Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK)
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He came back to Nigeria in 2001 and met President
Olusegun Obasanjo. At the beginning of 2003, Femi Fani-Kayode was appointed by the President
as a member of his presidential campaign team for the 2003 presidential
election. After President Obasanjo won that election Femi Fani-Kayode was
appointed as the first ever Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In 2006 he was appointed as the
Minister of Culture and Tourism. That same year, after a minor cabinet
reshuffle, he was redeployed to the Aviation Ministry as the Minister of
Aviation. Since the end of the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo's
administration on 29 May 2007, Femi Fani-Kayode has gone back to the private
sector and to his legal practice.
Femi Fani-Kayode has been married four times. His first marriage was to Saratu "Baby" Atta in 1987 and they were divorced by 1990. They have one daughter whose name is Oluwafolake. The second marriage was to Yemisi Olasunbo Adeniji in 1991 but they were divorced by 1995. They have three daughters whose names are Oluwatemitope, Oluwatobiloba and Oluwatuminu. The third marriage was to Regina-Hanson Amonoo. They were married in 1997 and have one daughter, whose name is Oluwaremilekun. In 2014 Femi Fani-Kayode and Precious Chikwendu, a beauty queen and the winner of the Miss United Nations (world) beauty pageant 2014, got married. This was his fourth marriage. On 1 February 2016 Fani-Kayode and his wife, delivered a baby-boy, their first child. He was christened Joshua Oluwafemi Emmanuel Lotanna Aragorn Fani-Kayode. He is Fani-Kayode's first son. On 25 May 2018 Precious Chikwendu Fani-Kayode gave birth to three boys. Their names are:
1. Ragnar, Alexander, Okunade, Olusegun, Ikenna Fani-Kayode
2. Aiden, Daniel, Olumide, Jidenna, Benaniah Fani-Kayode
3. Liam, Michael, Oluwanifemi, Tobenna, Jehu Fani-Kayode
The birth of the triplets was made all the more auspicious by the fact that they were delivered on their mother's birthday.
Femi Fani-Kayode's older brother, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, was a renowned and influential artist and photographer who founded the Association of Black Photographers (Autograph) and who died in 1989 due to complications from HIV infection.
His full names are David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode. He was
born on 16 October 1960. Femi Fani-Kayode popularly called FFK is a Nigerian
politician, essayist, poet and lawyer. He is a member of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
Femi Fani-Kayode is from Osun State, born in Lagos, to Chief Victor Babaremilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode and to Chief (Mrs) Adia Adunni Fani-Kayode. He is an Ile-Ife chieftain of Yoruba descent.
He was the Special Assistant (Public Affairs) to President Olusegun Obasanjo from July 2003 until June 2006. He was appointed the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 22 June to 7 November 2006 and Minister of Aviation from 7 November 2006 to 29 May 2007.
Femi Fani-Kayode started his education at the age of eight at Brighton College, Brighton in the UK after which he went to Holmewood House School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, South-East England. He entered Harrow School in Harrow on the Hill, United Kingdom and later into Kelly College in Tavistock, UK, where he completed the rest of his public school education.
In 1980 Femi Fani-Kayode went to the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies where he graduated with an LL.B law degree in 1983. He entered Cambridge University (Pembroke College) where his grandfather (Selwyn College), his father (Downing College) and his older brother, Akinola (Downing College) had all previously read law. Victor Adedapo Kayode, Femi's grandfather, was called to the British bar (Middle Temple) in 1922 and his father, Remi Fani-Kayode, was called to the British bar (Middle Temple) in 1945.
After finishing from Cambridge, Femi Fani-Kayode went to the Nigerian Law School and in 1985 was called to the Nigerian Bar. In 1993, under the tutelage of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams of Ghana, Femi Fani-Kayode became a Pentecostal Christian. He decided to go back to school to study theology at the Christian Action Faith Bible Seminary in Accra, Ghana, gaining a diploma in theology in 1995.
