Sani Abacha
17 Jan
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21 Dec
Remains of former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj-Gen. Chris Alli, have been laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alli, who died at the age of 79 in Lagos on November 19, 2023, was Nigeria’s 15th COAS.
15 Dec
The uncanny combination of his names which featured Christian and Muslim epithets was sufficiently intriguing to tickle my curiosity and inquisitiveness.
21 Nov
The Abacha loot readily reminds increasingly poor Nigerians of their past, but especially of the relentless avarice of those who have led them at different times.
7 Aug 2023
Approval by President Bola Tinubu for the establishment of the Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) to assist states cushion the effects of petroleum subsidy removal is a notable fiscal measure which...
30 Apr 2023
Lieutenant-General Oladipo Diya, who died last month after a brief illness, came to limelight as an ebullient, no-nonsense former military governor of Ogun State, and later gained fame as former Chief of General Staff and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council during the infamous regime of General Sani Abacha.
26 Apr 2023
Kaduna State High Court has nullified the confiscation and revocation of the Certificate of Occupancy (CofO) of Durbar Hotel, owned by the family of the late Military Head of State, Sani Abacha, by Governor Nasir el-Rufai.
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Adolphus Onyeama, an agriculture produce buyer resident in Borno State, has had several close shaves with death in the last 14 years. The Enugu State-born businessman has lived in the North for 26 years.
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The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, yesterday had the last laugh at the highly staked National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which retained its acting national chairman...
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Rising inflation and weak earnings have pushed 10 million Nigerians into poverty in 2023, the World Bank in its Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2024 has stated.
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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the country would be able to ramp up oil and gas production to feed Dangote and other local refineries by curtailing pipeline vandalisation and oil theft through its new partnership with the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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Ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, a chieftain of the party, Bola Ilori...
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Today is the second Friday of Shawwal 10th after the glorious month of Ramadan. We thank Allaah for making us see the beginning and end of Ramadan. We ask Allaah to grant us all the successes of the month as He accepts all our acts of Ibaadah and sacrifices.