(1929-07-23)23 July 1929 Lagos Island, Lagos, British Nigeria (now Lagos Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria)
Died
11 February 2021(2021-02-11) (aged 91)
Occupation
Journalist
Lateef Kayode Jakande (Yoruba pronunciationⓘ; 23 July 1929 – 11 February 2021) was a Nigerian journalist and politician who served as governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983, and later Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military regime.[1][2]
^Lai Olurode (21 July 2009). "Lateef Jakande at 80". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
^"His Excellency Alhaji Lateef Kayaode Jakande, Governor of Lagos State". Library of Congress Pamphlet Collection - Flickr. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
Lateef Kayode Jakande (Yoruba pronunciation; 23 July 1929 – 11 February 2021) was a Nigerian journalist and politician who served as governor of Lagos...
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was established In October, 1980 under the administration of Alhaji LateefJakande to disseminate information and entertain the populace. It became the...
Nigerian press such as Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ernest Ikoli, Obafemi Awolowo and LateefJakande used their papers to fight for independence. Until the 1990s, most publications...
dates back to 1983 with the Lagos Metroline network conceived by Alhaji LateefJakande during the Second Nigerian Republic. The initial Metroline project was...
Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe Governor July 1978 October 1979 Military Alhaji LateefJakande Governor October 1979 December 1983 Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) Air...
election occurred on 13 August 1983. UPN candidate LateefJakande won the election. LateefJakande representing UPN won the election. The election held...
gubernatorial election occurred on 28 July 1979. UPN candidate LateefJakande won the election. LateefJakande representing UPN won the election. The election held...
the 1980s with the Lagos Metroline network conceived by the Alhaji LateefJakande during the Second Nigerian Republic. The initial Metroline project was...
University of North London) in 1970. On 1 October 1979, Jafojo, alongside LateefJakande was sworn in as the first democratically elected deputy governor of...
created out of the old Ministry of Works and Transport in 1979 by Alhaji LateefJakande, the first elected Governor of Lagos State. The Ministry of Environment...
people who had held elective office in the past such as Bola Ige and LateefJakande. Falae soon became the candidate of choice for followers of Awolowo...
national team). Noboru Ishiguro, 88, Japanese Olympic racewalker (1964). LateefJakande, 91, Nigerian journalist and politician, governor of Lagos State (1979–1983)...
(d. 2004) 1929 – Danny Barcelona, American drummer (d. 2007) 1929 – LateefJakande, Nigerian journalist and politician, 5th Governor of Lagos State (d...
Ikorodu Local Government was created. The civil rule of 1979 under LateefJakande also sub-divided the state into twenty-three Local Government Areas...
Babangida. As governor, he continued the work of his predecessor Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande in improving schools infrastructure and the standards of teaching...
2009. "Bola Ige". OnlineNigeria. Retrieved 8 November 2009. Alhaji LateefJakande (27 July 2009). "My Rivalry With Bola Ige". The News. Retrieved 7 November...
Name Took office Left office Party Governor Rafiu Jafojo 1979 1983 UPN LateefJakande Lateefat Okunnu 1990 1991 NRC Raji Rasaki Sinatu Ojikutu 1992 1993 NRC...
General hospital was founded in 1972 by the then Governor of Lagos state, LateefJakande. It also serve as the annex for Lagos State University Teaching Hospital...
Lekan Fatodu, Politician and journalist Bode George, Politician Alhaji LateefJakande, the first civilian governor of Lagos State and served from 1979 to...
office July 1978 – October 1979 Preceded by Ndubuisi Kanu Succeeded by LateefJakande Governor of Niger State In office December 1977 – July 1978 Preceded...
Ministry of Works and Planning. Under the administration of Late Alhaji LateefJakande, the growth of traffic in the metropolis posed logistic challenges that...
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