Nigeria Mourns Politician Par Excellence, Alex Ekwueme Our Correspondents Tuesday November 21, 2017
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Yesterday was a day of mourning nationwide when word got out that Nigeria’s first Executive Vice-President,
See Tribute, More Stories on Pages 8, 41 & 42 Dr. Alexander Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme had passed on at a
London hospital on Sunday night at the age of 85. A man of notable intellect and academic accomplishments, Ekwueme who made his mark
headed by former President Shehu Shagari was overthrown in a bloodless military coup spearheaded by then MajorGen. Muhammadu Buhari. The irony is that it was the
same Buhari, as president, who ordered that Ekwueme be flown overseas for medical attention late last month after Continued on page 8
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as a foremost architect, businessman and later politician was the country’s vice-president from October 1, 1979 to December 31, 1983, when the Second Republic
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