Tag: Jakande
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Jakande lived for good of others, says Buhari who once jailed him
President Muhammadu Buhari said former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, lived for the good of others, state and country. Buhari said this in a tribute to Jakande, who passed away today, aged 91. Jakande was the governor of Lagos up till 31 December 1983, when a military coup, headed by Buhari terminated his…
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Buhari names train stations after Awolowo, Jakande, Osinbajo, Tinubu, Osoba
President Muhammadu Buhari has named train stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving Nigerians”, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said. Among those listed are Obafemi Awolowo, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Segun Osoba, Lateef Jakande, Wole Soyinka and Babatunde Fashola Presidency aide, Tolu Ogunlesi, revealed this on Monday in a tweet. Wole…
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Photos: Evans leads detectives to his Igando, Ejigbo dens
Billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, who was arrested, recently, by the police for coordinating several high profile kidnappings, yesterday, led police operatives to two houses in Ejigbo and Igando areas of Lagos state, where he kept some of his victims for months. Evans revealed during the visit to his Igando hideout, located at…