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Sir Kitoyi Ajasa in his older years.
Sir Kitoyi Ajasa(1866- 1937) was a prominent Lawyer and Newspaper Proprietor.
He was born as Edmund Macaulay in Lagos. Ajasa attended CMS Grammar School Lagos and Studied Law in London. He was called to the Bar in 1893. Ajasa served as an unofficial member of the Colonial Legislative Council from 1906- 1933. He founded ‘The Nigerian Pioneer’- one of the earliest Newspapers in the country. In 1929, he became the first Nigerian to receive a Knighthood.
Sir Kitoyi Ajasa was father of the notable Lady Oyinkan Abayomi wife of Sir Kofo Abayomi.
His House “Goldstone House” at Onikan was demolished in 1959 to make way for the National Assembly Complex.