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DAVID HUNDEYIN BLASTS LEGACY MEDIA FOR INVENTING THE “IGBO COUP” HOAX All of which further stresses the point that the most powerful people in this world are those who control your media and information. “Igbo coup” was clearly not a material reality – it was a story invented out of thin air and amplified by the usual suspects who had …

DAVID HUNDEYIN BLASTS LEGACY MEDIA FOR INVENTING THE “IGBO COUP” HOAX All of which further stresses the point that the most powerful people in this world are those who control your media and information. “Igbo coup” was clearly not a material reality – it was a story invented out of thin air and amplified by the usual suspects who had …

ABACHA’S DAUGHTER FIRES BACK AT IBB WITH CRYPTIC ‘WEAKLING’ POST AMID JUNE 12 CONTROVERSY Gumsu Sani Abacha, daughter of former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has sparked a social media storm with a cryptic post calling someone a “weakling.” Naija247news reports that the message comes hours after former military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) blamed her father for the …

HOW BIAFRAN OGBUNIGWE SHELL NEARLY TOOK MY LIFE – IBB RECOUNTS WAR EXPERIENCE Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has recounted a civil war experience that nearly took his life after his command, 82 Battalion, came under heavy bombardment from Biafran forces on March 27, 1969. IBB stated that the Biafran artillery began an uninterrupted bombardment of …

LABOUR FORCES FG TO REDUCE TELECOM TARIFF HIKE BY 15 % Organised Labour through the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has forced the Federal Government to reduce telecommunications tariff hike from 50 percent to 35 percent. We gather that the reduction followed a meeting of the 10-man committee comprising government and NLC representatives at the office of the National Security Adviser, …

DELE GIWA’S MURDER TARGETED AT MY GOVT – BABANGIDA Former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has addressed the long-standing controversy surrounding the assassination of a journalist, Dele Giwa, describing it as part of “booby traps and acts of destabilisation” targeted at his administration. Dele Giwa, the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Newswatch magazine, was killed by a parcel bomb delivered …

ENUGU PDP: PARTY MEMBERS CAUTION OVER ALLEGED PLOT TO REPLACE WARD EXECUTIVES Concerned officials of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, have cried out to Governor Peter Mbah over alleged plan to replace already sworn in and serving ward executives. The ward executives spoke in a Save Our Soul letter addressed to the governor, dated February 21, 2025, …

SAINT AND SINNERS OF NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY BY DANIEL OKONKWO Nigerians have endured a complex and often turbulent governance history, oscillating between military rule and civilian administrations. Among these, one administration stands out in its controversial legacy: the regime of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB). His leadership remains a defining yet contentious period in Nigerian history, characterized by political maneuvering, military …

FEDERAL HIGH COURT CLEARS IPOB’S HEAD OF DIRECTORATE FROM NIGERIA’S WANTED LIST – IPOB’s COUNSEL A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State, presided over by Hon. Justice I.N. Oweibo, on Thursday, declared illegal the inclusion of Mazi Chika Edoziem, the Head of Directorate for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Nigeria’s wanted list. The ruling came in …

WHY I APPROVED EXECUTION OF MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND MAMMAN VATSA – IBB Former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), has revealed details of the foiled coup allegedly led by his childhood friend, General Mamman Vatsa, which he says compelled him to choose between preserving a longstanding personal bond and safeguarding the nation’s future.In excerpts from his autobiography, ‘A Journey …