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John Shiklam in Kaduna, Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo and Kayode Fasua in Abeokuta The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; a former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun; Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU); Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, (OAU); a presidential candidate in 2019 general election and global energy executive, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim; Nigeria Council of Yoruba Global Alliance and human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) have mourned fiery social critic and spokesman of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, who died on Saturday...

Vanguard News OAU, Falana, Igini, others mourn Odumakin On By Dapo Akinrefon, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Olayinka Ajayi & Shina Abubakar MORE glowing tributes continued to pour in for the late National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin. Those who paid tributes are constitutional lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana(SAN); the management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun State; the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Mike Igini and former presidential candidate Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim. They described Odumakin’s death as not only tragic, but a monumental ...

Advertisement Many prominent Nigerians, Reacting in a statement, Falana said Odumakin married Josephine, who is from the Igbo extraction, owing to his belief in national integration. Advertisement He said the deceased often called him to discuss the state of the nation and seek clarity on constitutional matters despite their ideological differences. “Notwithstanding our ideological differences, Yinka consistently called on me to discuss the state of the nation and seek clarifications on major constitutional matters,” he said. “He also referred several cases relating to the infringement ...

THE HORIZON BY KAYODE KOMOLAFE,   kayode.komolafe@thisdaylive.com On May 11, it will be 40years that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) called  a strike  to mount pressure on government for the enactment of a national minimum wage law. Comrade Hassan Adebayo Sunmonu, who incidentally turned 80 two months ago, was the NLC president who led the nation-wide popular  action. Under the leadership of one of the most adroit negotiators produced by the labour movement,  the NLC enjoyed the support of students, progressive intellectuals  and even players in the informal sector in the process. In...