Soccer Team of 1973/74
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 ..... Read More
To the matter [of the TBS showdown]
To the matter [of the TBS showdown] - Salami II (75 Powell)
The 73-set players started arriving and I am sure I felt a lump in my throat after seeing how fit some of them looked. Being a very sharp small-boy at GCI, I thought that our set should start praying but I saw that they also had Pastors on their side. Okay, maybe pray for rain�but the Sun shone even brighter. I then proceeded to �dobale� to Ojay [Ojo, T.], Otegbeye and Slow [Akande, I.] thinking that that would appease them and ..... Read More
Reminscence
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 ..... Read More
SWAN BLUE: In Honour of all Matters BLUE
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.
For students, ascending the heights,
Brought forth desire of ..... Read More
Youth Christian Circle Tribute To Late Emeritus Prof. O. O. Akinkugbe
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.
The YCC or Circle was ..... Read More
Celebrating Wole Soyinka at 86
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.
For me, WS ..... Read More
My Conversations With Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe
My Conversations With Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe 1933-2020 (CFR, CON, NNOM, MD, D.Phil, FAS, FNAMed, etc.)
My last physical meeting with him
Emeritus Professor Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe invited me, through Debo Adeosun, the Director, University Advancement Centre, to see him on 28th April 2020. Debo had earlier in the day visited Prof. Akinkugbe and he told me of so many glowing things our highly respected academic father said about me, and how he has had to settle some ..... Read More
Tribute to Emeritus Professor of Medicine Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe
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 fortuitous meeting with this legendary man of expansive knowledge came in the course of my medical practice ..... Read More
WESTERN STATE PRINCIPALS' CUP COMPETITION, 1974
The competition was formerly for Omitola Cup, but this year, it became the Principals Cup. The name does not matter. What matters most is the training and a good competition.
The Western State is divided into eight zones for the purpose of the competition, namely: Ibadan, Oyo, Osun, Ijesa/Ife, Ekiti, ljebu, Egba/Egbado and Ondo/Akure. Government College, Ibadan emerged champions for Ibadan. Ansar-Ud-Deen High School, Saki came into the limelight for the first time in the competition by ..... Read More
"One often needs to guide the younger ones and having a network of reliable and trusted friends comes in handy".
Mom took my older sister (Yemisi) and I to several secondary schools' entrance examinations and interviews. I cannot even remember how many, but I recollect trips to Christ School, Ado Ekiti, Olivet High School, Oyo because we simultaneously spent time to visit historic sites in and on the way to the towns.
Unknown to me, dad had already decided that I would attend Government College, Ibadan (GCI) which is his Alma Mata. He got involved in the process when I was selected for interview in ..... Read More