Until the Treaty of Paris of 3rd September 1783, General George Washington and the other Leaders of the thirteen colonies who waged and an Eight-Year Revolution against King James III of England and the British Empire were regarded as rebels; with prizes on their heads. Typically revolutionists are often regarded as villains by establishment, but […]
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I am shocked that the Igbos are not speaking up at the apparent siege laid on their land by uniformed person of different categories. They range from Army, Navy, Police, Civil Defence, Customs, FRSC, etc. My journey had taken me by road from Isele-Mkpitime, where I had gone to pay tribute to a Nigerian icon, […]
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The ancient city of Ibadan comes alive on Friday July 29, 2016 as dignitaries from all walks of life converge to remember that gallant,brave and outstanding soldier,Col Adekunle Fajuyi, who was murdered 50 years ago by Northern military officers who massed on the capital of the Western Region to take out then Head of State, […]
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Victor Banjo was executed by firing squad by the regime of Col. Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, on trumped up charges of planning a coup against the government of Biafra, on September 22nd, 1967. I met Victor Banjo in 2008. I had taken up a job as an A-level teacher of Physics in March 2008 at the […]
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Secret American diplomatic dispatches, spread over 21,000 pages, provide previously unknown information about the Nigerian Civil War Early in the morning of 1 July 1967, Nigeria’s young head of state, Colonel Yakubu Gowon, was feeling uneasy in his office at the Supreme Headquarters, Dodan Barracks in Lagos. The unease was a result of his being […]
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The Nigerian military’s “misguided” adventure into politics, was responsible for the loss of the “professionalism, discipline and patriotism” of the armed forces, a former military ruler, Yakubu Gowon, has said. Mr. Gowon spoke Thursday at the launch of a book, Vindication of a General, by a former Chief of Army Staff, Ishaya Bamaiya. The book, […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday boycotted a special thanksgiving service hosted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Aso Villa Chapel. The vice president told Daily Trust correspondent after the service Jonathan was among those specially invited, “but unfortunately, he had to cancel at the last moment.” Past leaders who are Christians that attended […]
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Yakubu Gowon, former military head of state of Nigeria, has apologised to Niger Delta communities for the neglect they have suffered in the hands of the successive governments. Gowon, who was the special guest of honour at the premiere of ‘Oloibiri’, a movie about the Niger Delta, urged the government across all levels to be […]
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A former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has described prayer as a formidable weapon that can solve the nation’s many challenges better and faster. Gowon said this in Ibadan on Sunday evening at a one-day prayer rally organised by the South-West Zone of a non-denominational religious group – ‘Nigeria Prays’. The prayer […]
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Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark has restated that the only way out of the present security, economic and political logjam in the country is restructuring. Clark made this known at a Stakeholders Consultative Meeting of Niger Delta Coastal States ongoing at the conference hall of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in Effurun, […]
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