Paul Adunwoke
Daystar Christian Centre, was thrown into mourning as the Eagle Online News Publisher, Oladotun Oladipo, was laid to rest.
Friends, family members and colleagues paid tributes to the late journalist.
Speaking at the funeral service held at Stella Hall, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, Pastor Solomon Akpande, urged the participants to be deliberate and consistent in adding values to people and showing kindness to one another.
Preaching on the topic: “Make your life count,” Akpande admonished family, friends, associates, colleagues and members of staff, who attended the service to remember that their “days are few and numbered.”
The cleric stressed that the implication of the assertion is that whatever good conduct anybody needs to do, such should be dispensed without procrastination.
Speaking further on how people can make their life counts, Akpande called on the audience to value humanity in various aspects of their lives.
“Factor God into your life, decisions and actions – in all aspects of leadership you occupy.
“When you work hard, ask for blessings, know that the value you place on humanity proves the level of value you ascribe to people,” he said.
He added: “Know that your days are few and numbered. The implication is whatever you need to do, do it without delay.
“Focus on your assignments and execute them quickly.”
Speaking directly to late Oladipo’s family, Akpande, affirmed that they should believe that they were not forsaken, noting that nobody expected the late publisher would go too soon.
He noted that while man can forsake, he assured the family that God would not forsake them, adding that the seed of the good labour of late Oladipo would always work for them.
Akpande, warned that the family should not be cajoled by wrong impressions, insisting that the family should remain faithful in God.
He called on participants to always reflect on what people would say about them when they are no more.
“Help will come from those and where you don’t expect. Mourn, but avoid doing it without hope. Don’t allow the devil to dominate your thoughts,” Akpande admonished.
The Editor of Vanguard Newspaper and President Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Eze Anaba, said the death of Oladipo was sudden and shocking, as there was no incident or case of ailment, prior to the fateful day he breathed his last.
Anaba said Oladipo was a good man and dedicated colleague, always willing to help others, who has helped him in many occasions. “I was shocked when I received the news of death I could not hold myself.”
Earlier, family members, colleagues, friends took turns to attest to humility, kindness, diligence and other outstanding virtues, the late journalist and media entrepreneur epitomized, when he was alive.
Oladipo died at the age of 56. He was a former President of The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers GOCOP.
He died on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, after a brief illness.
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