Tag: Premier Western Region


  • Ladoke Akintola was the politician and the eighth Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland who in 26 March, 1957 moved his famous motion for Nigeria’s independence that was frustrated by gradualists who asked for independence in 1959. Ladoke, a baroquely marked face, deeply indigenous man with great command of Yoruba oration, was born 1910 in Ogbomoso.…

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