Tag: Ibrahim Babangida
IBB mourns late Kure
Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, said on Sunday that the sudden death of former Governor of Niger State, Abdulkadir…
Another June 12 Gathering Steam —Falana
Simon Ateba Lagos lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Barrister Femi Falana, on Wednesday warned that disturbing developments in recent…
2016 census must be devoid of religion and ethnicity – IBB
Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida on Tuesday urged the National Population Commission (NPC) to adequately publicise the aims and objectives…
Abia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
By T. A. Orji Having attained the adolescent age of 22, the history making founding fathers of Abia State, will…
The Death Knell For PDP
The fact that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is facing very serious internal problems that are threatening its existence came…
Defending Our Votes
By Babafemi Ojudu Let me start my reflections on the sanctity of electoral mandates with a personal experience of the…
Boko Haram: A People’s Alternative To Peace
By Adewale Adeoye Recently, tear-soaked Mrs Deborah Shetima from Borno state gave a gory account of how her husband was…
SSS busts Iran-linked plot to kill Babangida, Dasuki
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s State Security Service,SSS, on Wednesday stated that it has uncovered a terrorist plot to attack…
Bida College honors IBB, Abdulsalami
Two former Nigerian heads of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, received distinguished awards on Sunday as their…
IBB, Otedola, Elumelu win bids for Nigeria’s power plants
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Amperion Power Distribution Limited, a consortium made up of Israeli-based BSG Resource Limited, State Grid Corporation of China…
Corruption: Buhari, IBB Wash Dirty Linen In Public
A war of words is brewing between former Heads of State, Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida, over who ran the…
A Hackers’ Paradise Called Nigeria
By Chido Onumah Two retired generals and former heads of state stirred up a hornet’s nest recently when they proffered…
OBJ, IBB Lack The Moral Right To Postulate On Nigeria’s Unity
In a rare joint statement, two former Heads of State, Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, on Sunday called on…
Nigeria: Obasanjo, IBB call for talks with insurgents
Two former Nigerian leaders issued a rare joint statement on Sunday calling for talks to end a deadly insurgency by…
Lawmakers Summon Julius Berger, Others Over 3rd Mainland Bridge
The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited the management of Julius Berger and the Federal Controller of Works for…
Can Dasuki Cage Boko Haram?
It hardly came as a surprise that President Goodluck Jonathan’s axe was brought into action on 26 June. And by…
I Won Delta Gov Elections —Ogboru
Governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party in the 2011 governorship election in Delta State, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru has…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Gov Shinkafi, Babangida’s In-Law, Loses Re-Election Bid
Governor Mahmuda Shinkafi of Zamfara State who is also an in-law to former military President Ibrahim Babangida, is one of…
Babangida Condemns Borno Killings
Former President Ibrahim Babangida has condemned the “spate of politically-motivated killings and assassinations in the country.†Babangida made the condemnation…
Why I Want To Be Governor —Great Ogboru
“What we are trying to do is not just come into government for the sake of it; we are coming…
2011 PRESIDENCY: IBB Plots Another Maradonic Move
In another of his maradonic moves, former military President Ibrahim Babangida has perfected plans to dump the consensus arrangement which…
Atiku Emerges Northern Consensus Candidate
After weeks of what it called “consultations†across the Northern part of the country, the Adamu Ciroma led Northern Political…
Osoba, Others Back Senate On Pension For Ex-Heads Of State
A former governor of Ogun, Chief Segun Osoba has said that a pension scheme for former Presidents and Heads of…
Fire Guts AIT Office
Fire this morning gutted the AIT office in Kano State, located on 15E Murtala Mohammed Way on the 6th floor…
IBB Supporters Boo Jonathan In Kaduna
Supporters of former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, booed President Goodluck Jonathan when he visited Kaduna for the…
Judge Aborts Secret Trial Of Charles Okah, Others
A chief magistrate’s court sitting in Abuja this morning aborted a planned secret trial of Mr. Charles Okah and six…
Abuja Bombings: Dokpesi Not Cleared Yet —SSS
The State Security Service, SSS, said this morning that it has not cleared Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the Director General of…
Coalition Moves Against IBB
A non-government organisation, Anti-Babangida Coalition (ABC), has called on Nigerians with good conscience not to work for General Ibrahim Babangida…
Search For Consensus Candidate Driven By Sheer Opportunism- Jonathan Group
The Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation has described the current search for consensus candidate among the four Northern presidential aspirants as…
We Are Not Desperate —IBB
Former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has said that PDP presidential aspirants from the north were not desperate to become…