Gen. Yakubu Gowon
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We gather today to pay tribute to an icon of Lagos State. We converge to honour a man of integrity who made history as the first military administrator, and later, governor of our beloved state.
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday pledged his administration’s continued political will and determination towards ridding the country of insurgency and other forms of criminalities. Buhari, who was represented by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, made the promise at the Grand Finale of the 2019 Nigerian Army Day Celebration and Combat Support Arms Training Week at Ikeja Cantonment…
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Professor Toyin Falola, one of Nigeria’s foremost Historians and currently the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities...
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President Muhammadu Buhari, former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi Lamido, Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors poured encomium on former Nigerian envoy to Cuba and Canada, Alhaji Abdullahi Attah for his contribution to the development of the nation’s intelligence sector. …
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