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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 be ing 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-rein vention. New beginnings can occur at any age. There’s no limit to how much you can grow, learn, and become a better per son. There’s no time when you must stop. Any decade of your life provides an op portunity for self-improvement and growth. We all have only one life to live. Drop all the excuses and decide to make today your morning.
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Last 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 soci ety’s creme de la creme. Top political leaders, businessmen and women, captains of indus try, and other renowned Nigerians from all walks of life gathered in the hitherto peaceful town to give the late matriarch of the Obaig bena 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 ro bust wealth of experience in health sector management to serve her people, com munity and the state.
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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 understand ing 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 im mensely 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 thePrincessstate.” 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 Ni gerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), as well as Princess Isioma Ukwa, Prince Alan Glory Obaigbena, the late Prince Rotimi Obaig bena, and Princess Ogochukwu Aneke. She is also survived by her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
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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 GODWIN OBASEKI OF EDO STATE GOV ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ OF KWARA STATE GOV ABUBAKAR ATIKU BAGUDU OF KEBBI STATE, GOV SIDE SANWO -OLU OF LAGOS STATE & GOV DAPO ABIODUN OF OGUN STATE FMR GOV DONALD DUKEFMR GOV ADAMS OSHIOMOLEFMR GOV LIYEL IMOKEFMR GOV GODSWILL AKPABIO FMR GOV BOLA AHMED TINUBU CHIEF OLUSEGUN OSOBA, GOV IFEANYI OKOWA OF DELTA STATE & GOV ABDULLAHS UMAR GANDUJE OF KANO STATE FMR GOV NIYI ADEBAYO SEN IBIKUNLE AMOSUNALHAJI BUBA GALADIMA, SEN ANDY UBAH, FMR GOV JAMES IBORI & NUHU RIBADU GOV AMINU TAMBUWAL OF SOKOTO STATE Sunday, August 28, 2022 Vol. 22, No. 9971 Sunday, August 28, 2022 Vol. 22, No. 9971 & &SOCIETY SOCIETY STYLE STYLE 10 11
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To be continued next week REUBEN ABATI ISIOMA OJEH IKENNA UKWAPRINCESS IBIENE OGAN RICHARD UKWA EMMANUEL EFENI REPS OF THE OBA OF BENIN DOTUN OLAKUNRIN TOKUNBO OJOCHIEF OGIDI BOLAJI ADEBIYI Sunday, August 28, 2022 Vol. 22, No. 9971 &SOCIETYSTYLE 2223
