caption death_date birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name occupation
ajasa 1919 1937 lagos nigerian kitoye ajasa 10 august 1866 first nigerian to be knighted kitoye ajasa.jpg kitoye ajasa
 edmund macaulay lawyer , legislator
kitoye ajasa

kitoye ajasa -lrb- 10 august 1866 -- 1937 -rrb- was a nigerian lawyer and legislator during the colonial period .
he was conservative , and worked closely with the colonial authorities .
he thought that progress would only be possible if africans adopted european ideas and institutions .
ajasa was one of the leaders of the people 's union , the first political party in nigeria , and was the founder of the conservative newspaper the `` nigerian pioneer '' .
he was the first nigerian to be knighted .
