Tag: Sani Abacha

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July 20, 2013

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Nigeria – The death of objectivity and the rise of sentiments (Y! Politico)

by Salihu Tanko Yakasai Why can’t one have his views without those that are opposed to it lambasting him with ...

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July 18, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: Al-Mustapha – The colour of justice

by Olusegun Adeniyi “The Don often quoted the saying, ‘Rather a hundred guilty men go free than one innocent man ...

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June 13, 2013

Okechukwu Ofili: Nigeria – Our history of forgetting history

by Ikechukwu Ofili Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter ...

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June 13, 2013

The unexpected blessings of June 12 – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze June 12 1993 was a blessing to Nigeria in my opinion. It gave us a chance to ...

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June 12, 2013

Opinion: June 12 – Synopsis of an eternal wound

by Wale Odunsi Continue to rest in peace, the President we never had they never allowed us have. The day was Saturday ...

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June 11, 2013

Femi Fani-Kayode: M.K.O Abiola, Susan Rice and the question of the missing one hour

by Femi Fani-Kayode Given these circumstances I have no doubt that this was a case of premeditated murder but the ...

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June 2, 2013

Tatalo Alamu: Nigeria’s democracy is merely a political roadshow

by Tatalo Alamu Whenever democracy becomes this routinised and ritualised, you can be sure that it has been emptied of ...

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May 13, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: Nigeria’s politics of revenue sharing (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe How is the present revenue accrued to the various federating units deployed? Has it, in all honesty, ...

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March 17, 2013

Tatalo Alamu: The wages of arbitrary rule

by Tatalo Alamu Jonathan ought to be commended for showing courage and statesmanship in granting state pardon to the victims ...

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February 25, 2013

“Nigerians should thank me that I did not kill anybody while running Air Nigeria” – Jimoh Ibrahim

Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, the Group Managing Director of Global Fleet was yesterday a year older and he was available to ...

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January 25, 2013

Let me share five stories with you… (#NewLeadership Series with Chude Jideonwo)

by Chude Jideonwo Just remembering those heady times, and the excitement of change, the voices that came together, and the ...

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January 14, 2013

Tolu Ogunlesi: Four things Nigeria has taught me (Y! FrontPage)

If this country will change for the better, it will be because there are people who are prepared to act ...

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January 7, 2013

Abacha’s son, Abba, still on criminal trial in Switzerland – Swiss ambassador

by Akan Ido Switzerland is battling hard to shake-off the image of the go-to country hiding looted funds. Several dictators, ...

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January 2, 2013

Sabella Abidde: Nigerian leaders and mental illness

by Sabella Abidde My position is not that “mad men” cannot be good and effective leaders. They can be if ...

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December 30, 2012

“They should be shown no sympathy” – Memo of Abacha approving execution of Saro-Wiwa [DETAILS]

by Isi Esene The death of writer and environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and others who were killed in 1995 under ...

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November 23, 2012

Hauwa Gambo: Now that it’s our turn to “participate” in politics (YNaija FrontPage)

Because change doesn’t happen because one set of people is replaced by the next. Change only happens because one set ...

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November 18, 2012

How to do an oil deal in Nigeria: A tale of middlemen and millions

by Steve LeVine There are always are middlemen, multi-million-dollar fees, meetings in luxury European hotels, and hijinx, because at least ...

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November 17, 2012

Femi Fani-Kayode: The goodness of Olusola Saraki

by Femi Fani-Kayode That was the secret of his success. He gave his substance that others may live their lives. He brought ...

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October 4, 2012

Another honour for the Abachas: Mohammed Abacha gets Ijaw highest title

by Stanley Azuakola This has been one heck of a week for the Abacha clan. First, the late General Abacha ...

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September 6, 2012

“I sold Maryam Abacha’s jewellery to purchase cocaine for her son” – Former aide

by Akan Ido A telephone operator in the household of the former military ruler, Late General Sani Abacha, who is ...

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August 6, 2012

We have since returned the $500m Abacha loot – Swiss envoy

by Isi Esene The outgoing Swiss ambassador to Nigeria yesterday revealed that its government has returned $500m loot stolen by ...

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July 30, 2012

Abacha family loses suit to recover alleged $800m loot

by Isi Esene Efforts by the Abacha family to repossess the alleged loot recovered from their family by the Abdulsalami ...

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