Alli-Balogun’s legendary exploits keep pulsating 90 years on

Born in 1830 by a Nupe Prince of Tapa ancestry and an Awori lady of Isale Eko extraction, Alli-Balogun, a philanthropist reputed to be one of the wealthiest in his era, was a very religious and affluence man, whose opulence, business acumen and humanitarian gesture touched all and sundry.