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Governors, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News, Taraba
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed his happiness over the vision of governor Danbaba Suntai in the agricultural sector. He stated this in Jalingo when he led an America-based Kenyan, Mr.Calvin on a courtesy call on governor Suntai at government house, Jalingo on Friday. Chief Obasanjo appreciated the natural endowments in Taraba State, describing it […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
The current face-off between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former military President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has been generating mixed feelings among eminent leaders. Where some of them see it as a ripe time for the government of the day to launch into the much demanded probe of failed past administrations of this country, others brush […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Friday, August 19th, 2011
A mixture of outrage and plea for ceasefire, on Friday trailed the altercations between former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida. The face-off was triggered by a comment credited to Babangida, describing the eight-year rule of Obasanjo as a failure in a comparative term. In his reaction, Obasanjo derided IBB, alluding […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
In what seemed like the war of Army Generals, former military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida said yesterday that President Olusegun Obasanjo had no moral right to attack him. Babangida had on Tuesday told reporters in Minna, Niger State, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Wednesday (August 17) that the Obasanjo administration was a failure. […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday responded to General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s dismissal of his eight-year rule as a failure, describing the former military president as a fool at 70. Babangida had on Tuesday in Minna, Niger State on the occasion of his 70th birthday, described Obasanjo as lacking in foresight and imagination. Barely 48 […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
By Dr. Jidoeofor Adibe, London, UK – August 18, 2011 – The recent indication that the Presidency would submit a bill to the National Assembly for a single term of six years for the President and Governors has dominated the headlines in recent times. And rightly so! The thought of presenting such a bill by […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Niger, Presidency, State News
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
NIGER State governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has paid a glowing tribute to former military president, General Ibrahim Baban-gida (IBB) who clocked 70 years on Wednesday. Dr Aliyu said IBB’s life was a testimony to the power of good leadership and purposeful living. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS) Mallam Danladi Ndayebo, […]
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General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Former Chief of General Staff (CGS) and military Vice-President under the regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu, is dead, aged 72. A personal aide to the ex-CGS, Mr. Clement Iriata, a lawyer, confirmed Aikhomu’s death, yesterday. He was said to have passed on at a Lagos hospital after a prolonged illness. In a […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Raw Politics
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Signing the death warrant of a childhood friend is not exactly a position anyone would like to be — especially when that friend had become more like a blood brother. As former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, marks his 70th birthday Wednesday, he looks back in pain, revealing that the execution of Major-General Mamman […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Power Sector, Presidency
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said his administration remains committed to the attainment of uninterrupted power supply in Nigeria before the end of its tenure in 2015. Jonathan gave this assurance during an audience with members of the Board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company led by Vice President Namadi Sambo. The President maintained that […]
