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    Making a Difference: My Ivory tower encounter (An Authobiography)
    (Confidence Books Limited, 2013) UZA, Daniel Verishima
    Pathway 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 counsel
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    Understanding Nwafor Orizu: selected reviews and commentaries on (liberty or chains Africa must be)
    (Nnewi, Anambra state: Horizontal Publishers., 1998) Horizontal pubushers
    Opening 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.
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    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.A
    the life and times of Rt. Hon. Dr. Prince A.A. Nwafor Orizu GCON, from July 17, 1914 to March 20, 1999.
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    Liberty or chains, Africa must be: an authobiography of Akweke Abyssinia Nwafor Orizu
    (Nnewi, Anambra state: Horizontal Publishers, 1994) ORIZU, Nwafor A.A
    NWAFOR 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.
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    Babalola Afe:
    (Ikeja, Lagos: 6, Oladosu Street Off Toyin Street Biographers Nigeria Limited,, 2008) OLANREWAJU, Ayo; Basi Fawehinmi-Biobaku
    The 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 Babalola
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    Gowon:
    (Ibadan: West Books Publisher Limited, 1985) ELAIGWU, J. Isawa
    Leadership 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.
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    Awo’s great life battles.
    (Ilupeju, Lagos State (20 Johnson Street, off cooker Road): Friends foundation publishers Ltd,, 1989) BABATOPE, Ebenezer
    Imperialism 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 script
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    Awolowo the legend:
    (Lagos State: Laba Press & Co.,, 1986) HUSSAIN, Babs
    Consecration of a legend; The way it has been; Combats of/in political economy; Leadership folio; Whither Nigeria.
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    Chronicles of a golden era:
    (Ibadan, Oyo State: Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan, 1997) YAKUBU, Abdullahi Yakubu
    The man; The legacy; The prince; The monarch; The reformer; The statesman; The custodian; The cabinet; The flag bearer.
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    Legacy of Service
    (Ibadan,Oyo state(47A Lebanon Cross Gbagl P.O. Box 18561): Teton Book Makers,, 1993) MAMORA, Yomi; Dickson Akinwunmi
    Genesis; 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.
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    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.
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    The Man Ortom, eloquence of excellence: a Tribute
    (Makurdi, Benue state: Sato's Offset Press,, 1992) KOSE, Frank Biam
    Colossus 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.
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    The Life and Legacy of Shehu Uthman d'an Fodiyo
    (Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2003) BOYD, Jean; Shehu Shagari
    Before 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 Revived
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    Sir Adetokunbo Ademola
    (Lagos: Times Press,, 1960) COKER, Folarin
    The 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;
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    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 mba
    Historical 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.
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    Margaret Ekpo: Lioness in Nigerian politics
    (Abeokuta, Ogun State (P. O. Box 2286): ALF Publications,, 1993) EFFAH-ATTOE, Stella A.; Solomon Odini Jaja
    Creek 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.
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    Oba Oyebade Lipede: A great Egba Monarch.
    (Opeds Nigeria Ltd.,, 1997-08) ODUNOYE, Oladipo; Olalekan Akinpelu; Wale Ope-Agba
    Roots 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.
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    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.
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    My Life
    (Lagos state(Unilag Post Office Box 132, University of Lagos): University of Lagos Press,, 1990) BAYERO Nuhu Mohammadu
    Early 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.