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Nigeria’s Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Gabriel Olu Onagoruwa is dead.<\/p>\n

He was a member of the Inner Temple of the English Bar and a member of both the Nigerian and International Bar Associations; the Senior Advocate of Nigeria was a prolific writer and publisher who wrote and published over 250 articles on Law and Contemporary issues.<\/p>

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He is also the author of the Nigerian Civil War; Fundamental Human Rights and International law 1969, The Amakiri Case; Press Freedom in crisis 1978 and Law and Contemporary Nigeria Reflections 2004 amongst others.<\/p>\n

Dr. Olu Onagoruwa, who attended the Academy of American and International Law Center USA on a full bright and hays scholarship, has served as a law lecturer in various Nigerian Institutions. He was appointed the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the federal Republic of Nigeria in 1993 and was further appointed as the African representative to the body that drafted Ethiopia\u2019s constitution in that same year. Dr Onagoruwa was also the Group Legal Adviser\/ Company Secretary of Daily Times Nigeria for several years.<\/p>\n

For over 35 years, Dr. Onagoruwa has been involved in general practice of law. His core practice areas include Constitutional law, Legislative Matters, Banking and Insolvency, Oil and Gas, Telecommunication Law and litigation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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