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Buhari, Lawan, Tinubu, Gbaja, NPAN, NGE, NUJ, others mourn as Jakande dies at 91
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By Clifford Ndujihe, Dapo Akinrefon, Henry Umoru, Olasunkanmi Akoni & Olayinka Ajayi
THE reservoirs of tears and tributes were literally opened for Elder statesman, media icon and first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, who passed on, yesterday, at 91.
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, among others, on Thursday, mourned the death of the first civilian governor of the state, Lateef Jakande.
Jakande died earlier on Thursday at the age of 91 in his Lagos residence.
One of his children, Seyi, who confirmed the death, added that Jakande, also a former Minister of Works, would be buried today (Friday).
How Jakande died – Son
Seyi explained to our correspondent during a visit to the deceased’s residence in Lagos that Jakande died in his sleep around 11am.
According to the son, it was the deceased’s aides who discovered that he was not breathing.
Former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has mourned the first Civilian Governor of Lagos state Alhaji Lateef Jakande, who died at the age of 91 on Thursday.
Lagos journalists to rename NUJ Lighthouse after Jakande
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, has said that it would rename the NUJ Lighthouse in Victoria Island after late Alhaji Lateef Jakande who died on Thursday at his Ilupeju residence in Lagos.
The Chairman, NUJ Lagos State Council, Mr Adeleye Ajayi, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during his condolence visit to the family home of the late elder statesman.
NAN reports that Jakande was the first civilian Governor of Lagos State and a former Minister for Works and Housing.
Ajayi said that Jakande built the NUJ Lighthouse which would henceforth be renamed Lateef Jakande House in recognition of his contribution to the development of journalism profession in Nigeria.
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The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkareem Lawan, has faulted claims that Boko Haram no longer holds any local government area in the state.
The speaker was responding to a statement by the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin, at the pulling out parade of retired service chiefs that no local government area is under the control of the insurgents.
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, had in December 2020 during a meeting with the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria , made the same asertion.
But the Borno speaker said the claim was not fair to the displaced people of Borno, especially his immediate constituency.