Christopher Kolade

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Christopher Kolade, CON (28 December 1932 – 8 October 2025) was a Nigerian diplomat and academic.

Early life and education

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Kolade was born in Erin – Oke, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria on 28 December 1932.[1][2] He was the son of an Anglican missionary. He completed his secondary-school education at Government College, Ibadan after which he studied at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone.[3][4]

Career

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Kolade worked as a broadcaster and was Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation. He was Chief Executive and Chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Plc and formerly the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.[5] He was a colonial era Education Officer in Nigeria. He taught Corporate Governance and Human Resources Management at Lagos Business School (LBS), and Leadership & Conflict Management at School of Media & Communication (SMC). LBS and SMC are both schools of Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos. Formerly a member of the university's Governing Council, Kolade as of 2012 was the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Pan-Atlantic University. He was the Chancellor of McPherson University, Ogun, Nigeria.[6]

Kolade promoted business integrity in Nigeria through his chairmanship of organisations such as Integrity Organisation Ltd GTE and The Convention on Business Integrity Ltd GTE.[7]

Personal life and death

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Kolade married Nancy Omolabi Kolade (née Williams, born: 1936, in Sierra Leone) in 1957 in Sierra Leone. They had two sons: Akinwale (1959–1995) and Olufemi (1960–1990). They were separated after 20 years of marriage.

Kolade married Beatrice Egochukwu Ukogu Kolade in 1978; they were happily married and lived with their two daughters, Yvonne and Michelle, until his passing on 8 October 2025.[8]

References

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