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Prince Akweke Abyssinia Nwafor Orizu (GCON) ( // ⓘ; 17 July 1914 – 1999) was a Nigerian Politician, who served as President of the Nigerian Senate from 1963 to early 1966, during the Nigerian First Republic. Orizu was also Acting President of Nigeria from late 1965 until the military coup of January 1966. [1]
Oct 27, 2022 · We approached the Acting President, Nwafor Orizu, to swear him in because he could not legitimately act as the Prime Minister except he was sworn in. Nwafor Orizu refused. He said he needed to contact Zik, who was then in West Indies.
Mar 7, 2017 · Nwafor Orizu was a nationalist in the outlook and action-never parochial but dynamic and global in outlook and action. • Elected into the Federal House of Representatives and became the President of Senate- a position that made him No. 3 Citizen in the Country. • Served as Ag.
A. Nwafor Orizu was offered its throne in 1938, on the death of his father, Ezeng-bonyamba I. Last week in his Manhattan office he explained why he hardly warmed the throne before turning...
Jan 17, 2024 · Nwafor Orizu, whose tenure lasted a mere three months, found himself at the center of a military coup that led to the suspension of the legislature and a temporary transfer of power to the military, ultimately marking the end of the republic for that period.
Mar 7, 2017 · Dr. Akwaeke Abyssinia Nwafor. BA, MA, statesman, educationist, businessman, born July 11. 1920, Nnewi, Anambra State; married 1949, has children; Education: St Thomas' Central School and Onitsha Central School, 1924-31. Achimota College, Ghana, 1938, Lincoln University.
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Mar 15, 2022 · In remembrance of the life and times of Former Acting President of Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr. Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor Orizu, a memorial service has been scheduled in honor of the advocate of Horizontal education and Africa’s irredentism.
