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Bola Akinterinwa; Nigerian Diplomat. Born August 8, 1950 in Ile-Oluji, Ondo State. He was educated as St. Andrews Primary School, Ile-Oluji, 1957-62; St. Joseph’s College Ondo, 1965-69; University of Paris, Sorbonne, 1973-975; Institute of Advanced International Studies, Paris, 1975-78. Akinterinwa also served at instances in his career as a lecturer and journalist. Akinterinwa was appointed…
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Muhammadu Buhari; Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria Armed Forces from December 31, 1983, to August 26,1985, before he was overthrown by Ibrahim Babangida. Buhari was also chairman, Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF. After futile effort at attaining presidency under the flagships of the All Nigerian People’s Party, ANPP, in the 2003 and 2007 and…
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Rufus Foluso Giwa; Industrialist and business administrator, hailed as the ultimate CEO by contemporaries, Rufus Foluso Giwa, headed multiple organisations in his business adventure. He was a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Secretary. Giwa who also showed interest in farming maintained a conservative stance that the government is doing enough for private sector and industrial…
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Rilwan Akiolu; the first Oba of Lagos to be crowned since the creation of the state in 1967. Oba Riiwanu Osuolanie Aremu Babatunde Akiolu was installed as the Oba of Lagos on Friday 23 May 2003. His focus has been the reintegration of social miscreants called area boys into the society. In a build-up to…
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John Olusola Bayeshea; Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, called to the bar in 1982. In a celebrated case, Bayeshea acted as counsel to 49 lecturers sacked by the authorities of the University of llorin, securing a reinstatement for them by order of the Supreme Court in 2010. Before him, the lecturers did not have…
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Joseph Kennedy Waku; Nigerian politician who was senator in the Obasanjo years. His call for a military coup left him in an unenviable minority[i]. Waku was a recurrent decimal in Benue politics since the Second Republic. He was a member of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe‘s Nigerian Peoples’ Party, NPP. In 1983, the year of Umaru Dikko‘s…
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Olusanya Adegboyega Dosunmu; Amororo II, is the 13th Olowu of Owu; a direct descendant of a past Oba. The political terrain in Abeokuta witnessed Oba Olusanya Dosunmu’s luminous footprints when, in 1976, he emerged the Council chairman and oversaw significant developments in the area, including construction of roads and provision of basic amenities and social…