Macaulay decided on the political tone of the paper. They argued that with the alienation of this land, the family would forever lose a rather substantial amount in future rents. The same year of his leaving the civil service, he got romantically involved with Caroline Pratt, the daughter of an African Police Superintendent and they later married but she died the following year in August 1899 with the marriage producing no offspring. After an attempt of a military coup organized by Murtala Mohammed in 1975, Yakubu had to emigrate to the UK. So, he is considered as the father of the state. On 14 August 1921, the Privy Council ruled in favour of Chief Oluwa: that communal land-ownership was legally recognized and that due compensation should be paid. Herbert Macaulay’s father returned to Nigeria as a missionary and educator of the Church Missionary Society (CMS). Hajiya Sawaba was an influential political and public figure in Nigeria.
In 1922, he helped a Lagos chief in his legal battle with the colonial government who had forcefully taken some of his lands for government purposes. This interest led him to often times publish news relating to the wider black world as well as activities and views of Nigerian students abroad most especially those who went to the United States. He maintained close ties with the first executive councils and was almost always present at NNDP public meetings.
This victory inspired Macaulay to establish in 1923 Nigeria’s first political party, the Nigerian National Democratic Party whose members were the first to sit in the Legislative Council.In 1927, he teamed up with his friend, Dr John Akilade Caulcrick to buy the Lagos Daily News, the first daily newspaper founded in 1925. SHARE.
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His features and editorials were often critical of government policy especially relating to the liquor trade, the water-rate scheme, taxation in any form, racial segregation, attempts to deny indigenous customary land ownership and a free press pass. © Copyright © 2020 Spilled News | Herbert Macaulay: The Father of Nigerian NationalismWe use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. The highest court in England heard the case and returned the land to the chief. In August 1944, however, he saw that the leadership and strategy of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) offered brilliant prospects in the struggle for self-government.Although many of his colleagues in the NNDP executive disagreed with him, he carried the day when he threatened to resign if they did not join his coalition of interest groups (political parties, trade unions, literary societies, professional associations, social clubs and ethnic unions.
He also established a Commission of Public Complaints which provided honesty for the society.