1999 Constitution is fraudulent — Ayo Adebanjo
Afenifere chieftain, Adebanjo, said the 1999 constitution was fraudulent and did not articulate the collective will of the people, having been imposed on the nation by the military.
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Vanguard Personality Award: Lifetime Achievement Award – Chief Ayo Adebanjo
… Ayo Adebanjo: An Awoist who says it as it is By Dapo Akinerfon AYO Adebanjo, a lawyer, journalist, and elder statesman is regarded as a close associate of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. He belongs to a different tradition of the politics of character and dignity and truthfulness. He is not one to
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ECHOES OF 1966: Some Igbos are lying over Awolowo’s civil war role – Adebanjo
It was the insistence of Chief Awolowo to keep the Eastern Region in the federation that made Gowon fight the war
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Buhari’s second term: Our expectations – Adebanjo, Ikokwu, Okorie
ELDER Statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; Second Republic Politician and lawyer, Chief Guy Ikokwu; and National Chairman of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie, yesterday, shared their thoughts on the outcome of the presidential polls and what they expect from President Muhammadu Buhari in his second term
Read More Nigeria can’t exist without restructuring — Ayo Adebanjo
AFENIFERE chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has renewed the group’s call for restructuring of the Nigerian federation for proper functioning of the Nigerian federalism.
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Tribute to Baba Ayo Adebanjo
If there were ever a man that were worthy of celebration in the context of Nigerian history, power and politics that man is Baba Ayo Adebanjo.
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Buhari, Osinbajo, govs, others eulogise Adebanjo at 90
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; Governors of Ogun, Oyo and Osun States, Ibikunle Amosun, Abiola Ajimobi and Rauf Aregbesola and other eminent Nigerians, yesterday, eulogised Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who turned 90 years old yesterday.
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Buhari salutes Ayo Adebanjo at 90
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated elder statesman and legal luminary, Chief Ayo Adebanjo on his 90th birthday.
Read More Ayo Adebanjo: The man and his politics
When friends, family and political associates gather in Ijebu-Ogbo, Ogun state today, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, they will be honouring a radical and progressive politician, a lawyer, elder statesman, a patriot, and a nationalist of Yoruba extraction, who is without doubt, one of the most remarkable politicians of his generation and a voice of reason in the Nigerian politics of the 20th century and early 21st century. In a country where life expectancy is 53, “one of the most dangerous places to give birth” according to Bill Gates, a house which Karl Maier describes as “fallen”, the attainment of the nonagenarian grade is no mean feat.
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Adebanjo one of Nigeria’s most consistent, tested icons — Afenifere
THE pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, described one of its leaders, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who turns 90 today, as one of Nigeria’s most consistent, forthright, dedicated, trusted and tested icons.
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