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FULL LIST: Tinubu confers posthumous honours on Abiola, Humphrey Nwosu, Yar’ Adua, others
 
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Thu, 12 Jun 2025   ||   Nigeria,
 

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday conferred national honours on MKO Abiola, a former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), and Humphrey Nwosu, among others.

Tinubu conferred the national honours on them during his June 12 address to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja.

“As we mark a twenty-sixth year of unbroken democracy, it is right to honour those who have made sacrifices in the past, braving all the odds and the guns to ensure we have a regime of democracy in our country,” Tinubu said.

“In this light, I announce the conferment of the posthumous national honour of CFR on Kudirat Abiola, the heroine of the June 12 struggle.”

Below is the full list:

1.1 CFR

1. Kudirat Abiola

2. Alhaji Balarabe Musa

3. Pa. Alfred Rewane

4. Chief Bola Ige

5. Pa. Reuben Fasoranti

6. Sen. Abu Ibrahim

7. Sen. Ame Ebute

1.2 GCFR

8. Shehu Musa Yar’Adua

1.3 CON

9. Prof. Humphrey Nwosu

10. Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu

11. Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti

12. Alao Aka Bashorun

13. Chief Frank Kokori

14. Fredrick Fasehun

15. Professor Festus Iyayi

16. Alhaja Sawaba Gambo

17. Dr. Edwin Madunagu

18. Dr. Alex Ibru

19. Sen. Ayo Fasanmi

20. Sen. Polycarp Nwite

21. Dr. Nurudeen Olowopopo

22. Ken Saro Wiwa

23. Barinem Kiobel

24. Emma Ezeazu

25. Bamidele Aturu

26. Dr. John Yima Sen

27. Mobolaji Akinyemi

1.4 OON

28. Bagauda Kaltho

29. Chima Ubani

30. Emma Ezeazu

31. Bamidele Aturu

32. Dr. John Yima Sen

33. Saturday Dobee

34. Nordu Eawo

35. Daniel Gbooko

36. Paul Levera

37. Felix Nuate

38. Baribor Bera

39. John Kpuine

 

 

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