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Abdul Ganiyu Agbaje was a Nigerian politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Nigeria from 1960 to 1966. He was born in Niger State, Nigeria, on 23 November 1925. Agbaje was educated at the Government College, Ibadan, and the University College, Ibadan, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1951. He then went on to study at the London School of Economics, where he obtained a Master of Science degree in Economics in 1954. Agbaje began his political career in 1954 when he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nigeria. He served as Minister of Finance from 1957 to 1959, and then as Prime Minister from 1960 to 1966. During his tenure as Prime Minister, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Agbaje was also a member of the Nigerian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in 1961 and 1962. After leaving office, he served as a member of the Nigerian Senate from 1979 to 1983. Agbaje died on 28 April 2021 at the age of 98.

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Born 23 November 1925
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Nationality Niger

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1952

Agbaje served as a lawyer and partner in the law firm of Agbaje and Agbaje from 1952 to 1959 and was appointed Judge of the high court in the Western State of Nigeria in 1969. He later served as a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal for ten years from 1977 to 1987 before retiring as a Supreme Court judge in 1990.

1925

Abdul Ganiyu Agbaje (born 23 November 1925) is a Nigerian retired judge who served as a justice of the Nigeria Supreme Court.

Agbaje was born on 23 November 1925, to the family of Salami Agbaje, a wealthy merchant based in Ibadan. He was born into a polygynous family, his mother Lamulati Faderera was the fourth wife of Salami Agbaje. Some of his brothers went on to make a name for themselves in Ibadan and Nigeria. Saka Agbaje was a U.K. trained doctor, the first western trained doctor from Ibadan and who established Alafia Hospital in Ibadan, while a second son, Mojeed was a political associate of Adegoke Adelabu. Agbaje was briefly educated at Ibadan Grammar School like many of his older siblings, but later transferred to Igbobi College to complete secondary education. Agbaje later traveled abroad for further studies, earning a bachelor of commerce degree in Industrial Economics & Business Studies in 1949 and a degree in law in 1951.