Na him be Papa to Wale Tinubu of Oando Oil. In 1976, General Olusegun Obasanjo appointed him Federal Commissioner (Minister) for Health. This is Mr Kafaru Oluwole Tinubu, LLB, LLM, BL, CP Rtd. He was born in Kakawa area of Lagos Island in the early 1930s, from the Tinubu family of Lagos. He joined the Nigeria Police Force during the colonial era and rose through the ranks when police work was still under British command. He became one of the most respected officers of his time. He was known as West Police Boss and later became Commissioner of Police for the old Western State of Nigeria. That position made him head of police for the entire Western Region before the states were divided. During his police days, he was called a super cop. He was known for discipline and enforcement of law, but also for defending peoples rights. After his police career, he studied law and became a lawyer with LLB and LLM and BL. He married Alhaja Bintu Tinubu in 1963 and they had four children including Wale Tinubu, who is Group Chief Executive of Oando Plc. He died in 2003. His family marked his 20th anniversary in October 2023. He was buried as the patriarch of the Tinubu family of Lagos.

He was the architect behind Nigeria's embassy buildings in 14 countries and 41 Military Barracks and projects. Isaac Folayan Alade was a Nigerian architect who lived from 24 November 1933 to 19 June 2021. He began his career at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing where he served as a Resident architect in the old Western Region and later worked with the Lagos City Council. He made history as the first architect to rise to the position of Federal Permanent Secretary in 1976, a role he held until he retired in 1979. Some of his selected works include Federal Goverment College, Ijanikin, Lagos among other Federal Government Colleges in Nigeria - Design & Supervision (1978-79) 1004 Housing Estate in Victoria Island, Lagos. Federal Secretariat building in Ikoyi, Lagos. National Stadium in Lagos Remembrance Arcade at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos. Satellite Town, Lagos Nigerian Airforce base in Ikeja. Office of the Head of State and Council of Chambers, Dodan Barracks-Design & Supervision (1971-72) Beyond the many military barracks he designed across Nigeria, he also designed the Nigerian Embassy buildings in fourteen countries. Out of these, he supervised the construction of nine. The countries where he handled the Nigerian Embassy and Chancery are Monrovia in Liberia Freetown in Sierra Leone Lusaka in Zambia Dakar in Senegal Bonn in West Germany Abidjan in Ivory Coast Cotonou in Benin Republic Brasilia in Brazil Peking in China Gaberone in Botswana Yaounde in Cameroun Islamabad in Pakistan Accra in Ghana Washington DC in USA Rome in Italy. For the Rome project and eight others, he did both design and supervision between 1970 and 1976. Some of the Forty-One Military projects he designed and supervised include the Army Barracks, Shaki, Oyo State Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos Nigerian Army Barracks, Bonny Camp Army Brigade Barracks Epe, Lagos Nigerian Airforce Base, Ikeja Infantry Brigade Barracks, Owode, Ogun State Ojo Cantonment Re-development of Dodan Barracks Army Barracks, Shendam, Plateau State Army Brigade Headquarters and Barracks, Owerri Army Cantonment, Zuru, Sokoto State Battalion Barracks, Birnin Kebbi Battalion Army Barracks, Ikom, Cross Rivers State Brigade Headquarters and Barracks, Biu, Yobe State Army Barracks, Bama, Bornu State Brigade location, Mongonu, Bornu State Army Cantonment, Abak, Akwa Ibom State Brigade Barracks, Kef, Plateau State Brigade Headquarters and Barracks, Ekenwa, Benin Army Battalion and Depot, Warri Army Mechanical Engineering Training School Auchi Military Hospital, Abakaliki Navy School, Ojo, Lagos Military Hospital, Jos Military Hospital, Sokoto Military Hospital, Ibadan Military hospital, Ojo, Lagos Military Hospital, Sokoto Amphibean Brigade, Ikorodu Batallion Barracks, Lokoja Military Barracks and Training Base, Keffi, Plateau State Batallion Army Barracks, Sarti, Gongola State Nigerian Army Cantonment and Depot, Zaria Air Force Base and Training School, Makurdi Armoured Brigade Katchia, Kaduna State Brigade Head Quarters location and Barracks, Minna Naval Base, Ojo, Lagos Army Barracks, Okitipupa, Ondo State - Design and Supervision (1970-79). Fola Alade died on 19 June 2021 at the age of 87. Source: architect-folaalade.com/proj…