Tag: Adeniji Adele

Lagos Town Council

Government, History – Political

Lagos Town Council was the administrative unit of Lagos created in 1950 under a new local government law in succession to the council created by the ordinance of 1941. Although the Oba of Lagos, Adele II contested for the headship of the council, he lost to Dr. Abubakir Ibiyinka Oorunnimbe who served as Mayor of…
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Adeniji Adele

History – General

Adeniji Adele became Oba of Lagos in 1949 but was not ceremonially installed till another three years. Musendiku Adeniji Adele was a well-travelled monarch. Before he ascended the throne, he was a surveyor and he worked for the Royal Engineers Service at Cameroon in 1915. Adeniji served at the treasury department and the National secretariat.…
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