My patriotic gift to Nigeria at 65

    Olu Fasan | Opinion | Jul 28, 2025    
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How time flies! Five years ago, about this time, I wrote a column titled “At 60, my life’s journey and impatience for a transformed Nigeria” (BusinessDay, July 27, 2020). It was on the glorious occasion of my diamond jubilee, which Vanguard newspaper generously covered with special features, including a two-page birthday interview. Five years later, I have just celebrated my 65th birthday, precisely last week, on Thursday, July 24, and this great newspaper, BusinessDay, as well as, again, Vanguard, marked it with me so splendidly. I mean, look at the special coverage in both newspapers last Thursday! I am enormously grateful to the legendary Vanguard and to BusinessDay, unquestionably the best business newspaper in Nigeria, and one of the best in Africa!

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