Tag: Frank Kokori

Tinubu and Frank Kokori: A reporter remembers, By Festus Adedayo

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It was 25 years ago; Saturday, 10 October, 1998 to be precise. We were all inside the living room of the Yaba, Lagos modest home of Frank Ovie-Kokori. We were waiting for our heroes. In the heat of the June 12, 1993 presidential election validation saga, Kokori was secretary-general of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum […]

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Former NUPENG General Secretary, Frank Kokori is dead

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Foremost trade unionist and former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Kokori, has died. Reports say, the trade unionist and one of the heroes of the Abacha era’s struggle died at 1:30 am Thursday, and his death coincided with his 80th birthday. The passage of the […]

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