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    Nigerian Who's Who in management intelligence: A definitive guide to the profiles ofNigeria's best top managers ofhuman and material resources in government, industry, business and non-governmental organisations
    (Ikeja: Management Masters Ltd, 2008) edited by Dr. Charles Marcus
    Chapter 1 Nigeria - A Developing Nation • Nigeria's Natural Endowments begging for Intelligent Management • Elective Political Offices In Nigeria • Major Officers • 109 senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria • 360 Federal House of Representatives' Members Chapter 2 Nigeria - The Governors • ABIA Theodore Ahamefule Oiji • ADAMAWA Murtala Nyako • AKWAIBOM Obong (Barr) Godswill Obot Akpabio • ANAMBRA Peter Obi • BAUCHI IsaYaguda • BAYELSA Timipre Sylva • BENUE Hon Gabriel Suswam • BORNO Ali Modu Sheriff • CROSS RIVER Liyel Imoke • DELTA Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan • EBONYI Martin Elechi • EDO Prof Oserheimen Osunbor • EKITI Olusegun Oni • ENUGU Sullivan Chime • GOMBE Mohammed D Goje • IMO Ikedi Godson Ohakim • JIGAWA Sule Lamido • KADUNA Mohammed Namadi Sambo • KANO Ibrahim Shekarau • KASTINA Ibrahim Shema • KEBBI Usman S Dakingari • KOGI Ibrahim Idris • KWARA Dr Bukola Saraki • LAGOS Babatunde R Fashola • NASSARAWAAliyu Doma • NIGER Mu'azu B Aliyu • OGUN Otunba G Daniel • ONDO Olusegun Agagu • OSUN Olagunsoye Oyinlola • OYO Christopher A Alao-Akala • PLATEAU Jonah D Jang • RIVERS Hon Chibuike Rotimi • SOKOTO Aliyu Wamakko • TARABA Danbaba Suntari • YOBE Mamman Bello Ali • ZAMFARA Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi • FCT-ABUJA Dr Aliyu Modibbo Umar Chapter 3 Intelligent Management Papers (by the Author) • Public Service • Power & Politics • Development and Management of Infrastructure • Economy & Investment • Manpower Development • Health Management Issues Chapter 4 Banks and Other Financial Institutions • FIRST BANK Jacob M Ajekigbe • FIRST CITY MONUMENT BANK Ladi Balogun • OCEANIC BANK Dr (Mrs) Cecilia Ibru • UNITY BANK Alh Falalu Bello • ZENITH BANK Jim Ovia • SPRING BANK Suleyman Abdu Ndanusa • FIRST INLAND BANK Okey Nwosu • SKYE BANK Akinsola Akinfemiwa • INTERCONTINENTAL BANK Erastus Akingbola • GUARANTY TRUST BANK Tayo Aderinokun • AFRIBANK Sebastian Adigwe • UNITED BANK OF AFRICA Tony Elumelu • EQUATORIAL TRUST BANK Ike Oraekwuotu • STERLING BANK Babatunde Dabiri • THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE Mrs Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke • CENTAGE MORTGAGE BANK Mr Johnson G Ndukwe • INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL INSURANCE Oluremi A Olowude • CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA Dr Charles C Soludo LeadCapital
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    Sir George Goldie and the making of Nigeria
    (London: Oxford University Press, 1960) FLINT, John E.
    • Early years • Trade and politics on the Niger river • Towards political power • Berlin and the charterLakes • Administration and the liverpool opposition • German opposition—and a setback • Major macdonald investigates • Giving away mountains and rivers and lakes • The revenge of the brassmen • The burdens of empire • The war against nupe and ilorin • Crisis • Decline and fall • Years of retirement
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    Seven years of IBB: Labour & Social Development. Volume 3
    (Lagos state: The daily times of Nigeria PLC, 1993) edited by Dr. Gobwill A. S Ogbogfrodo
    • Labour under IBB • Education in the IBB years • Housing under Ibrahim Babangida’s administration • Mass transportation under IBB • Women in development • National directorate of employment and employment generation • Youth and sports
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    AZIKIWE and the African Revolution
    (Onitsha, Anambra state (Book House Trust, 79 Awka Road, PMB 1639): Africana- Fep Publishers Limited;, 1989) edited by Michael S.O. Olisa; Odinchezo M. Ikejiani-Clark
    THE FORMATIVE YEARS: His Cultural and Historical Roots; Formal Education: The British and American Alternatives; Azikiwe's Intellectual Origins; Azikiwe's Political Ideas: The Dream of the African Revolution; PAN-AFRICANISM AND AFRICAN NATIONALISM: Zik and the Pan-Africanist Movement; Rejection of Socialism; The Second World War; The West African Experience; Azikiwe and Nkrumah; NATION-BUILDING IN NIGERIA: Nigerian Nationalism: Crises of Ideas and Strategy; The NCNC and Nigerian Realities; Regional Premiership: A Test of Political Leadership; Governor-Generalship and the Presidency; Azikiwe and the Nigerian Civil War; DYNAMICS OF THE AFRICAN REVOLUTION: African Political Economy Since Independence; Neo-Colonialism in Theory and Practice; Military Rule and the African Revolution; Structural Adjustment and the African Reconstruction; Impediments to the African Revolution;
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    Colonial Cadet in Nigeria
    (Durham: Duke University Press,, 1968) SMITH, John
    Touring Officer, Kano Division; On Special Duties; Assistant District Officer, Zaria Division; Touring Reports; A Leadership Course for Jahun District Councilors; A Resettlement Scheme in Kim District; Report on Tarai Village; District Council Inspection at Kumbotso—June 1952; Adult Literacy Campaign Progress Report; Progress Report on the Adult Literacy Campaign, Zaria Province; Touring Notes: Kauru District, Zaria Division; Intelligence Report: Kauru and Lere Districts
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    Born to Run: the story of Dele Giwa
    (Ibadan: Spectrum Books Ltd,, 1987) OLOJEDE, Dele; Onukaba Admoyi-Ojo
    Family profile; Early days – Ife; School days; Getting ready; Taking off; Homecoming; Changing gear; Breaking out; At the top; Hanging tough; Eclipse
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    Grateful Orphan: the Story of Shettima Ali Monguno
    (Somolu: Emmatong Nigeria Enterprises,, 2007) OSUNDE, Andrew C.; Philip O. Okorie; Adamu Bilkisu; Gang D. Chassis; Fabumuyi A. Olutade; Edited by Amina Bashir
    The Root from the past; A Gem is born; Boyhood in the Hood; The Forceful Entrance into western School; The Formidable Framed Mind: Sojourn through manhood; Entangled between dreams and reality; Workable Distinct Philosophy to life; Daring to demystify the challenges of Manhono; The Focused Personality; The Family Life; Marital Experience; Well Deserved Statesmanship; A Reservoir of Knowledge; Appraisal of his Personality; Advocate of Peaceful Co-existence; The Impeccable Achiever; The standing legacy.
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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