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During the jack boot era and darkest periods of Nigeria’s military dictatorship, especially in the 1990s under the regime of General Sani Abacha, OND emerged as a strong voice. At great personal ...
At the launch, Babangida reportedly claimed that, “the decision was not his alone but was forced upon him by elements within the military, particularly the late General Sani Abacha”. This narrative ...
After General Sani Abacha seized power in November 1993 ... use their phones and computers to sift through the data and verify the causes, locations and images of oil spills. In total, over 3,500 ...
The watershed election was annulled by Gen Sani Abacha, the minister of defence ... is recreating the state in his own image. Standing on President Tinubu’s mandate, he has sacked all Siminalayi ...
Rather than accepting responsibility, he shifted blame to Abiola’s allies, the political class, General Sani Abacha and everyone else, while casting himself as a leader merely trying to avert ...
His allegation against the role of the late former Head of State, late Sani Abacha that sacked the transition government of late Ernest Shonekan as the one who masterminded the annulment of the ...
We would have released the results at around June 17. So they said stop.” Nwosu added that Sani Abacha, the chief of defence staff who seized power less than three months after IBB “stepped aside”, ...
What is today known as Bayelsa was a part of Rivers until the Sani Abacha military regime created it (Bayelsa) on 1 October 1996. Both states share a lot in common, culturally and politically.
It was a precious point for the Benin Arsenal who repelled everything thrown at them while also creating a few chances of their own in the game played at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.
As a journalist who has been an active player in the political arena in the past four decades, I intend to liken the current situation to what we experienced before and during the era of late military ...