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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
’How Boko Haram can be defeated • Explains why he has not re-married In this interview, former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, clarifies his position on his statement suggesting that he is in support of the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan. Babangida also speaks on the murder of Dele Giwa in 1986, […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
Former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he was aware that Ibrahim Babangida was planning to overthrow him in 1985. Buhari, a retired major general and presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), told TheCable: “It is true that I learnt he was planning a coup against me. And I […]
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General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
General Babangida, who spoke on telephone with journalists at Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu’s Tunga residence in Minna yesterday when General Abdulsalami Abubakar paid the governor a Sallah homage said,”I am now well and will be back to Nigeria very soon.” He was not however specific on the date of his arrival. IBB, while speaking through […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Monday, August 18th, 2014
…Says president has right to seek 2nd term Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Retd), has given approval to the anticipated 2015 re-election bid of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, just as he urged Nigerians to be patient with the president in his efforts to tackle the myriad of problems facing the country. In an […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, December 9th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has said past Nigerian leaders cannot be compared to the late former South African leader, Nelson Mandela, saying it was on record that they ruled repressively during their regimes. He also described Nigerian politicians who threaten, boast and play little gods by virtue of their position as tiny men, a character trait […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Shehu Aliyu Shagari (1979-83)
Sunday, August 25th, 2013
Col. Tony Nyiam In this interview, Col. Tony Nyiam, who was part of the failed attempt to oust the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s military government in 1990, tells WAHEED BAKARE and ALLWELL OKPI, how the Orkar coup originated and its relevance to Nigerian politics You said what has come to be known as the Orkar […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Friday, August 9th, 2013
By Olalekan Adetayo President Goodluck Jonathan is not a Muslim but he participates in the annual Ramadan fast religiously. As a tradition, he also invites dignitaries to join him in breaking the fast in the evening. Some of his regular visitors on such occasions are members of the diplomatic corps in Nigeria. During the week […]
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Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, July 26th, 2013
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North ABUJA — The presidency, yesterday, described the five northern governors, who carpeted Peoples Democratic Party over alleged poor leadership and internal crises, as agents of the opposition. It warned them to desist from continuing to engage in acts capable of unduly heating up the polity and distracting President Goodluck […]
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Headlines, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
By Jide Ajani Is it not amazing and amusing that 20years after the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, leaders of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, last week, engineered the annulment of the chairmanship election of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF? In 1993, Bashorun MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, defeated […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Friday, May 17th, 2013
The friendship among General Ibrahim Babangida, General Sani Abacha and the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola has been described as “disastrous friendship,” Empowered Newswire has reported. It is a kind of friendship that leads to death and destruction. This statement was made by a Nigerian scholar who teaches at […]
