Anniversary of June 12 presidential election (2)
On January 2, 1992, all the elected governors of the 30 states were sworn-in and the entire federal cabinet was dissolved
Read MoreAnniversary of June 12 presidential election (1)
NEC, which claimed that the manifesto of all the political associations studied “cluster around the centre of the ideological spectrum, a little to the left and a little to the right”
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Lateef Jakande on a peaceful election
All the political parties should publicly renounce violence; particularly political killings, as part of our political culture
Read More Taking the back seat (2)
Nigeria’s finest moment was on January 11, 1976 at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia at an extra ordinary conference on liberation struggles in Africa. General Murtala Mohammed spoke that afternoon and the world listened
Read More Taking the back seat (1)
Today, the estate and the venue where we hosted the festival-National Theatre have become dilapidated and abandoned. The FESTAC Village which was planned to be a model city is fast becoming a jungle city now
Read More Gen Akinrinade writes Gen Danjuma
At eighty, you have devoted your entire life so far for the unity of Nigeria and maybe you will devote a little more attention to the thorny issues of restructuring this political system without which you have no guarantee of good life for the majority of our people
Read More The beauty in regionalism
No doubt the regions were doing well. Tragically on February 21 1966, General Ironsi told the nation that “It has become apparent to all Nigerians that rigid adherence to ‘regionalism’, was the bane of the last regime
Read More The unending Tiv/Fulani crisis (2)
The Tiv NA Council was dissolved in 1959 and from this date onward, no local election was held to elect representatives to the central and District Councils; this meant that UMBC supporters who formed the majority of Tiv population were denied their rights to vote
Read More The unending Tiv/Fulani crisis (1)
The success of the Yandev revolt spurred people in other parts of Tiv land to irresistible acts of violence
Read More Tarka and the lingering Tiv/Fulani clash
The Tiv riot and the independence of the Middle Belt played a key role later in the creation of more states in 1967
Read More Our new national development plan
When the Military came to power they jettisoned the idea of development plans and replaced it with rolling plans
Read More Gidado Idris in his own words
I do not think there is a nation anywhere else in the World which devotes most resources to the purchase of vehicles for its officials at all levels than Nigeria
Read More How Ogbeha and wife begged Babangida to create Kogi State
Many of the elders and indigenes of Kogi State, who were privy to his underground effort hold him in high esteem in helping to actualise the dream and aspirations of hundreds of thousands
Read More How Ekwueme helped in creating more states (2)
Dr. Ekwueme’s committee arrived at the conclusion that the request to join Anioma is
unanimous
How Ekwueme helped in creating more states (1)
President Shagari helped also by conceding that all Federal appointments from Imo and Anambra states must be endorsed by Dr. Ekwueme
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