The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) was the first political party to be formed after the ban on politics was lifted in September 1978. Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the founder of the party which was an amalgam of various groups that were loyal to him. One of the groups was the Committee of - Friends, a circle of friends who had been actively involved in Chief Awolowo’s several political battles including the treason trial of 1962.

The 1988 civil service reforms in Nigeria The civil service was greatly reformed in 1988 in line with the recommendations of the Dotun Philips Civil Service Review Panel established in 1985 by the Federal Government. Major points of these reforms are as follows: The minister, not the permanent secretary, assumed responsibility...