Tag: Jakande
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Jakande will be remembered for good deeds – Sanwo-Olu
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says his administration and people of the state will forever remember late Lateef Jakande for his good deeds to humanity. Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure at the Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture
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Jakande Built Modern Lagos Before Our Eyes – By Lade Bonuola
I have restrained myself from getting involved in this kind of controversy. This was why I made a strenuous effort from being drawn into the brickbat between Bayo Onanuga/Dele Alake on the one hand and Arise News on the other despite pressure on me to say something. “Oga, this is shameful, won’t you say something…
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How Jakande died without documenting his enviable achievements – Osoba
Veteran journalist and former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba has advised Nigerian elites to ensure timely documentation of their giant strides in life before death comes knocking. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Osoba spoke on Thursday (today) at the launch of the epochal Book on the Guardian’s remarkable 10 years of its foundation and…
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Name LASU after Jakande, Lagos prominent indigenes tell Sanwo-Olu
A group of Lagos Prominent indigenes has implored Governor Babajide SanwoOlu to name Lagos State University (LASU) after the first civilian governor, late Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande for his meritorious services to the state. This request was contained in a Press statement issued by their spokesman, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri in Lagos at the weekend. “The…
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Tinubu says Nigeria is in crisis, warns against repeat of ethno-religious war
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria is currently facing a crisis. Tinubu explained that the country is experiencing kidnapping, banditry and all other forms of social vices which are indices of crisis. “Those who have seen the effect of the war on tribalism and religious…
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Jakande rejected offers to be President – Tinubu
National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said has said the first civilian governor of Lagos, late Lateef Jakande rejected offers to become Nigeria’s president. He described the late Jakande as the most progressive individual who lived. Tinubu spoke on Friday at the eighth day fidau for the deceased at…
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How MKO Abiola, Tinubu, Afenifere begged Jakande to accept Abacha’s ministerial appointment – Family
More facts have emerged on how the late first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande was drafted to serve under the late former Head of State, Sani Abacha. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Jakande died peacefully in his sleep last Thursday, a day after revalidating his membership of the All Progressives of Congress (APC)…
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Jakande was a political titan – Edwin Clark
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has described the late Second Republic governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, as a political titan. In a tribute on Thursday entitled “Fare Thee Well, LKJ”, the former Federal Commissioner for Information stated that Jakande succeeded in carving a pristine niche for himself, on the Nigerian social and…
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In photos: First civilian governor of Lagos state, Jakande laid to rest
The first civilian governor of Lagos state, Lateef Jakande has been laid to rest on Friday. The revered politician and journalist died on Thursday at the age of 91. A funeral prayer was observed for him at his residence in the Ilupeju area of Lagos. Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos state and Ibinkule Amosun,…
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Tinubu, Ambode, Osoba mourn Jakande
A former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has described the first civilian governor of the state, Lateef Jakande, as the ‘last of the political titans’. Mr Tinubu, who was governor of Lagos between 1999 and 2007, made the remark in a condolence statement on Thursday in Lagos. Mr Jakande died in the early hours…