A Man of Vision, A Heart of Gold: A Tribute to Prince Obaigbena at 67
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By Iyobosa Uwugiaren
On July 27, 2015, I put a telephone call through to Prince Nduka Obaigbena. Until then, I had never met him one-on-one.
Conventional wisdom suggested that he hardly picked calls from people he did not know. Yet, contrary to that widely held perception, he answered my call himself.
I introduced myself. His immediate response caught me pleasantly by surprise: “How is Leadership Newspaper?” That simple question suggested he had been following my career. I told him I had left the organisation a few months earlier and was then serving as General Editor of New Telegraph. I also told him that I was interested in joining THISDAY.
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His response was characteristic of a man who sees possibilities beyond the obvious. Rather than offer me a position in the ...









