A former Military Governor of old Western State, Brig Gen Oluwole Rotimi, led other former governors to pay tributes to Dr Lalekan Are on Thursday night. He spoke at the Government College, Ibadan, at the ‘Read More
Activities dovetailing into the burial of Chairman, University Press Plc, Dr Lalekan Are began on Monday with business associates, friends and family members lauding Are’s brilliance, resilience, hard work, excellence, astuteness and discipline. Leading Read More
In the forest of songs yours is a fertile lyric weaved for every ear. In the sky of words your lines are rainbow, brighter than the moon, illuminating beyond the stars. Are, now that the Read More
Years back when I was transferred from Edo State to Ibadan as the Oyo State Correspondent of the Punch newspaper, the gut reaction of my ‘concerned’ colleagues was that I had been taken to Golgotha, Read More
The late foremost agronomist, businessman and PUNCH director, Dr. Lekan Are, will be buried on Friday, February 21, 2020. In a statement sent to PUNCH by the family, on Friday, Are’s funeral will hold between February 17 Read More
Sen. Adesoji Akanbi has expressed condolence over the death of agronomist and illustrious Ibadanman, Dr. Lekan Are. Are had died at the University College Hospital, UCH, last Saturday at 86. Akanbi, in his condolence message to Read More
Senator Olufemi Lanlehin (SOLAN), has received with sadness, the demise of frontline businessman and prominent Ibadan indigene, Dr. Lekan Are, last Saturday. Lanlehin, governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in the 2019 governorship election, Read More
The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last year general election, Chief Bayo Adelabu has described Dr. Lekan Are as a disciplinarian, an accomplished industrialist and an amiable Ibadan enthusiast whose vacuum Read More
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde said on Sunday that the late Ibadan-born business mogul who also served as a Director of Punch Newspapers, Dr. Lekan Are ran a good race in life and left Read More
The death of foremost agronomist, businessman and PUNCH director, Dr Lekan Are, on Saturday, generated a stream of eulogies and condolences from family, friends, associates and distinguished Nigerians. Those who visited the Ares to commiserate Read More
