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Item Open Access Making a Difference: My Ivory tower encounter (An Authobiography)(Confidence Books Limited, 2013) UZA, Daniel VerishimaPathway to the ivory tower; The Making of a Vice-Chancellor; Our vision, our destination; The Spiritual dimension; Setting the stage for the spiritual dimension; Uniting the Protestant Christian Groups On Campus; Forming UAM Protestant Chapel: Bro. Gbile akanni's intervention; Unity in diversity; Components of the unity; Pursuit of academic excellence; Preambles to excellence; Information and communication technology centre (ICT); Research; Research breakthroughs undergoing patent process; The “One medicine' initiative; Institute of food security; Centre for entrepreneurship development (CED); Students in free enterprise (SIFE); Programme development; Manpower development; Leadership for the vision; Internally generated revenue (IGR); Mr infrastructure; The score card; Accreditation; Beyond the campus; Making a difference on election duty; Making a difference in the community; Tracing the genealogy; Closer home; Closing counselItem Open Access Understanding Nwafor Orizu: selected reviews and commentaries on (liberty or chains Africa must be)(Nnewi, Anambra state: Horizontal Publishers., 1998) Horizontal pubushersOpening address by the chairman, His Excellency Alhaji Shehu Shagari, at the launching of the book "Liberty or Chains - Africa Must Be" by Rt. Hon. Dr. Prince A. A. Nwafor Orizu on Thursday April 24, 1997; review by His Excellency Chief Dr. Alex I. Ekwueme; comments by D. S. Mirani; review by Dr. Michael S. 0. Olisa; comments by His Excellency Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; comments by Nduba Chukwuma Echezona; review by His Excellency Dr. C. P. Ezeife; review by Hon. John Nnia Nwodo; comments by Prof. E. B. C. Ufodike; review by Prof. G. E. K. Ofomata; comments by P. O. Esedebe.Item Open Access The diary of a great prince: Rt. Hon. Dr. Prince A.A. Nwafor Orizu GCON, July 1914 - March 1999.(Nnewi, Anambra state: Horizontal Publishers., 1999) ORIZU, Nwafor A.Athe life and times of Rt. Hon. Dr. Prince A.A. Nwafor Orizu GCON, from July 17, 1914 to March 20, 1999.Item Open Access Liberty or chains, Africa must be: an authobiography of Akweke Abyssinia Nwafor Orizu(Nnewi, Anambra state: Horizontal Publishers, 1994) ORIZU, Nwafor A.ANWAFOR ORIZU'S BACKGROUND: palace influence on boyhood; eighty wives; brothers and sisters; child marriage and Holy Nweje; early education; EARLY VISION, NWAFOR ORIZU MET ZIK: a teacher; I met Zik; the spirit of Anaedo (great Agbaja clan); the miracle of Kaduna junction; EARLY DAYS IN AMERICA: on a highway to liberty; Lincoln university; transition; the Ohio state university; ideas that used me; FULFILMENT OF DREAMS- A STRUGGLE AGAINST AN EMPIRE: against an empire; Columbia university; first missionary journey; African education program born in America; HORIZONTAL EDUCATION AND AFRICAN IRREDENTISM INTRODUCED INTO AFRICA : the Nigeria that I met; exploration north.Item Open Access Babalola Afe:(Ikeja, Lagos: 6, Oladosu Street Off Toyin Street Biographers Nigeria Limited,, 2008) OLANREWAJU, Ayo; Basi Fawehinmi-BiobakuThe beginning; ancestry; growing up; call of school; Ibadan-first coming; London; the law school; Ibadan - second coming; Emmanuel chambers; notable cases & experiences; incursion into politics and administration; marriages family; creation of Ekiti state; pro-chancellor; the model that is Emmanuel chambers; author; philanthropy; Afe Babalola and the nuclear medicine in Nigeria; Afe Babalola and sports; awards and honours; chieftaincy titles; what people say about chief Afe BabalolaItem Open Access Gowon:(Ibadan: West Books Publisher Limited, 1985) ELAIGWU, J. IsawaLeadership style and the political system; Wusasa: from Tuwan to toil; From Barewa to barracks; The meteorip upshot: The creature of crisis; Bullets and political convulsion; The political eclipse; The crisis of political engineering; The blast and the salvage; The dawn of peace and rising expectations; Gowon: the state-builder; Dilemmas and frustrations; The curtains fall; Lagos to London through Kampala; The Dimka affair; A laugh at last.Item Open Access Awo’s great life battles.