THISDAY STYLE MAGAZINE 28TH AUGUST 2022

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2022

WHEN THE

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ast week, the people of Owa -Oyibu community in Agbor, Delta State, welcomed prominent Nigerians and guests of the Obaigbena family who gathered there to pay their last respects to the Late Princess Margaret Obaigbena, Dame of the Anglican Church. Her remains were interred at the Obaigbena royal family compound.

Kicking off the week-long event was a Commemorative Birthday ceremony and day of tribute with very close family and friends in attendance. A few days later, the lying-in-state and wake-keeping ceremony in the Obaigbena family compound followed this. Her funeral took place the next day at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Owa-Oyibu, followed by a private burial.

The Owa-Oyibu community was abuzz with Nigeria’s high society’s creme de la creme. Top political leaders, businessmen and women, captains of industry, and other renowned Nigerians from all walks of life gathered in the hitherto peaceful town to give the late matriarch of the Obaigbena family a befitting royal funeral service. It was a celebration of the life for the Owa Princess, who left her footprints in the health sector as the Chief Nursing Officer in old Bendel State and Delta State, where she served meritoriously. The matriarch also served three successive governments in Delta State as Special Adviser, deploying her robust wealth of experience in health sector management to serve her people, community and the state.

EDITOR’S LETTER

BISHOP GODFREY EKPENISI

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eading Ben Obaigbena’s tribute to his dear mother, I tried to imagine what it was like for the late Princess Margaret Obaigbena to juggle nursing school with the responsibilities of being a mother and a wife. Talk about dedication and resilience. It got me thinking about new beginnings. Some of us entertain the fear of starting all over again. I know I have been there too. We get to the point where we have to make that decision and then tell ourselves,” No, I am too old to go back to school, or it’s no, it’s too late in life to start that business or generally begin all over again’’. My mother has a saying, ‘’whenever you wake up, that is your morning,’’ which loosely translates to mean - it’s never too late for new beginnings. Considering a significant life shift in your later years can feel daunting. I can imagine it’s enough to send anyone into an existential crisis. After all, you’ve invested a lot of time and energy getting to where you are. But it would help if you remember: you’re never starting from scratch. And this is true for career shifts and massive changes to your personal life, too. You can lean on your years of experience for self-reinvention. New beginnings can occur at any age. There’s no limit to how much you can grow, learn, and become a better person. There’s no time when you must stop.

Any decade of your life provides an opportunity for self-improvement and growth.

We all have only one life to live. Drop all the excuses and decide to make today your morning.

EXECUTIVE EDITOR KONYE NWABOGOR 08111847087 DEPUTY EXECUTIVE EDITOR OLUFUNKE BABS-KUFEJI 08111847086 SENIOR DESIGNER MATHIAS ARCHIBONG 07054965500 STYLE CORRESPONDENT ISIOMA USIADE GUEST CORRESPONDENT RUKY SALAKO CONTRIBUTORS AZUKA OGUJIUBA DIDEE ETA AYO LAWAL PHOTOGRAPHER ABIODUN AJALA JULIUS ATOI MUBO PETERS KUNLE OGUNFUYI OPEYEMI ADENIHUN

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AIGBOJE AIG-IMUOKHUEDE, KASHIM IMAM & HERBERT WIGWE

JIM OVIA

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FEMI AWOYEMI & TONY CHIEJINA

SEN BEN OBI

GODWIN & MARGERET EMEFIELE

MR OROGUN

EMEKA IHEDIOHA & IJEOMA NWOGWUGWU

STEFFREN FRIES & ISMAIL BALOGUN

TIMI ALAIBE & CHIKE OGEAH

SYLVIA & TONYE COLE

AYO AROWOLO

IFUEKO OMOIGUI- OKAURU AND PRINCE AGHATISE EREDIAWA

DERE OTUBU

DEJI MUSTAPHA

ODAFE OBAIGBENA

NDUDI ELUMELU

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PERPETUA & PST OLIVER NKO USIFOH

CHIEDU EBIE

ADESOMO EDO-OSAGIE & OBEBE MOUEN-MAKOUA

REP OF THE EMIR OF BICHI

ISREAL IWEGBU

CHIEF MRS OJEH & DAUGHTER

CHRISTIAN UDECHUKWU

NOJEEM JIMOH

OKEY IBEKWE

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The Stellenbosch University Choir from South Africa

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In a tribute message to the family, President Muhammadu Buhari said. “I commiserate with you, members of your family, and the entire people of Delta State on the loss of your mother, Princess Margaret, a pillar of strength for the family, an accomplished mother and revered community leader, whose absence will be felt far beyond her immediate environment. “The demise of Princess will no doubt create a great vacuum in the community. I, therefore, urge the family to take solace in the understanding that she lived her passion by caring for the distressed and disadvantaged.” “I use this opportunity to condole with the government and people of Edo and Delta States on the loss of the illustrious citizen who contributed immensely to the development of the two states.

Her role as special adviser to three governors of Delta State will remain indelible in the annals of the state.”

