Let Anioma, Ijebu, Ogoja, Ibadan and other states be (6), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative about creation of new states in Nigeria. While serving in Ikeja Garrison, his second in Command was Lt-Colonel Shehu Musa Yar’adua (5 March 1943 – 8 December 1997) who later became number 2 man in the country after General Murtala’s assassination in February 1976. Brigadier Ally’s ADC was Colonel […]
The other Pension bodies that are not scandalised
The negativity of the Maina saga does not represent the full story of the Pension Scheme in Nigeria
Gen Olanrewaju wants pardon
The pardon which I am seeking will let me get over the nightmare; it will also enable me to be paid my entitlements for all the years I have served in the Nigerian Army
Gen Malu and his unconfirmed verdict on Gen Oladipo Diya and others (2)
ON Tuesday April 28 1998, Gen. Malu’s Tribunal sentenced Gen. Diya and others to death. Those sentenced to death were Lt-Gen. Oladipo Diya, former Vice Chairman, Provisional Ruling Council, and Chief of General Staff; Major General Abdulkareem Adisa,50, former Minister of Works and Housing; Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju,51, former Minister of Communications; Major Seun Fadipe, Chief Security Officer to Diya; Col. Olu Akinyode, former Military Assistant to General Olanrewaju and a civil engineer, Bola Adebanjo, an associate of Diya.
Gen Malu and his unconfirmed verdict on Gen Oladipo Diya and others
LT General Samuel Victor Leonard Malu, CFR (1947-2017), who died in Cairo, Egypt recently will be more remembered for his role as the President of the Special Military Tribunal that tried Lt.General Oladipo Diya (73), the then number two man in the country and others in 1998, than his tenure, as Chief of Army Staff under President Olusegun Obasanjo. Those close to him maintained that he was a General who had courage.
Gen Malu and his unconfirmed verdict on Gen Oladipo Diya and others
General Samuel Victor Leonard Malu, CFR (1947-2017), who died in Cairo, Egypt recently will be more remembered for his role as the President of the Special Military Tribunal that tried Lt.General Oladipo Diya (73), the then number two man in the country and others in 1998, than his tenure, as Chief of Army Staff under President Olusegun Obasanjo. Those close to him maintained that he was a General who had courage.
NNPC’s endless probe
MY guess is like yours when I read a recent report that the Senate is to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the NNPC.I can’t tell the outcome of the Senate probe this time but like many probes conducted by the National Assembly I don’t have much anxiety at all. Thirty-Seven years ago, I was anxious about such a probe.
The Generals and their books
SINCE General Olusegun Obasanjo (80) wrote his 178- page book, My Command, published by the Heinemann Education books on June 28, 1981, a book reviewed by Anthony Clayton, a lot of Nigerian Generals have become authors.
Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, Lagos @ 150
IT is rare for a church to celebrate One hundred and fifty years anniversary in Africa, but that was exactly what the Cathedral Church of Christ, Diocese of Lagos, Marina did recently. The faithful trooped out to the church to mark the event with pomp and pageantry.
The Mafia of Course 3
AS Minister of Defense between 1960 and 1965, Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu (1910-1965), from Balala in the present Adamawa state took two major decisions—one controversial and the other non-controversial in his Nigerianisation agenda of the Nigerian Army. Let us treat the controversial one first.
The Mafia of Course 3
AS Minister of Defense between 1960 and 1965, Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu (1910-1965), from Balala in the present Adamawa state took two major decisions—one controversial and the other non-controversial in his Nigerianisation agenda of the Nigerian Army. Let us treat the controversial one first.
Why Awo did not make West to secede
ON May 1, 1967 at a meeting of Leaders of thought of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo made the following declarations: “I consider my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general to place four imperatives, two of them categorical, and two
Past and present wahala of Decree 34 of 1966 (3)
THE former Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke (SAN), told me during the Constituent Assembly session in Lagos in 1978 that the former Head of State, Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi (1924-1966) as the Supreme Commander and Head of the Supreme Military Council in 1966 had all the powers then to promulgate Decree 34 without bringing the Decree to the Supreme Council for discussion.
Past and present wahala of Decree 34 of 1966 (2)
Chief Awolowo told the delegates as the leader of Western Region,’our mandate is very clear; we are not allowed to come here and accept federation at all cost
The past and present wahala of Decree 34 of 1966 (1)
Tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction
Osun’s agenda on restructuring
The general opinion is that each geo-political zone should control its resources with certain percentage as may be determined by the zone to Federal Government
