Autobiography of anthony enahoro street jabi abuja
Autobiography of anthony enahoro street jabi abuja
Life & Legacy of Chief Anthony Enahoro, A Nigerian States Man...
Anthony Enahoro
Nigerian founding father
ChiefAnthony Eromosele EnahoroCFR (22 July 1923 – 15 December 2010[1]) was one of Nigeria's foremost anti-colonial and pro-democracy activists.[2]
He was born the eldest of ten children in Uromi, present-day Edo State of Nigeria.
His Esan parents were Anastasius Okotako Enahoro (1900–1968) and Fidelia Victoria Inibokun née Ogbidi Okojie (1906–1969).[3] Enahoro had a long and distinguished career in the press, politics, civil service and the pro-democracy movement.
Educated at the Government School, Uromi, Government School, Owo and King's College, Lagos.[4]
Enahoro became the editor of Nnamdi Azikiwe's newspaper, the Southern Nigerian Defender, Ibadan, in 1944 at the age of 21, thus becoming Nigeria's youngest editor ever.[5] He later became the editor of Zik's Comet, Kano, 1945–49, associate editor of West African Pilot, Lagos, and editor-in-chief of Morning Star from 1950 to 19