Nigeria, Dec. 17 -- Punch Newspaper Ltd was synonymous with its Ibadan roots and its amiable founder and publisher, Chief Olu Aboderin, of blessed memory.

At its old headquarters in Onipetesi-Mangoro, a suburban Lagos area, it was for a reason of heritage that the private estate in which the newspaper was located was named Kudeti Street. Ditto for why the mini mart that serviced the staff's grocery needs was named Alatede.

Both Alatede and Kudeti highlighted and drew attention to the Matriarch of the Aboderin family, on the one hand, and Ibadan itself, the hometown of the Aboderins, of which the founder of The PUNCH, a brilliant accountant and socialite, was determined to etch in perpetual glory.

But there were two other names with whi...