Daily Independent (Lagos)
1 December 2008
Out of a total of nineteen applicants, five political parties were adjudged to be qualified to compete in the federal and state elections of 1979. Three of the five nominees for president of the Federal Republic in 1979 were presidents of major parties during the ascent to independence: Chief Obafemi Awolowo, presidential candidate of the Unity Party of Nigeria in 1979 had been president of the ...
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