(Ilupeju, Lagos State (20 Johnson Street, off cooker Road): Friends foundation publishers Ltd,, 1989) BABATOPE, EbenezerImperialism and Awo: The full story; Awo’s friends who left before 1979; How Awo formed the banned UPN; The road to 1979 and beyond; The post 1979 decampees; controversy over Awo’s land at Maroko; The untold stories; Awo: Facing the political storms; Awo and the LNG affair; Awo’s death: A post scriptItem Open Access Awolowo the legend:(Lagos State: Laba Press & Co.,, 1986) HUSSAIN, BabsConsecration of a legend; The way it has been; Combats of/in political economy; Leadership folio; Whither Nigeria.Item Open Access Chronicles of a golden era:(Ibadan, Oyo State: Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan, 1997) YAKUBU, Abdullahi YakubuThe man; The legacy; The prince; The monarch; The reformer; The statesman; The custodian; The cabinet; The flag bearer.Item Open Access Legacy of Service(Ibadan,Oyo state(47A Lebanon Cross Gbagl P.O. Box 18561): Teton Book Makers,, 1993) MAMORA, Yomi; Dickson AkinwunmiGenesis; At the Fountains of Knowledge; Courtship and Matrimony; A Seasoned Teacher of Men; The Able Administrator; In the Lord’s Vineyard; Service to Humanity; Service to the Nation; An Overview; Charity at Home.Item Restricted Access The Man – Sir Justice Udo Udoma(Calabar,Cross river state: (8 Ekpo Abasi street, P.O Box 1961): Wusen press ltd., 1985) UDO-INYANG, D. S.The Need to honour the great Man; Parentage and boyhood days; Education; Career and public service; Creation of states in Nigeria; Community development efforts; Philosophy of Life; Constitutional conferences and minorities commission of Inquiry.Item Open Access The Man Ortom, eloquence of excellence: a Tribute(Makurdi, Benue state: Sato's Offset Press,, 1992) KOSE, Frank BiamColossus at Guma; In the public glare; Love for the people; Commitment to service; Service to the people; Health sector; Education sector; Agriculture; A Prince of peace; Rural development; Collection of speeches.Item Restricted Access The Life and Legacy of Shehu Uthman d'an Fodiyo(Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2003) BOYD, Jean; Shehu ShagariBefore 1754: The Shehu’s Context; 1754—1773: The Formative Years; 1773-1791: The Shehu’s Teaching Career; 1788-1804: Confrontation in Hausaland; 1804-1808: Conflict and Hostilities; 1808-1817: Establishing the Caliphate; 1817-1837: Consolidation of the Caliphate; 1837-1903: Sustaining the Caliphate; 1903-1960: The Shehu’s Legacy under Threat; 1960-2000: The Shehu’s Legacy RevivedItem Open Access Sir Adetokunbo Ademola(Lagos: Times Press,, 1960) COKER, FolarinThe road to Ake; Childhood; Early beginnings; The Cambridge manner; The templar; Promise and performance; Matrimony; Around the country; Revelation; His finest hour; The end of the beginning; The outlook;Item Open Access For Women and the Nation: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti of Nigeria(Ikoyi, Lagos(P.O. Box 54664): Crucible Publishers Ltd.,, 1997) JOHNSON-ODIM, Cheryl; Nina Emma mbaHistorical Background; “We Two Form a Multitude": The Ancestors; “When Love Whispers”: Early Marriage and Family Life; “Lioness of Lisabi”: The Fall of a Ruler; “A True Citizen”: The National Arena; “For Their Freedoms": The International Sphere; “Virtue Is Better than Wealth": Death and Legacy.Item Open Access Margaret Ekpo: Lioness in Nigerian politics(Abeokuta, Ogun State (P. O. Box 2286): ALF Publications,, 1993) EFFAH-ATTOE, Stella A.; Solomon Odini JajaCreek Town: a heroine’s birthplace; Margaret Ekpo’s early years; Role in Nigeria’s Political and Constitutional Development; Role in the Nigerian Civil War; Socio-Cultural Interests; Socio-Economic Concerns; Back to Her Roots in Retirement; Reflections and Recommendations; Women Emancipation: an assessment of a new era.Item Open Access Oba Oyebade Lipede: A great Egba Monarch.(Opeds Nigeria Ltd.,, 1997-08) ODUNOYE, Oladipo; Olalekan Akinpelu; Wale Ope-AgbaRoots and Early Life; Oyebade Lipede at School; His World of Work; Oyebade Lipede: The 9th Alake of Egbaland; Growth and Development in Egbaland; A Day to remember; Selected Speeches of Oba Oyebade Lipede; Assessment of Oyebade Lipede by others.Item Restricted Access M.K.O Abiola: the great achiever(Ebute-Metta, Lagos state (52 Murtala Muhammed Way):Birsil Konsell Ltd.,, 1993) BRIGUE, J. F.Birth, early life and family; tribute to Alhaja Simbiat Abiola, a virtuous woman; A Quiver full of children; The Lowly Road to success; Philosophy of life; Titles; The first pillar of sports in Africa; Towards Education; Reparations: his crusade and vision; Politics: extending the hand of hope and recovery.Item Open Access My Life(Lagos state(Unilag Post Office Box 132, University of Lagos): University of Lagos Press,, 1990) BAYERO Nuhu MohammaduEarly childhood; My adolescence and early education; My son Abdurrahman; My Role in educational development of the North; My life as a political activist; My role in local government; My role as a federal bureaucrat; As a university administrator; As a university Don.