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How Nigeria Can Prevent Future Unrest – Former Presidents Make Recommendation

Former Nigerian heads of state and presidents were on Friday, October 23, 2020, unanimous in their view that generation of employment and growing the...

Buhari Meets With Jonathan, Obasanjo, Other Former Heads Of State

President Muhammadu Buhari is in an emergency meeting with former leaders and Security Chiefs. Though the agenda is yet to be disclosed, the impromptu meeting,...

How I Became Head Of State At 31 – Gowon

Yakubu Gowon, a former Head of State, has said that he was scared when he became the nation’s military leader on August 1, 1966,...

Gowon Caused The Nigerian Civil War – Biafra Youth Group Insists

The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has insisted that former military head of state, Yakubu Gowon declared war on people of the Southeast. BNYL explained...

‘The Best Man’: Tribute To The Late Abba Kyari [MUST READ]

I first met Abba Kyari in 1977 at Warwick University in England. I had gone there to do law as a second first degree....

A Soldier Like No Other: A Tribute To Mobolaji Johnson [MUST READ]

Tall, athletic, ever smiling, charismatic Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, the first Governor of Lagos State had a knack for putting people at ease although he...

Can Old Easterners Pray With Yakubu Gowon At 85? [MUST READ]

Somebody once wrote about the Nigeria wartime Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon; “I will never pray with General Yakubu Gowon”. It is not...

Reuben Abati: Yakubu Gowon At 85 And Femi Fani-Kayode [MUST READ]

General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s military Head of State from 1966 -1975, turned 85 on Saturday, October 19, 2019. In a congratulatory message, President Muhammadu...

Markets In Asaba To Close On October 7 To Honour Civil War Massacre Victims

Markets in Asaba, the Delta State capital, will shut down on October 7 as natives of the town mark the 52nd year anniversary of...

How We Saved President Obasanjo From Being Impeached In 2007 – Gowon

Yakubu Gowon, a former Head of State, has narrated how alongside some other prominent Nigerians he saved former President Olusegun Obasanjo from being impeached by...

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