Femi Fani-Kayode was a member of the Nigerian National Congress (NNC) in 1989. He was elected the national youth leader of NNC that same year. In 1990, he was appointed as Chief Press Secretary to Chief Tom Ikimi, the first national chairman of the National Republican Convention (NRC) and in 1991 as Special Assistant to Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, former head of the Nigerian Security Organization (NSO).
In 1996, disturbed by the actions of Gen. Sani Abacha's military junta, Femi Fani-Kayode left Nigeria and joined the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) abroad where, together with the likes of the Oxford University-trained lawyer Chief Tunde Edu and others, he played a very active role in the fight against Abacha.
Femi Fani-Kayode is from Osun State, born in Lagos, to Chief Victor Babaremilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode and to Chief (Mrs) Adia Adunni Fani-Kayode. He is an Ile-Ife chieftain of Yoruba descent.
He was the Special Assistant (Public Affairs) to President Olusegun Obasanjo from July 2003 until June 2006. He was appointed the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 22 June to 7 November 2006 and Minister of Aviation from 7 November 2006 to 29 May 2007.
Femi Fani-Kayode started his education at the age of eight at Brighton College, Brighton in the UK after which he went to Holmewood House School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, South-East England. He entered Harrow School in Harrow on the Hill, United Kingdom and later into Kelly College in Tavistock, UK, where he completed the rest of his public school education.
In 1980 Femi Fani-Kayode went to the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies where he graduated with an LL.B law degree in 1983. He entered Cambridge University (Pembroke College) where his grandfather (Selwyn College), his father (Downing College) and his older brother, Akinola (Downing College) had all previously read law. Victor Adedapo Kayode, Femi's grandfather, was called to the British bar (Middle Temple) in 1922 and his father, Remi Fani-Kayode, was called to the British bar (Middle Temple) in 1945.
After finishing from Cambridge, Femi Fani-Kayode went to the Nigerian Law School and in 1985 was called to the Nigerian Bar. In 1993, under the tutelage of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams of Ghana, Femi Fani-Kayode became a Pentecostal Christian. He decided to go back to school to study theology at the Christian Action Faith Bible Seminary in Accra, Ghana, gaining a diploma in theology in 1995.
Femi Fani-Kayode was a member of the Nigerian National Congress (NNC) in 1989. He was elected the national youth leader of NNC that same year. In 1990, he was appointed as Chief Press Secretary to Chief Tom Ikimi, the first national chairman of the National Republican Convention (NRC) and in 1991 as Special Assistant to Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, former head of the Nigerian Security Organization (NSO).
In 1996, disturbed by the actions of Gen. Sani Abacha's military junta, Femi Fani-Kayode left Nigeria and joined the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) abroad where, together with the likes of the Oxford University-trained lawyer Chief Tunde Edu and others, he played a very active role in the fight against Abacha.
He came back to Nigeria in 2001 and met President
Olusegun Obasanjo. At the beginning of 2003, Femi Fani-Kayode was appointed by the President
as a member of his presidential campaign team for the 2003 presidential
election. After President Obasanjo won that election Femi Fani-Kayode was
appointed as the first ever Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In 2006 he was appointed as the
Minister of Culture and Tourism. That same year, after a minor cabinet
reshuffle, he was redeployed to the Aviation Ministry as the Minister of
Aviation. Since the end of the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo's
administration on 29 May 2007, Femi Fani-Kayode has gone back to the private
sector and to his legal practice. Femi Fani-Kayode has been married four times. His first marriage was to Saratu "Baby" Atta in 1987 and they were divorced by 1990. They have one daughter whose name is Oluwafolake. The second marriage was to Yemisi Olasunbo Adeniji in 1991 but they were divorced by 1995. They have three daughters whose names are Oluwatemitope, Oluwatobiloba and Oluwatuminu. The third marriage was to Regina-Hanson Amonoo. They were married in 1997 and have one daughter, whose name is Oluwaremilekun. In 2014 Femi Fani-Kayode and Precious Chikwendu, a beauty queen and the winner of the Miss United Nations (world) beauty pageant 2014, got married. This was his fourth marriage. On 1 February 2016 Fani-Kayode and his wife, delivered a baby-boy, their first child. He was christened Joshua Oluwafemi Emmanuel Lotanna Aragorn Fani-Kayode. He is Fani-Kayode's first son. On 25 May 2018 Precious Chikwendu Fani-Kayode gave birth to three boys. Their names are:
1. Ragnar, Alexander, Okunade, Olusegun, Ikenna Fani-Kayode
2. Aiden, Daniel, Olumide, Jidenna, Benaniah Fani-Kayode
3. Liam, Michael, Oluwanifemi, Tobenna, Jehu Fani-Kayode
The birth of the triplets was made all the more auspicious by the fact that they were delivered on their mother's birthday.