Princess Obaigbena, who passed away after a brief illness on Friday, June 17, 2022, at 87, was born in Enugu on August 16, 1934, to Pa Paul Owakwe and Mrs Grace Osinole Usifoh of Owa Kingdom, Ika North East LGA, Delta State. She was mother to the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY Newspapers/ARISE Media Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, Prince Benjamin Obaigbena, a retired director at the former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), as well as Princess Isioma Ukwa, Prince Alan Glory Obaigbena, the late Prince Rotimi Obaigbena, and Princess Ogochukwu Aneke. She is also survived by her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

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NDUKA OBAIGBENA, OGOCHUKWU ANEKE, ALAN & BEN OBAIGBENA & ISIOMA UKWA

CHIMA OBAIGBENA, CHIDERA ANEKE, OLUCHUKWU ANEKE & ARIMOKU OBAIGBENA

KENIM, EKA & EFE OBAIGBENA

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HAMRA OBAIGBENA

LEILA OBAIGBENA

OBA, SAYO & TOMI OBAIGBENA

CHIMWE OBAIGBENA

IKYUMA OBAIGBENA

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DAME EDITH & GOV IFEANYI OKOWA OF DELTA STATE

GOV CHUKWUMA SOLUDO OF ANAMBRA STATE

PETER OBI & GOV KAYODE FAYEMI OF EKITI STATE

GOV ABUBAKAR ATIKU BAGUDU OF KEBBI STATE, GOV SIDE SANWO -OLU OF LAGOS STATE & GOV DAPO ABIODUN OF OGUN STATE

FMR GOV BOLA AHMED TINUBU , CHIEF OLUSEGUN OSOBA, GOV IFEANYI OKOWA OF DELTA STATE & GOV ABDULLAHS UMAR GANDUJE OF KANO STATE

FMR GOV GODSWILL AKPABIO

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FMR GOV LIYEL IMOKE

FMR GOV ADAMS OSHIOMOLE

GOV GODWIN OBASEKI OF EDO STATE

FMR GOV DONALD DUKE

ALHAJI BUBA GALADIMA, SEN ANDY UBAH, FMR GOV JAMES IBORI & NUHU RIBADU

GOV ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ OF KWARA STATE

GOV AMINU TAMBUWAL OF SOKOTO STATE

FMR GOV NIYI ADEBAYO

SEN IBIKUNLE AMOSUN

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GODWIN & MARGARET EMEFIEFE

NAFISAH MOHAMMED

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PROF FIDELIS ODITAH, LOVETH & SAM IWUAJOKU

SEGUN AWOLOWO

TONY ELUMELU, ALIKO DANGOTE & JIM OVIA

DAKUKU PETERSIDE

SEN TOKUNBOR ABIRU, WALE EDUN & WALE BABALAKIN

WALE TINUBU

SEN UDOMA UDO UDOMA

NKIRU ANUMUDU

ABIODUN LAWAL

BARBARA JAMES

BOLA SHAGAYA

SEN MOHAMMED DAGGASH

OSAGIE OKUNBOR

OSCAR & WANDA IBRU

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GEN LUCKY & VICTORIA IRABOR

JULIANA EDEWOR

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CHIKE OGEAH

MAY AGBAMUCHE & PATRICK-MBU

ENIOLA BELLO

HADIZA BALA-USMAN & KADARIA AHMED

MODELE SARAFA YUSUF

TONYE COLE

SAYYU DANTATA & TIMI ALAIBE

VALENTINE OZIGBO

PIUS AKINYELURE & JOHN OBAYUWANA

NOGIE MEGGISON

AMB JOE KESHI

MOHAMMED HAYATUDEEN

SAMAILA ZUBAIRU

GRACE OSIME

SIR SHINA PETERS

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RUTH OSIME

AMINU BABBA DANAGUNDI

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SENATOR LEE MAEBA AND SENATOR EMMANUEL AGUARIVWODO

RAJ GUPTA

IFEANYI UBAH

MICHEAL OGHIADOMHE

SEN SAIDU DANSADAU

DELE MOMODU

AMB MAJORIE

MIKE IGINI

SIR LAWSON OMOKHODION

RITA DOMINIC & FIDELIS ANOSIKE

HELEN PREST

ONAJITE OKOLOKO

SENATOR TUNDE OGBEHA

OLU MGBOLU

HELEN ANEKE

EYIMOFE ATAKE

CHIBOGU ONONO

FURO HART

HENRY IMASEKHA

SEN UMAR GADA

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FUNKE ABOYADE & FUNKE ST MATHEW DANIELS

MOHAMMED IDRIS MALAGI

ONIKEPO BRAITHWAITE

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SIMON KOLAWOLE

MARIAN OMATSONE

ADEBOLA WILLIAMS

LOUIS ODION

BAYO AWOSEMO

FESTUS KEYAMO

BISI OLATILO

LUCY UKWA; CHIZY UKWA; NKEM & IFY UKWA

YOMI BADEJO OKUSANYA

KONYE CHELSEA NWABOGOR

SHOMUYIWA

KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN

DR NGOZI ONYIA

OZINNA ANUMUDU

CHUKS ONWUDINJO

IRETI KINGIBE

AYO AMINU

EDDY WANOGHO

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REUBEN ABATI

EMMANUEL EFENI

ISIOMA OJEH

DOTUN OLAKUNRIN

PRINCESS IBIENE OGAN

IKENNA UKWA

RICHARD UKWA

CHIEF OGIDI

TOKUNBO OJO

BOLAJI ADEBIYI

REPS OF THE OBA OF BENIN

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