The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Kanu, a former Military Governor of Imo (1975) and of Lagos State (1976) died on Wednesday morning in a Lagos hospital at the age of 77.
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Kanu, a retired Naval Officer and former Military Governor of Imo State between 1976 and 1977, died at a hospital in Lagos on Wednesday morning at the age of 77 years after a brief illness.
Buhari prayed for God’s covering over all his loved ones.
Adebanjo, a leader of Pan Yoruba group, Afenifere, made the remark in his reaction to the death of Kanu, a former military governor of Imo in 1975 and governor of Lagos State in 1976, who died on Wednesday, aged 77.
Born in Ifewara, today’s Osun State, upbringing-wise, the young Bolaji’s parent was the famous Reverend Canon J.A. Akinyemi, Principal, Ilesa Grammar School and Chairman, Ijesha Division of the Action Group party of the First Republic. The young Bolaji obviously had a great start in life.
Bakare had shot artillery fires at opponents of All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The anecdotes, spun and spearheaded by some leading Yoruba, also crucified my own piece of last week entitled Tinubu, run! Please, run! and likened it to the anticlimax of the proverbial man who used the blade of his cap to decapitate an elephant.
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Anambra State over the death of a prolific writer and former Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Coalition, Dr. Arthur Nwankwo.
Chieftains of the National Democratic Coalition on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to convene an ethnic nationalities conference on the way forward for Nigeria.
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, told NAN that Fasehun was an irrepressible social crusader and dedicated fighter.
Abubakar spoke in Lagos at the 10th Memorial Symposium of the late NADECO Chieftain, Chief Abraham Adesanya, at which he was chairman.
Adesanya, a politician, lawyer, activist and deputy leader of NADECO, a pro-democracy movement formed in 1994, died on April 27, 2008 at 85.
The book, entitled: “Frank Kokori: the Struggle for June 12,” is a memoir by Kokori, an activist and former Secretary-General of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers
Kanu spoke as several groups held rallies in honour of the late Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti at his memorial cenotaph in Anthony area of Lagos State