Former Nigeria’s UK High Commissioner, Christopher Kolade, Dies At 93

Dr Christopher Kolade, a former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, doyen of the boardroom, broadcaster, and teacher, died peacefully early on Thursday.

He was 93.

Dr Kolade was born in Erin-Oke, Osun State, Nigeria, in 1932.

He was the son of an Anglican missionary and completed his secondary-school education at Government College, Ibadan, after which he studied at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone