Richard Osuolale Akinjide, second republic attorney general and minister of justice is dead. He died early Tuesday in his Ibadan home. Reports say he had been ill, though the nature of the illness is yet unknown. But he had not been at home and under medical care. Akinjide, an erudite lawyer was a federal commissioner in the…
Former President Shagari is Dead
Shehu Aliyu Shagari, Nigeria’s first democratically elected president is dead. He died Friday at the National hospital Abuja. Governor Aminu Tambuwal of his home state of Sokoto announced the demise by the former president on his twitter account. Shagari, a former teacher who later got elected into the federal House of Representatives held different ministerial…