Femi Fani-Kayode's older brother, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, was a renowned and influential artist and photographer who founded the Association of Black Photographers (Autograph) and who died in 1989 due to complications from HIV infection.
News About Femi Fani-Kayode
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- Amaechi Demands N1.2B From Fani-Kayode and Olayinka Over Ikoyi $43M Allegation
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- Femi Fani-Kayode re-arraigned for alleged N100m money laundering
- Press Release: EFCC Gets Contentious Order to Remand Femi Fani-Kayode
- FFK Marriage Reportedly Crashes, as He Denies The Report
- Fani Kayode Threatens to Sue Daily Trust, Demands N6B Compensation
- BOMB SHELL: APC is about to make a big blunder - Femi Fani-Kayode
- NNPC Lied, There is More to Lagos Explosion – FFK Tweets
- Femi Fani-Kayode Visits Prophet Joshua Iginla (Photos)
- Why I Visited Sunday Igboho – Fani-Kayode
- How Fani-Kayode Beats His Ex-wife, During Pregnancy, Assaulted Her For 6 Years - Sister-in-Law
- Buhari & APC Governors’ Breakfast Photograph Fake- Fani-Kayode
- MI Blasts Femi Fani Kayode, Calls Him a Joker!
- Family Confirms Fani-Kayode's Separation From Wife
- FFK Blasts Sahara Reporters Over Allegation That He Bribed Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia to Dismiss His Money Laundering Charges(See Tweets)
- Femi Fani-Kayode Finally Accepts Trump's Defeat, Waves Him Goodbye
- FFK Blasts Ali Modu Sheriff For Threatening to Deal with Him For Calling Him Boko Haram Founder
- FFK Appeals to Whales Not to Come Near Nigeria Shores So They Don't Get Brutalized and Eaten by Hungry Nigerians (Photos)
- Video: FFK Finds 9-Year Old "Imo Singing Angel", Fulfills N250K Pledge He Made
- My attacks on Buhari, APC, not personal – Fani-Kayode
- Fani-Kayode’s Wife Delivers Triplets On Her Birthday
- I Have Four Lions in Me, I Will Never Bow, I Fear Nobody – Fani-Kayode
- Fani-Kayode Angry Over Saraki's Team Trying To Persuade Jonathan Not To Leave PDP
- After Rejecting Jonathan, Nigerians Deserve Boko Haram Bombings – Fani-Kayode
- Igboho Speaks For 99% of Yoruba People - Fani-Kayode
- SHOCKING: I Parted Ways With Jonathan Because He Is Insincere– Femi Fani-Kayode
- Buhari Not Fit to Lick Soyinka’s Shoes- FFK
- What is Happening to Magu Was Planned Years Ago, The Real Target is Not Magu But Tinubu and Osinbajo- FFK
- Fani Kayode's Egyptian Girlfriend Dumps Him Just in Weeks!
- Femi Fani-Kayode Unveils His New Family (Photos)
- 'Arrest Fani Kayode Now!' - BSO tells Security Agencies
- Photos : Fani Kayode Blasts Buhari for Shaking the Queen of England
- Fani-Kayode, Falae, Udenwa & Others Involved in N3.145billion fraud – EFCC
- Video and Picture: Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman Remanded In Prison
- Calm Down, You Are Man, Not God- Journalist Reminds Fani Kayode
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