Tag: Former Nigerian Minister Dies

  A former Minister of Labour and Productivity under the Interim National Government, Prince Ajibola Afonja is dead. Afonja who served as a minister under the short-lived interim administration of late Chief Ernest Shonekan, died on Sunday night at the University College Hospital (UCH), in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The former Chairman of First…

  Senator Alh. Dr. Bello Maitama Yusuf, politician, businessman, and former minister for internal affairs and commerce, has passed away at 78. Senator Yusuf represented the Jigawa South West constituency as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, first elected in April 1999 and subsequently reelected in April 2003. He served as the minister…