Sani Abacha
12 Sep
The Publicity Secretary of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Justice Faloye, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of committing economic treason against Nigeria and therefore has no justification to continue holding...
7 Aug
Former Chief Security Officer to the late military dictator, Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retired), has explained why some #EndBadGovernance protesters are agitating for Russian intervention in the country. This is even as the retired military officer has kicked against a putsch in the country. In an interview with a select team of journalists in…
29 Jul
The Federal Government, under President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration, revoked a landed property in Maitama, Abuja, belonging to the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha. The approval was given in 1993, while the revocation occurred in February 2006 when Nasir El-Rufai was the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Five years later,…
12 Jun
Mr Yomi Faparusi a Nigerian based in the United States of America, has narrated how he was almost abducted and killed during the dark days of military rule in Nigeria by agents of the State Security Service (SSS), now Department of State Service (DSS).
22 May
A renowned jurist, Justice Steven Sado Idajili, has passed on at the age of 82. The jurist from Kogi State is notable for being the chairman of the failed bank tribunal set up by the government of late General Sani Abacha. Justice Idajili was also part of a seven-man panel set up by the then…
20 May
During the era of General Sani Abacha (September 20, 1943 – June 8, 1998), there was the National Economic Intelligence Committee (NEIC) that had its office at the seventh floor of the Federal Secretariat, Abuja.
17 May
Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has blamed the alarming spate of insecurity bedevilling the nation on decades of neglect by previous administrations.
17 Jan
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21 Dec 2023
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 2023
The uncanny combination of his names which featured Christian and Muslim epithets was sufficiently intriguing to tickle my curiosity and inquisitiveness.
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