Category: Politics – Public Service
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Nkemafor Nonyerem Chikwe; Nigerian politician and founding member of the People’s Democratic Party PDP. She was born in 1947 and graduated from Queens College of City University, USA in French Language. Chikwe came from the academia, being a lecturer to be appointed the Nigerian minister of Transport in 1999. She was later moved in a…
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Femi Pedro; Politician and banker, Olufemi become a strident voice in the politics of Lagos within a short stint of time. Coming from a banking career which lasted 23 years, Olufemi Pedro joined Nigerian politics of Lagos State in 1999, becoming within four and a half years the Deputy Governor to Bola Tinubu. Pedro’s attempt…
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Yemi Osinbajo; Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under President Buhari. Osinbajo, a Senior Adocate of Nigeria who became professor of Law at the age of 33 is a former attorney-general of Lagos state and commissioner for justice. He is a resident pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. As Vice Presidient,…
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Aikhomu Augustus; Nigerian Naval Officer who served as the de facto Vice-President of Nigeria during the Ibrahim Babangida military junta from 1986 to 1993. Also once a Chief of General Staff, Aikhomu was the first naval officer to be promoted as an Admiral in black Africa. He was the first signatory to the document which…
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Dora Akinyuli Dora Nkemdilim Akunyili; Nigerian pharmacist and public officer holder, who attained heroe’s status in her role as the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration (NAFDAC), the nation’s regulating body for pharmaceutical products by President Obasanjo. Akunyili had gotten recommendation through a former minister, Dr. Onalapo Sholeye, who was…
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Abba Ibrahim; Nigerian politician. Bukar won accolades with his uncommon gesture of appointing Yoruba and Igbo advisers and assistants- Nigerian tribes not indigenous to his state as governor. He was the first executive governor of Yobe State, a position he returned to with the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999. became the first governor…
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Dabiri-Erewa Abike; Member, Nigerian House of Representatives of the 4th to the 6th Assembly and at different times, Chairman of the House Committees on Diaspora Affairs and Media and Publicity respectively. Dabiri-Erewa was first elected into the House of Representatives to represent Ikorodu Constituency of Lagos State in 2003 and reelected in 2007. She also…
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Muiz Banire; Nigerian lawyer and politician who was legal counsel to the All Progressive Party, APP in 2015. Banire who is also a researcher, published books in his area of specialisation. These include the Nigerian Law of Dusts-, The Blue Book 2004: Practical Approach To The High Court of Lagos State (Civil Procedure) Rules as…
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Michael Kaase Aondoakaa; Attorney General and the most controversial in President Umaru Yar’Adua’s government. Aondoakka was part of the subcommittee that produced a white paper which upturned the Justice Uwais electoral reform recommendations[i]. Childhood Aondoakaa’s father was a polygamous district head of several children with his mother the most senior among the wives. He…