Tag: Richard Akinjide
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Ex-FCT Minister, Jumoke Akinjide opens up on father’s death, passion
Former Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and daughter of the late Chief Richard Akinjide, Oloye Jumoke Akinjide said on Tuesday that law was her father’s passion while politics was his hobby. The younger Akinjide in a brief encounter with reporters said: “I can’t gather my thoughts now. I miss everything. He was…
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BREAKING: Nigeria’s former Attorney-General, Richard Akinjide is dead
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide, is dead. The 88-year-old legal icon died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home. Born in Ibadan, in the early 1930s to an influential family of warriors, the late foremost lawyer and Ibadan High Chief attended Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife from where he passed out…