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Chief Awolowo

Chief Awo Speech Feb. 1970

Date: August 18, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Chief Awolowo

Full text of the Lecture on ‘The Economic Well-being of the Individual delivered by Chief Obafemi Awolowo at the Christ Church Cathedral, Lagos on Sunday, 8th February, 1970, at 10.30 a.m. under the auspices of the Christian Laity of Nigeria. I feel highly honoured by the Christian Laity of Nigeria for inviting me to give…

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Awo, Best Leader to Ever Emerge – Nigerians

Date: August 18, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Chief Awolowo

THE sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, has been named by Nigerians as the greatest leader to ever emerge in the country. In a nationwide survey conducted by the Daar Communications, owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM, Chief Awolowo was rated as the Nigerian Leader of All Time. Awo, who all through his political…

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Chief Obafemi Awolowo And Chief Ladoke Akintola

Date: August 18, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Chief Awolowo

Yoruba ‘Power House’

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Chief Awolowo Posthumos Lecture March 2010

Date: August 18, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Chief Awolowo

Chief Awolowo Posthumos Lecture March 2010

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Tribute to Chief Awolowo

Date: August 18, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Chief Awolowo

Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s birthday celebration and lecture represents a great opportunity to bring together disparate parts of our nation in a dialogue aimed at helping to breach our differences and promote our mutual understanding. This office will be forwarding various speeches, lectures, quotes and essays written by Chief Awolowo and those written by individuals and…

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1952-1959

Date: August 18, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Chief Awolowo

Chief Obafemi Awolowo: “An Accounting of My Achievements in the Western Region from 1952-1959″ Taken from “Awo: An Autobiography of Chief Obafemi Awolowo”, Cambridge University Press, 1960   Pp 272 ff. In my view, therefore, democracy exists only when the people are free, periodically and at their will, to re-elect or remove those who have…

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Do You Know

Date: August 17, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Chief Awolowo

Awolowo was born at Ikenne, Ogun State on March 6, 1909? Awolowo father’s name was David Shopolu? Awolowo mother’s name was Mary Efunyela? Awolowo was 5’10″ tall? Awolowo was 11 years old when his father died of small pox on April 8, 1920? Awolowo was married to Hannah Idowu DideOlu (nee Adelana) on December 26,…

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Biography

Date: August 17, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Chief Awolowo

Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo (Yoruba: Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀; March 6, 1909 – May 9, 1987) was a Nigerian politician, aristocrat and statesman. A Yoruba and native of Ikenne in Ogun State of Nigeria, he started his career as a regional political leader like most of his pre-independence contemporaries. He founded many organizations, including Egbe Omo Oduduwa, the…

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