Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Nigeria is in its season of loss-loss of national values and national heroes. But, without a doubt, the loss that will prove the costliest is the loss of its national heroes.

Nigerians recently received the news of the death of Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark, two stalwarts of the Nigerian project and exceptionally unwavering believers in the Nigerian dream. Nigeria mourns indeed.

Shortly before Pa Adebanjo and Chief Clark joined their ancestors, former FCT Minister Jeremiah Timbut Useni quietly slept for one last time, slipping away on 23rd January 2025, many years after he was minister, during which time the pressures of the hour were unable to silence the applause he received as FCT Minister.

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