Death Be Not Proud: Publisher Dotun Oladipo and the Tolling Bell by Max Amuchie | The Sunday Stew - Tribute@ITREALMS

At just 56, Dotun Oladipo has left us far too soon.

John Donne, the 17th-century English poet and cleric, wrote words more than four centuries ago that seem almost written for a moment such as this:

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; and if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

Those words have stayed with me since I first encountered them. I have returned to them at moments of profound loss, including the tragedy of the Bellview Airlines crash in October 2005. But I never imagined that I would one day find myself returning to them to make sense of the death of Dotun Oladipo.

SEC clears Dangote Refinery for landmark N2.15tn IPO - ITREALMS

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted formal regulatory approval for Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE to launch its Initial Public Offering (IPO), setting the stage for what stands to become the largest equity issuance in the history of the Nigerian capital market, reports ITREALMS.

The regulatory clearance was conveyed via an official letter to the Lead Issuing House, Vetiva Advisory Services Limited, signed by Abdulkadir Abbas, Director of the Securities and Investment Services Department at the SEC. 

Airport Vigil (Episode 1) — The Morning Delusion (8:00 AM → 4:00 PM) by Remmy Nweke -WeekendDigits@ITREALMS

In Nigerian aviation, there exists a sacred, unwritten law that every frequent flyer learns to recite like a creed: "If you must travel by air, book the first flight of the day."

The logic behind this doctrine seems foolproof. The aircraft is presumably already parked on the tarmac overnight. The flight crew has had a full night’s sleep. No previous delays exist in the system to cause a domino effect. 

Armed with this supreme confidence, you set your alarm clock for 4:00 AM, forfeit a proper night’s rest, skip breakfast, and brave the pitch-black morning roads of Lagos to reach Murtala Muhammed Airport (MM2) by 6:00 AM.