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Breaking News | Chief Josephine Oboh-Macleod: Art Creator, Connoisseur, Politician, Activist

Views: Visits 4 Chief Josephine Oboh-Macleod Chief Josephine Oboh-MacLeod lives and breathes art and culture. She’s a painter, sculpts, photographer, philanthropist, advocate for the environment and the less-privileged, and a human rights activist. From collecting artworks at the age of 15 years 40 years ago, she is now an authority whose artworks grace galleries across the globe and exhibitions attract avid collectors. “Sunset”, “Stepping into Universality”, “African Queen”, “The Warrior” and “Esan Perspective” are some of her many works. Chief Oboh-MacLeod, married with six children, is from a family of 12 seven females and five males including Nigerian politician Mabel Oboh; former British Commonwealth Light Heavyweight champion Peter Oboh, and Ajegunle musician John Oboh, aka Mighty Mouse. She studied at Government College, Ojo, Lagos; Newman Prep School, Boston, USA; graduated from Newbury College, Boston, USA, with a degree in

Lagos Motor Boat Club: The Unending Saga

At the heart of the crisis that has engulfed the Lagos Motor Boat Club are the suspension of Jide Coker who was vying to be a trustee of the club; the unilateral deletion of his name by one of the oldest members, Trustee Francis Awogboro; the suspension of Senator Tokunbo Ogunbanjo and the contentious roles of frontline members like Yinka Akinkugbe, Ladi Ajose-Adeogun, Demola Akinrele, Eyimofe Atake, and a host of others. In this article, LANRE ALFRED examines the grievances, involvement, or otherwise of each figure, and the way forward. CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK More facts have emerged on the actual causes of the crisis engulfing the elitist Lagos Motor Boat Club, at the heart of which is the suspension of Jide Coker, a committee member, from contesting in the last election to be a Trustee. Members of the board of trustees who are called trustees are viewed as the club’s patriarchs and its symbols of order, discipline, and authority.

Lagos Boat Club s House of Flying Daggers

“When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their estate.” These immortal words of the globally celebrated author, late Chinua Achebe, should be printed in bold letters and placed as a signpost at the Lagos Boat Club entrance. Why? No time is more auspicious than now to sensitise some club members about the imminent danger their activities portend for the esteemed club. It is because things are no longer at ease at the Lagos Motor Boat Club, Ikoyi, where high profile members have been polarised and are currently throwing pot-shots at one another over issues that arose from its last elections.

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