Sani Abacha
17 Jan
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21 Dec
Remains of former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj-Gen. Chris Alli, have been laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alli, who died at the age of 79 in Lagos on November 19, 2023, was Nigeria’s 15th COAS.
15 Dec
The uncanny combination of his names which featured Christian and Muslim epithets was sufficiently intriguing to tickle my curiosity and inquisitiveness.
21 Nov
The Abacha loot readily reminds increasingly poor Nigerians of their past, but especially of the relentless avarice of those who have led them at different times.
7 Aug 2023
Approval by President Bola Tinubu for the establishment of the Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) to assist states cushion the effects of petroleum subsidy removal is a notable fiscal measure which...
30 Apr 2023
Lieutenant-General Oladipo Diya, who died last month after a brief illness, came to limelight as an ebullient, no-nonsense former military governor of Ogun State, and later gained fame as former Chief of General Staff and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council during the infamous regime of General Sani Abacha.
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