Tag: Victor Oladokun

See AfDB president, Akinwumi Adesina and ex-700 Club anchorman, Victor Oladokun when men were boys (Photos)

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Former popular 700 Club anchorman, the Nigerian oyinbo, Mr. Victor Oladokun was on his Twitter handle, responding to a birthday greeting from the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr. Akinwumi Adesina when he (Oladokun) acknowledged their unbroken friendship which he said they have built for 46 years. With periodic pictures, Mr. Oladokun wrote: […]

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My Story: Brutalisation By The Nigerian Police Force, By Victor Oladokun

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It was a humid night in July 1985. I was returning home from work and had just run into a police checkpoint a few hundred meters from the University of Lagos. Ahead of me, policemen were busy doing what they normally do at this time of the night … fleecing drivers of as much Naira […]

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Africa: Saving our languages, preserving our future, By Victor Oladokun

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As a 10-year-old child newly arrived in Lagos, Nigeria from Liverpool, England, I recall having a conversation with myself. At the time, I instinctively understood that if I was to be able to function properly in the future, being able to proficiently speak my father’s language — Yoruba — was going to be inevitable. Trying […]

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