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by Tyler Ayodeji CHICAGO: A disheveled picture of Oba Ovonramwen of Benin Kingdom, a state in the present-day Nigeria, was unveiled recently at the Arts Institute of Chicago (AIC) as part of 220 Benin ancient artworks . The Oba Ovonramwen picture was taken in 1897 after he was captured by British soldiers and exiled to Calabar, a seaport for attacking British traders and expeditionist in Benin Kingdom. Oba Ovonramwen legs were chained and his hair unkempt in the picture. Other ancient artworks dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries equally on display includes game boards of “Ayo” otherwise known…

by Joseph B. Omoremi CHICAGO: Nigerian youngest Professor, Dr. Adesuyi Leslie Ajayi, has joined the Chicago State University (CSU) where four other eminent Nigerian professors currently holding top positions as either head of their department, colleges or research institute. Dr. Adesuyi, a former Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) proflecturer became a professor at 34 thereby upstaging Professor Kayode Oshuntokun, former Medical Director, University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital (UCH). Oshuntokun, now late, beame a  professor at 35. “I became a professor before Professor Oshuntokun died,” an elated Ajayi was quoted as saying recently. Born in Ado-Ekiti, in Ekiti State of Nigeria, Adesuyi…

 Mr. Laolu Akande with President Bush The wounds of the apartheid era appears to be coming out again going by the just concluded tour of Africa by President George Bush.             Bush spent 36-hours in the former apartheid enclave. He never requested to see Mandela. The action, some would interpret it as a revenge for the tongue-lashing Mandela gave Bush in the run-up to the US-led war against Iraq.             Mandela criticized Bush — and British Prime Minister Tony Blair — for their intention to ignore the United Nations Security Council and declare war against Iraq if it failed to…

Dr. Ewa I. Ewa with Obama at the event by Tyler Ayodeji/staff reporter CHICAGO: The Hyatt Regency McCormick Place suddenly brightened Saturday night when the voice of Louis Armstrong reverberated round the conference hall, venue of the seventh annual gala night of the Organization of Nigerian Building Professionals (ONBP).   Members of the organization, invited guests, politicians and friends of ONBP temporarily halted their dinner to see the legendary singer.   Louis Armstrong could not be found and the baby face of  James Cromwell, a Dansika band member, was behind the microphone.   Cromwell and the band thrilled and entertained…