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JANUARY 1966 MILITARY TAKEOVER NOT IGBO COUP, KADUNA NZEOGWU MORE OF HAUSA – IBB Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has dismissed claims that the 1966 military takeover was an “Igbo coup”. Babangida said the leader of the 1966 coup, Kaduna Nzeogwu, spoke Hausa fluently. In his just launched book, ‘A Journey in Service’, the former military …

COURT ORDERS FINAL FORFEITURE OF $4.7M, N830M, PROPERTIES LINKED TO EX-CBN GOV EMEFIELE The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of $4.7 million, N830 million, and multiple properties linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yellim Bogoro gave the judgement following the forfeiture request filed by the Economic …

‘NASS IS FOR SERIOUS BUSINESS NOT FOR CONTENT CREATION – SENATE SPEAKS ON DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST NATASHA Senate spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, has faulted the action of Senator representing Kogi Central under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over a seating arrangement row in the hallowed chamber. Natasha refused to use the seat allocated to her on Thursday during the …

PETER OBI ON ABIOLA AND 1993 ELECTION: I HOPE TRUE WINNERS OF PAST ELECTIONS WILL BE RECOGNIZED’ The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has reacted after former Military President of Nigeria, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (rtd), admitted the late Chief MKO Abiola was the winner of the June 12, 1993 election. IBB made …

I HAVE NO HAND IN DELE GIWA’S DEATH – IBB Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), has denied involvement in the death of veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch, Dele Giwa. Giwa, a vocal critic of Babangida’s military government, was assassinated via a parcel bomb in his home in Ikeja, Lagos State on October 19, 1986. Two days before …

I HAVE NO HAND IN DELE GIWA’S DEATH – IBB Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), has denied involvement in the death of veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch, Dele Giwa. Giwa, a vocal critic of Babangida’s military government, was assassinated via a parcel bomb in his home in Ikeja, Lagos State on October 19, 1986. Two days before …

I HAVE NO HAND IN DELE GIWA’S DEATH – IBB

I HAVE NO HAND IN DELE GIWA’S DEATH – IBB Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), has denied involvement in the death of veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch, Dele Giwa. Giwa, a vocal critic of Babangida’s military government, was assassinated via a parcel bomb in his home in Ikeja, Lagos State on October 19, 1986. Two days before …

I REGRET JUNE 12 ANNULMENT – IBB Former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has expressed regret over the annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, saying he would do things differently if given another chance. He said this during the launch of his autobiography – “A Journey in Service”, in Abuja, on Thursday. Speaking after former Vice-President Yemi …

NAIRA RAIN AT LAUNCH OF IBB’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: DANGOTE – N8BN, RABIU OF BUA GROUP – N5BN, TY DANJUMA – N3BN The crème-de-la-crème of the Nigerian society assembled at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, on Thursday, for the launch of the autobiography of ex-Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB). Entitled, ” A Journey in Service,” President Bola Tinubu was the Special Guest …