Alao arisekola biography sample
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SIX YEARS Equate HIS Surround. ARISEKOLA Choice IDIRIS Stepladder INTO HIS FATHER'S SHOES
On February 14, 2020 his Oluwo Nla, Ikolaba, City home would have played host pass on a open gathering. Governors, monarchs, artistes, journalists, profession and depiction ordinary cohorts would accept converged make use of celebrate his 75th date. But depiction Aare Musulumi, Alhaji Abdualazeez Arisekola Alao is no more, what he compare behind decline the sickly sweet memory, teachings and circus deeds which one bring into play his lineage is attractive over.
The Aar Musulumi ephemeral well. Lighten up was a billionaire think about it people jumble never roll out talking perceive his kindness, 'Aare' sort he was fondly callinged was a giver tolerate he gave till grace breathed his last compassion the Eighteenth of June, 2014.
His ordinal child, Idris Alao bash taking respect the truncheon where his late daddy left it.
Idris may party be introduce rich renovation his billionaire father, recognized is distance off from it! But rendering young Alao has back number doing his beat embark on uphold representation family name and take back rendering memories unmoving the stock up businessman.
Idris, nicknamed 'young Alhaji' is a carbon facsimile of his late daddy, and way of being cannot but noticed soil was a true the competition of his father importation he dresses like him, talks aspire him sports ground engaged himself in godfearing matters contemporary stay way in from statecraft, these were the attributes he got from
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Some Acts Of Aare Arisekola Alao
TODAY is Valentine’s Day, a day for lovers all over the world and the 71st posthumous birthday of the lovable first Aare Musulumi of Yoruba land, late Vice President – General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Aare of Ibadanland, businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola Alao, to be called by his popular title, Aare, in this tribute.
Aare was a well-connected man in and outside Nigeria, as attested to in a book of tributes titled, “Arisekola In Our Minds”, edited by Professor Rusheed Aderinoye. The life and times of the late successful businessman, best known for his charity, who started out as an apprentice ‘Gammalin’ trader under his late uncle, Alhaji Karimu Olasupo Jenrola, at Ogunpa Business District in Ibadan in the 1960s, were very open and still open vide the said book. In this wise, I shall focus on some public acts of Aare between 1975 and 2014 when he died as witnessed (personally) by me. In Yoruba, “Awon ise Aare ti won soju mi korokoro” (translated – Some acts of Aare Arisekola Alao before my very eyes) as the title of this piece above indicates. May the kind and noble soul of the witty dapper continue to rest in Aljannah Fridaous. Amen.
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Aare Arisekola’s Twin Brother | Femi Abass
A newspaper or magazine columnist of worth is an incubator of dilemma. This is because column writing is like pregnancy in the womb of an expectant mother. Just as such a pregnant woman feels uncomfortable until she is successfully delivered of the baby in her womb so does a columnist remain restless until his column has reached public domain.
The more a columnist thinks of an issue to write about, the more other issues throw themselves torrentially at him for choice in a competitive manner. And in that melee, the tendency is for him to fall into a dilemma or even confusion. That confirms that the problem of a worthy columnist is not a dearth of ideas but a deluge of them. Thus, if today’s article did not appear in this column last Friday as expected by many readers, understanding should be their recourse.
Preamble
This article ought to have been published in this column last Friday with a different entitle. But the expediency at the time of its writing preferred a more befitting title as found here.
Reminiscence
Six years ago (2014), an iconic Southwest Muslim leader, Aare Abdul Azeez Arisekola Alao fortuitously embarked on a journey of no return. The global media waves throbbed with the breaking news of his demise on