Ondo, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Ondo State, Nigeria)
Died
5 September 2009(2009-09-05) (aged 71)
Nationality
Nigerian
Occupations
Author
Publisher
Philanthropist
Social critic
Lawyer
Politician
Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi//ⓘ, GCON, SAN (22 April 1938 – 5 September 2009)[1] was a Nigerian author, publisher, philanthropist, social critic, human and civil rights lawyer, and politician.[2]
He held the chieftaincy title of the Lamofin of Ondo.[3]
Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi// , GCON, SAN (22 April 1938 – 5 September 2009) was a Nigerian author, publisher, philanthropist, social...
GaniFawehinmi Park, formerly known as Liberty Park, is a public green space located in Ojota, Lagos, Nigeria just by the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Ikorodu...
Fawehinmi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: GaniFawehinmi (1938–2009), Nigerian author, publisher, philanthropist, social critic...
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do so. In the presidential election of that year ,the NCP candidate, GaniFawehinmi, came fifth, polling 161,333 votes or 0.41% of the popular vote. "19...
This is a list of notable Nigerian human rights activists in a list. "GaniFawehinmi: Lawyer and activist who fought for human rights in Nigeria". The Independent...
Nigeria's Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs on 21 August 2019. GaniFawehinmi (22 April 1938 – 5 September 2009) was a Nigerian author, publisher...
that it wasn't over and that he had already informed his lawyer, Chief GaniFawehinmi to follow up on the matter. Akilu then told Giwa that there was no need...
297,445 3.29 Jim Nwobodo United Nigeria People's Party 169,609 0.43 GaniFawehinmi National Conscience Party 161,333 0.41 Sarah Jubril Progressive Action...
matters". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. GaniFawehinmi, The Illegality of Shonekan's Government: Lagos, Nigeria Law Publications...
legal career in 1993 at GaniFawehinmi's Chambers in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. After he spent two years at GaniFawehinmi's chambers, he left to...
taken to the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Colonel Haliru Akilu vs. Chief GaniFawehinmi. After the 1993 military coup d'état, Akilu was retired by General Sani...
mayor of State College, Pennsylvania, complications after leg surgery. GaniFawehinmi, 71, Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, lung cancer. Carl Hovde...
Ransome-Kuti, Wole Soyinka (Nobel Laureate), Ayodele Awojobi, Dele Giwa, GaniFawehinmi (lawyer), and Ken Saro-Wiwa. For the majority of the first forty years...
time in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), he practiced law with GaniFawehinmi Chambers, Rotimi Williams & Co., and Burke & Co., Solicitors. He established...
Ikeja. Ikeja is also home to Fela Kuti's African Shrine, Late Chief GaniFawehinmi house and Lagbaja's Motherland. It also has the largest shopping center...
Research Chair at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and the GaniFawehinmi Distinguished Chair of Human Rights Law at Nigerian Institute of Advanced...
the activist human rights lawyer and social crusader, the late Chief GaniFawehinmi, where he gradually rose to become the Deputy Head of Chambers, a position...
and leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC); born in Ondo Town GaniFawehinmi, SAN, activist and philanthropist Olu Maintain, born Olumide Edwards...
working for the cause of the Nigerian masses alongside such figures as GaniFawehinmi, Femi Falana, Olisa Agbakoba and a host of others. The Nigerian pro-democracy...
Youth Service with the Legal Aid Council and was later attached to GaniFawehinmi Chambers before he was called to bar in 1989. He established his firm...
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