and why it's worthy of celebration.
YOUTH CHRISTIAN CIRCLE TRIBUTE TO LATE EMERITUS PROF. O. O. AKINKUGBE
“of all the wonders that I have heard, it seems to me most strange that man should fear seeing death, a necessary end, will come when it will come”
(Act II, Scene 2) William Shakespear, Julius Ceaser.
Emeritus Professor Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe, CFR, MD, FRCP, NNOM, was a colossus and proud member of the Youth Christian Circle of St. James Cathedral “the Great”, Oke Bola, Ibadan.
SWAN BLUE
Irrespective of the ancient years past
The ideals of Thee House remain foremost,
As this forum serves to refresh and uphold.
Within the low lying hills of Apata-Ganga,
GCI crest rests centrally at the Main Gate.
With manicured lawns either side of the road leading into Thee School.
From time immemorial,
School of our pride, Built on the Rock,
Created excellent pastures, polishing boys into men.
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE IBADAN 1991 A SET KIT A STUDENT PROJECT
PREAMBLE
The project started sometimes around February 2017. It was an initiative of a set of Old boys of ‘91 set. The individuals were:
Condolence Message From The GCIOBA-Ibadan Branch Chairman On The Demise Of Dr Lalekan Are (OON) (514, Field, 1948) (December 2nd, 1933 – January 18th, 2020)
By January 1967, when I went to Ibadan to join the third form at Government College, Ibadan it was against the background of personal and national crises.
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I settled easily into GCI and generally the environment posed no great cultural shocks. GCI was cast in the tradition of the other 'government colleges' except that the physical infrastructure was of an older vintage than at Owerri.
The same white colonial school master was alive and well at Ibadan as John Garrod had been at Owerre except that this one was called Derek John Bullock.
To the matter [of the TBS showdown] - Salami II (75 Powell)
Arise, Arose, Arisen....the complete team list of the All Conquering GCI 1973/74 Session Soccer team - as narrated by the Goal Keeper Awe, 1969, Powell House
I hope the curator of the GCI Museum is taking notes. Pls put this team list in the museum and kindly interview members of that squad for posterity. We were in Form 1 in September 1973, the exploits of that team in the Principal Cup, allowed us to travel to various locations as the team progressed from preliminaries to the final, played against Adeola Odutola College, Ijebu Ode.
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